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Hello. I recently purchased a silver shark for my 100 gal tank. ( I would have gotten more but there was only one left at the store). Two days later I got him a buddy. The two sharks have been fine for two days. The new one was hiding a lot though. Today I woke up to find only one shark left. I...

Hello, I currently have two gbr cichlids in my 16gal tank and they are both female. Today I noticed that one of them has got dropsy because it has raised scales. I don't think it will last much longer and there is no cure. When she passes away will the other one be ok on its own or will I need...

Hello, i have a male and a female peacock cichlid in my tank and the female seems full of eggs and is trying to get the male to breed. She is staying next to him circling him trying to get him to breed with her but he does not seem interested in breeding and attacks and chases her away. Why...

Hello. So I have heard that the way to remove green water was to use a uv light to burn of the algae that is suspended in the water so I went out and ordered a 36w uv bulb for my 1000g pond. Is this the right size lamp or is it too big or to small for my pond?

Hello. So I want a betta fish and i was wondering if I could keep other fish with him in a 64l tank. Is this possible? what's recommended for keeping with betta fish?

Hello, this may be a strange question but have a 1200gal goldfish pond in my garden and I was wondering if I could put some tropical fish in for the summer. I live in the uk is it warm enough? If so what fish would work

Hello so i recently set up a 64l tank which I asked for stocking advice on another form. I was told that a german blue ram would be a good choice but the thing is I already have two in my malawi cichlid tank and they get on surprisingly well. I am debating whether to move one if them to the 64l...

What type of goldfish are these

A few months ago my female peacock cichlid got a injury on her eye and it has healed very strange. I don't know if she still has sight in that eye?? What does anyone think??

Hi, I have a wether loach in my cold water 64l tank and he has grown much to big for the tank now. In the spring I plan to put him in my pond but that is a few months away yet and he needs an upgrade now. I have a 400l tropical community tank that is at 26c. The tank he is in at the moment is...

Hi, I have a cold water 64l tank and need an algea eater. Any suggestions??

Hello all. Today i I purchased a small common goldfish from the pet store and put it an a quarantine tank. He has been really active swimming around happy and eating but there is one thing that worries me. If I look really close from about it looks like his scales are slightly starting to stick...

I saw this goby in a pet store and it was in an African cichlid tank. I asked a shop employee wether they are alright with african cichlids an he said they will be fine so I got two and added them to my cichlid tank. All is well and they get along fine with the cichlids. At the shop it doesn't...

Hello all, i am currently wintering 4 goldfish from my pond in a 100 litre tub in my garage with a heater set to 19c. They have been fine and happy swimming around until I did a 90% water change. Now they are darting around the tub and sitting at the bottom when i got close. I sat still next to...

Hi' I have an African cichlid tank and i have some cichlids here is some pictures There has been some chasing about and I heard on the internet that I need to have an overstocked tank to keep the aggression at bay?? I have 11 cichlids at the moment. How many more can i add to keep the...

Hello, I have a garage that I have converted to a game room and i have a big 400litre african cichlid tank in there. I have two 150w heaters keeping the tank warm but they do not maintain the right heat of 26/27c when I go in there in the morning it is at 24c and both the heaters are set to 35c...

Hi Recently I added all my fish from the small 15gal tank to a 105gal tank. All the fish are healthy and happy in there new home. The betta was happy exploring the new tank and i had no issues. Today I come to the tank and see the betta at the surface and had white patches on its body. I get a...

Hi I have 4 weather loaches in my pond and i was starting to get worried as it is winter and I know they are cold water fish but I don't know what there minimum temperature range is. Two are about 20cm and the other two are about 5 inches. Will they be ok in the pond. I haven't seen them in...

Hello. I was at my lfs today looking to buy a bn pleco when I came across a big common goldfish in a small tank. The fish looked depressed and i knew it would probably never get a new home due to its size. I asked a employee wether it could go in my pond but he said it was too cold. I bought it...

Hello so i have had a small sturgeon in my pond for a while and he has been fine swimming around but hasn't been eating the sturgeon food I put in and today i seen him laying at the bottom not moving!! I thought he was dead and tried to net him out but he then swam away but he looked like he was...

Hello, So I have two fantail goldfish in my 4ft pond and it is winter at the moment. It is like -2c ousted and I don't want the goldfish to freeze to death. Are they ok to handle such cold water. I went outside and they seem to be fine swimming but isolated themselves from the other common...

Hello, So I have two fantail goldfish in my 4ft pond and it is winter at the moment. It is like -2c ousted and I don't want the goldfish to freeze to death. Are they ok to handle such cold water. I went outside and they seem to be fine swimming but isolated themselves from the other common...

Hello, I am getting a 200l tank soon which i will put all of my fish from my 64l in. Would a clown loach be ok in a 200l tank?

Hello, So I got two german rams a few days ago and they settled in real fast and started eating a hour after they went in the tank!!. Today I notice them both in the corner of my tank and one looks like it is trying to lay eggs in the gravel and the other one is guarding and chases away any...

Hello, So last week i added ten rudd to my koi pond. When I came out a week later i see that one of the rudd was dead floating on the top. I scooped him out and just thought he was ill bit closer inspection of the body and i saw it had this fungus type stuff all over it. The next day the water...