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I use the liquid drops test kits. Definately no spike in the ammonia, i check it very regular. Bought the fish from the same lfs, so yeah that maybe the problem.

No physical symptoms I've just been stocking the tank so all of the fish are relatively new additions. I had an outbreak of white spot on my harlequin rasboras but that seems to have gone away now after raising the temperature. Everything else in the tank looks fine, all healthy from what I can see.

Hi Guys, I'm having a problem with fish dying, and i can't understand why. Last week my gold gourami suddenly died after looking fine. One day he was swimming around normally and the next he just fell to the bottom of the tank. Also today an angel died, again there didn't seem to be anything...

I've never seen any of the fish rubbing themselves against anything. One of the batch did die a few days after i got it home, but i just put it down to the fish not acclimitising properly. One of the remaining ones i think may not last long, it stomach is shrunken and it doesnt shoal with the...

OK I'll do that, I'll have to put another heater in though because the one I have in is set to its top temperature. Thanks

Hey guys, I've just noticed that my 5 harelequin rasboras have got little white spot all over them, so I'm guessing its white spot. None of the other fish have any signs of it, just the rasboras so I'm guessing they caught it from the LFS where I bought them. Should I use medication to treat it...

I bought 5 rummy nose tetras on friday. One of them died today and I don't know why. My tank is fully cycled, ammonia and nitrites reading 0. I noticed that the tetra wasn't shoaling with the others so had a feeling that something was wrong. Does anyone have any idea what might have happened...

Thanks, I'll leave it the way it is. There is plenty of water movement going on, so should be ok then.

Hi guys, need some advice. I've bought a JUWEL Vision 180 tank, thing is there is no air pump so theres nothing to aerate the water. I've set the filter up that came with the tank, and looking at the instructions it says that there is no need for air pumps. How will the water be oxygenated? Any...

Yeah!!!! Finally my 10 gallon tank is cycled. So glad to see both ammonia and nirtite at 0! Thought this day would never come. Hopefully my 2nd tank will be cycled soon too.

I'm gonna add harlequin rasboras first, so I can add a few of them without causing loads of waste.

I'm currently cycling my 40 gallon tank using 2 raw prawns. Is there any way of knowing how much fish I can stock to start with when the cycle is done? i.e. how much benefictial bacteria there is

Yeah, was thinking about getting one of those. I've read so many threads with people praising them and taking it as standard to have one that I thought I'll have to get one! I hope the nitrite part is quicker too, for the sake of my little fish! They don't seem bothered about anything thats...

Hi guys! I've been having a bit of trouble setting the temperature of my 10 gallon tank. I have a 50 watt heater but when I use it the water is heated to 80-82 degrees. Is this too hot for the fish? I have 2 leopard danios, 2 cherry barbs and a dwarf gourami. The heater is set to the lowest...

Hi ksfishguy! Things have definately moved on since last update. My ammonia is now down to 0, has been for a few days and nitrites have shot up to 1-2 ppm so finally have nitrites! Only took 5 weeks though, lol! Dread to think how long it'll take to convert to nitrate! Ive just bought another...

I've decided that I'm definately just gonna go with one angel, i think that if I went for any more then I would have to cut back on other fish so that the tank would not be too overpopulated. Decided against getting a betta also. Gonna see how an angel and dwarf gourami get on, if they fight...

IMO I would just keep one Dwarf Gourami, would you have somewhere to put the other Dwarf Gourami if things didn't work out with 2 in there? Cherry Barbs are peaceful and not fin nippers like the Tiger Barbs, so they would be fine. You could get away with less than 5-6 of these though, they don't...

Your best off asking the planted tanks section on the forum about what plants to get. As for the fish, it would depend on how many fish you want in each school. You could get a school of say 5 cories, and then a school of 7 small tetras, think they would be ok in the 20 gallon. Or you could go...

Angels are pretty cool! My friend has one which is the biggest one I've ever seen, it's like the pavarotti of the fish world!! I've still got 3-4 weeks till I decide what fish to get, so I might change my mind altogether and not get an angel. I tend to change my mind every 5 mins!

If I decide on an angel I'll just keep one, I've read that you should either keep one or like you said at least 4.

I've never seen any gold gouramis in any of my LFS, but have seen pictures of them on the internet, they are very beautiful. A rainbow shark is another option but a red-tail is easier to get a hold of where I live. Not sure what to do concerning the angel and gourami together, have read that...

Not sure if I want that many harlequins. Think I want a variance of fish. Thanks for info on the corries. What about a betta? Would it try to fight a gourami?

Hi guys! I've just bought a 40 gallon tank and was wanting some ideas or what fish to put in. I'm cycling the tank at the mo so won't be putting any in till it's done. The fish that I know I want already are an angelfish, a red-tailed shark, some sort of gourami and I was thinking maybe 5 or 7...

No, wasn't this site that told me to overstock. This site has been really helpfull to me. It's been my friends who have had tanks in the past who have tried to give me advice. One said get some neon tetras to colour the tank up, but I said that they don't do too well too well unless the fish is...

Just thought I would make a comment on all the people who try to tell me what to do concerning my fishtank. I'm really tired of people saying that I should add this amount of fish or that amount of fish, and when I tell them that I can't add too many fish they tell me that I shouldn't be so soft...