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  1. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    PH level won't go up even after water change and losing fish!

    Great thanks I'll give it a try in the morning fingers and toes crossed
  2. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    PH level won't go up even after water change and losing fish!

    Hey fellow fish friends, I recently put a post up with a problem with one of my guppies having a limp tail and swimming odd, kinda not using his tail, but then recently passed away :( I did my water checks, everything ok, ph was a bit low at 6.4 so I did a water change to increase the ph, tap...
  3. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Yeah it's cycled had the tank for over two years ammonia up a little prob coz I added two new fish last week it usually goes down again any Ideas on the fish prob?
  4. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    here's the results just now
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    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Guppies are both males aswell
  6. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Answer to other questions, I'll do another test now, it's the api freshwater master kit Pretty sure I didn't hit them as I usuall take everything out so they usually just move away to the other side, No real twitching just kinda using its front fins and the tail only move rarely - before they...
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    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Temp in tank is about 28.5 I'm pretty sure the tank is 25 litres the measurements are. 61 length x15deep x25height in cm About two weeks ago I had a lepard kory and it suddenly was finding it hard to swim and eventually its fins went rigid and wasn't really moving so i had to put him out...
  8. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    q Here's a better picture as you can see in photo two, the poop is a bright pink colour, both of them, I looked at the mollies and their poop was brown?
  9. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Help will someone reply to my post please!! :)
  10. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Oh and a aqua one standard light on a timer switch
  11. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Tank info Ph 7 Amo 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Tank 25 litres Fish 6 tetra 2mollies 1gurami 2 including the sick guppie Did a water change Friday And a gravel clean- was a bit cloudy but cleared up now last one was 2wks Havea real plant, Aqua clear 20 pump with filter etc Age of fish prob...
  12. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Guppies tail is hanging down

    Hey aquarium folk, got a question I can't seem to find the answer on good old google, my guppie has started to have only what I can describe as. A limp tail, hanging down- I quarantined it and when I say that- I just kept it in the same tank but had an old strawberry clear container with holes...
  13. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    I've got 2babies !! I was changing the water and I noticed something in the corner if my eye, are you sure he will eat them they are pretty biggish ? Gonna go by the ousting net thing ang keep the mum in there too right just I case she has more?
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Hi people so I'm guesssing my female guppy is pregnant just wanted some advice on what I should do and if I should have more plants in the tank, does that give her privacy to have the babies? And from the pic how far along is she? Due date? What hold I have in place I have a male guppy and two...
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Thanks lamby.. I will bring that up next time with the shop
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Cheers all, just went to the shop got my water tested from the last two changes and current- looks much better the two N's are at 0 and the ammonia was at the yellowy green so not so bad now, the guy told me that my filter should be fine but I'm not so sure not gonna get any fish now for about a...
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    The ballon Molly died when i came back from work this evening .. So sad and that was even after the change of 50% water, just done another change and kept samples of each change to bring to the guy tomorrow, see what he says hopefully ask for some of the good bacteria in their tanks to help...
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Was chatting o jetajockey and he suggested changing about 50% of my water as from my description from before that I might have ammonia poisoning :( so I've done that put the water purifiers and hoping for the best until weds when I can go buy a ammonia nitrate and nitrite kit fingers,toes and...
  19. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Fish-in Cycling: Step over into the dark side.

    Ok, I'm gonna do one now! Dnt wanna wake up 2moro with even less fish! Lol so ..Can I just take the 50% of water out and replace it with tap water ? What about the temperature? Or should I add warm water with some drops of stress coat and stress zyme to what's left in the tank? Sorry for all...
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    Fish-in Cycling: Step over into the dark side.

    @jetajockey... Thanks for the reply mate, just another question I'm currently observing my fish and they seem to be swimming on the top of the surface almost like they are taking the air directly, they are moving around unlike before when they weren't moving at all and one was dead at the...
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    Fish-in Cycling: Step over into the dark side.

    Excellent info thank you!! Just like you mentioned I bought fish from the shop followed his advice but he failed to inform me of this cycling procedure i only had the fish in there for one day and one has died already!! Hense why im looking st this article, i thought i had done eveerything...
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    @ Rutag, cheers for the advice I was given stress coat and the stress zyme.. I'm guessing that these arnt what u are talking about so I'm gonna look into getting some in ur last comment u asked what fish I had so I took a pic as best I could of the other still alive fish and obv I still have the...
  23. FISH_r_FRIENDS

    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Hey so just got home and one of the fishes was dead and the others weren't moving that much near the surface... I gave the filter a tap and a whole load of crap went everywhere in the tank I took it out and cleaned it in some of the tank water, after looking at the box the filter the guy gave me...
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    Just bought a new dog for my fish tank....

    Haha, Sorry I had to change it to something that would make people notice! Ok, so just like everyone else here I'm new to keeping fish and I went to my local shop and bought a 25-30lt tank I only say that because it's not actually fully rectangular it comes bows out a bit in the front. So...
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