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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi everyone. I have been keeping fancy goldfish for 3 years now and would like to start a tropical tank. I have a 54 litre tank set up which I have been using for a goldfish I have recently rehomed. The tank is cycled, can I add tropical fish to this water or do I need to start again? I love...

Hi all! My bronze lion head has suddenly developed some random red marks on her body. I have been away but my partner told me they literally appeared overnight 2 days ago. I have just got home and can see the marks are mostly on her belly and near her anal region but she also has 2 red...

Hi I have a 5" common goldfish in desperate need of a new home. She is currently in an indoor tank - temp approx 17 degrees so is used to warmer temps. Happy to let her go for free to an experienced fishkeeper with a large tank or pond as it is more important to me that she is looked after in...

I fed my fish about twenety minutes ago, just come back to the tank and my panda moor is now missing an eye! I am horrified! Is this a disease or was this another fish? A couple of weeks ago i noticed that the panda moor was missing a lot of scales in one huge patch on one side of her body. I...

Hi All My chocolate pom pom seems to have a whitish coloured pimple with a little white fluff coming out of it on the top of her gills. Unfortunately, my pearlscale noticed at the same time I did and ate the fluff off of her! Now all is remaining is this whitish coloured pimple. I just took...

Background: Have succesfully defeated a nasty bout of Ich to then have my white moor develop what I thought was a secondary bacterial infection which I thought was septecimia. I treated with tetracycline (all I could get in the UK) and it started to look better. It has now come back with a...

My white moor recently had a nasty bacterial infection (I suspect septicemia) after a white spot outbreak. I have treated with tetracycline but I am not sure if treatment has worked. The red streaks are a lot less prominent but nevertheless still there and the edges of her tail fin which were...

I have an outbreak of white spot in both of my tanks at the moment and I am worried it isn't getting better. I suspect it was added by a new fish I bought for my smaller tank that started bullying another fish so I moved it to my other tank. Within a week both tanks had developed white spot but...

I have just bought a new red cap oranda (yesterday) and I woke up this morning with him/her chasing my chocolate pom pom around the tank. I decided to move the red cap to another tank assuming he was just a pest but now my black moor has also started chasing the same chocolate pom pom! Do you...

Hi Everyone I have a query about the growth rate of plecos. My mother has 2 common plecos in her 100litre (yes i know, I have told her) tropical tank. They were an inch when she bought them about 6 months ago and are now about 4 inches long each. I have a leopard sailfin pleco in my 450 litre...

Hi All My calico ryukin has a deformed swimbladder and has always hovered upside down near the bottom of the tank or laid upside down on the gravel. Recently, he has managed to right himself but not can't seem to stay below the surface. Everytime he tries to swim down he bobs straight back up...

Hi All Does anyone have any recommendations for fish food for fancy goldfish? I have bought some pellets and flakes from my local pet store but I am sure this food is making my fish turn orange! I think it has colour enhancers in it but the only colour it is enhancing is the gold tones! Not...

Hi All I live in the UK and it is really hot here at the moment. The water temp in my fish tank has risen to 27C and i'm worried that may be too hot for the fish. I have the below fish in my tank black moor panda moor oranda ryukin red cap oranda leopard pleco common goldfish What would...

Hi All I have noticed that all my fish are starting to get patches of orange/gold on them! I know that fish change colour as they get older but even the black moor is starting to get golden tones to his scales. Is this down to feeding a certain type of food or water treatments? I really like...

Hi All I have started to notice that all my fish are starting to get patches of orange/gold on them! I know that fish change colour as they get older but even the black moor is starting to get golden tones to his scales. Is this down to feeding a certain type of food or water treatments? I...

Hi All I have just noticed that my red cap oranda has dark red/black spots in the grooves of its wen? Is this normal or is there something wrong? None of the other fish in the tank have these spots and the water parameters are normal except the nitrate which is about 10ppm. Just doing a large...

Hi All Great news! Got my 450 litre aquarium up and running and it looks beautiful!:dance: The only problem I am having now is doing my water changes as the tank is so big. I have to stand on a step ladder! I was doing twice weekly water changes with my 180 litre because it was unfortunately...

Hi All I am pleased to say I am finally upgrading my tank :) I will be getting 400 litres which I believe is 105 US gallons. I already have a few fish which I will be moving from my old tank so was wondering if you could give me some ideas on some suitable new tankmates? I already have 1...