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Hi Everyone My chocolate pom pom had a dark brown patch on her belly about 6 months ago, but as she is already chocolate brown, I just thought it was irregular colouring. But last week the patch has got darker and is now a raised lump about 1cm in length. I have tried Googling the...

Hi All I need some urgent help as I am in a bit of a panic. I woke up this morning to see my one eyed panda moor floating on her side with a new fish eating her! She was absolutely fine last night when I fed her (I know because I feed her by hand as she can't see well with only one eye). After...

So you think it might be the nitrates? I have another tank and the fish are all fine in this tank. Nitrates are the same. I use Prime that claims to detoxify nitrate. Does that not work?

Hi all I seem to be having issues with my tropical tank and I just cannot seem to figure out what is going on. 2 of my neon tetra have suddenly developed a big white/clear growth on their mouths. 2 treatments of Esha and no change. Swimming, eating and acting normally but still this huge...

I've just checked my tank and one of my guppies has died!

Main ingredients are ethacridine lactate , copper sulphate and proflavine hemisulphate . On my 3rd round of treatment and there has been no improvement in the bump at all. The fish still seems healthy and eating but this growth is now as big as it's head!

I have now done 2 x 3 day treatments of Esha and there has been no improvement. Does anyone have any idea what this bubble like growth could be or any success in treating it? Thanks

Ok thanks for the advice! X

Ok so if I decided against the dwarf gourami, how many tetra/ guppies could I have? I would quite like to get more guppies.

So 1 dwarf gourami, 5 tetra and 2 guppies would be overstocked?

Well that's reassuring. I guess if I get two that are already in the same tank at my lfs and appear to get along that would be a good option. Saying I do get one or two dwarf gourami, how many other fish could I have in the tank? I have neons and guppies currently.

Opinion about this is very mixed. My mum has 3 and they don't get along but I suspect her tank is overstocked so I am trying to convince her to rehome some. I don't want to make the same mistake.

Yes I also like these but I wasn't sure if I could have them due to the size of the tank. Stocking a tropical tank is quite difficult as the rule isn't as black and white as a goldfish tank. Do you think I could get more than one dwarf gourami?

HI everyone I have a 54 litre tropical tank which has been up and running a couple of months now. I have a handful of neon tetra and 2 guppies at the moment but would quite like to get a larger, impressive looking fish as the main fish. I know I don't have a particularly large tank but do you...

This is exactly what I had planned to do so very glad you suggested this. You have put my mind at rest! And glad you had a positive outcome so fingers crossed for my fish too. Thanks so much !

I am certainly going to do a lot of big water changes to keep the water crystal clear. But getting lower nitrates is impossible where I live unless I add chemicals which i hate doing unless necessary. It comes out of the tap just over 20! All of my tanks are fully cycled and are around 40...

HI everyone. I have just come back from a two week holiday to find that two of my neon tetra have bubble like growths around their mouths. They are clear/ white in colour and are keeping the fish from closing their mouths. One of the guppies has also lost a lot of colour. I suspect this was...

This is my new tropical tank- smallest fish are neon tetra. I guess I could leave the snails in as they are doing a great job of keeping the tank clean. I just thought too many would cause issues.

Hi Everyone I am afraid to say that I made the mistake of not washing some new plants before adding them to my aquarium and now I have about 60 baby snails (3 different types too!) taking over my tank. I have never seen anything like it! I had first tried picking them out when I saw them but...

Hi Everyone I am afraid to say that I made the mistake of not washing some new plants before adding them to my aquarium and now I have about 60 baby snails (3 different types too!) taking over my tank. I have never seen anything like it! I had first tried picking them out when I saw them but...

I didnt realise that neon tetras grow much bigger. The guy in my lfs said they don't get any bigger and that I needed to take a big group of fish as they are schooling fish. Then said I can add more fish .... Clearly another lfs with staff who don't know what they are talking about. So if I...

So I added 10 neon tetras to the tank to start off with and they are doing just fine after 10 days. Water parameters all good so looks like the tank wont cycle again. I would like to add a couple more fish in the next few days. Is the correct ratio 1 inch of fish per gallon of water? The fish...

This is a great help. Thank you so much. The tank has been free of fish for about 5 days but I've left the filter and everything running still so hoping that will make a difference.

I have been looking at smaller fish recommended for smaller tanks online and these are the ones I like the look/sound of Mollies Guppies Blue rams Platties Pleco (smaller ones such as bristlenose) Betta Shrimp Dwarf crayfish Frogs Glofish danio Dwarf puffer Would any of you disagree with any...

That's great everyone. Thank you. How many fish should I limit myself too in this size tank? How frequently should I change the water and can I use all the same test kits and water treatments I use for my Goldie's?