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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...

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...

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...

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

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 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...

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...

I woke up this morning and found that the water in my tank is getting cloudy with little white dust-like particles. After researching on the internet it looks like this is a bacteria bloom. I'm cycling my tank still. Is this a good sign or a bad one? Seems that opinions vary on every website I...

I've been cycling for 3 weeks and still have not got any nitrite readings. Is this amount if time normal? I'm keeping my ammonia at about 0.25ppm by doing frequent pwc because I have fish in the tank. Also I've put some gravel in off a friend to try and speed up the process, but I thought I...

When doing water changes when cycling with fish what percentage of the water should i change at a time? I'm doing 1/3 change a day, but have read that I should do less so that the bacteria have enough ammonia to work with. What level of ammonia should I stay below? It's currently 0.5ppm. Also...

My Ammonia and Nitrites are both 0 and have been for the past few days. My Nitrates are 10 also. Does this mean I am cycled? Or should I wait a week or so to make sure the readings remain the same? Also when I introduce new fish will the ammonia increase a little at first because of the extra...

I have 2 leopard danios, had them for 10 days now. The past few days I noticed that one of them started swimming at the bottom of the tank most of the time, compared to at the top where they both were before. Now the other is at the bottom too. I've been feeding them a little less, just once a...

How long should I have my aquarium light on a day? I have just bought a intelligent light system that works 24 hours, having an hour of sunrise, a preset number of daylight hours, an hour of sunset and then moonlight for the rest of the 24 hours. Thing is, for the preset number of daylight hours...

Hi guys! I have just tested my water levels and found that my pH is 6.0, yesterday it was 6.4 but one of my fish died overnight. Could this have made the pH lower that much? The rest of the water parameters are as follows: Ammonia 0.25ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 5ppm I had 3 leopard danios, but...

I have just bought a 35 litre bi-ube aquarium. I've put 3 leopard danios in, 2 are fine and rushing around constantly, but the other hardly moves even when it's feeding time. It's very thin and it's spine seems to be bent a bit. Also its gills are protruding quite a bit. I've looked on the...