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I cant get a picture of him - He moves to quick ( It looked like a bit of skin like he had been sunburnt and it had peeled. When I first saw this white mark on him, I thought he had lost some scales but its like a transluscent white colour with a littlehanging off/out. He seems well in himself...

So we have just added some more fish into our tank (A friend was getting rid of his tank and kindly gave us his fish). My black molly now has a white mark on his side. Its almost like he is "peeling" like you do after being in the sun and its white. i was cleaning the seams of the tank and he...

FLUVAL CHI FISH TANK REPLACEMENT FILTER FOAM PAD 2PK | eBay one is the foamy one and this onehttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HAGEN-FLUVAL-CHI-FISH-TANK-REPLACEMENT-FILTER-PAD-3PK-/200543849053?_trksid=p2054897.l4276 is the wooly one.

I dont know what you mean. I have a filter pad which looks wooly and a foam type pad. I only submerhed the wooly one in tank water and cleaned the surface dirt off.

In the time ive had the tank, I've only rinsed the filter pad twice in tank water because it was obvious the flow had diminished - the fountain was half the height. Hurry up siphon! I assume I still do the same 25% change oncd weekly when ive received the siphon?

A chinese algae eater - aka sucking loach in the UK. I hope it settles once I have my siphon. How often would you clean the gravel?

So I've pretty much cracked the water change regime. Once a week I do a 25% change taking out my fluval basket and plant and cleaning them. On both occasions I have done this, all the cr@p in the gravel then comes out making the water cloudy. I wouldn't say its ever been 100% crystal clear since...

We have a male and female molly. She got quite aggressive over algae tablets earlier this week. Both seem to gobble up flakes very quickly. I have a 19L fluval chi with a plant basket in the middle. The male keeps going side on to the basket and flicking himself off it sideways or swimming...

We have a male and female molly. She got quite aggressive over algae tablets earlier this week. Both seem to gobble up flakes very quickly. I have a 19L fluval chi with a plant basket in the middle. The male keeps going side on to the basket and flicking himself off it sideways or swimming...

We are thinking of getting a shrimp or two depending on size. I am currently running our tank at 27/28 degrees. I looked at one site that said shrimps like 22-25 as a guide. Could I still have them if my temperature is higher?

I had my issues the past week or so (see previous threads) and I did a PWC on Sunday of around 20%. The tank went quite cloudy and I was concerned as it still hadn't cleared up. I just did another PWC (none since Monday) of about 20% and gave the filter a rinse (in tank water) but I got rid of a...

Haha! I had my issues the past week or so (see previous threads) and I did a PWC on Sunday of around 20%. The tank went quite cloudy and I was concerned as it still hadn't cleared up. I just did another PWC (none since Monday) of about 20% and gave the filter a rinse (in tank water) but I got...

I did thanks. I am now allowing my tank to cycle with the fish in.

Ok so my tank smells like soil. That's the closest thing I can describe. After my scare with my mollies, I did a 10% change daily for 2 days adding tapsafe and some ammonia remover. The tank went cloudy after I had done this and added some water from my LFS when I got my sucking loach. I then...

So after my post on Friday my male molly wasnt looking great. I whizzed down to my LFS (Pets at Home) and had them test the water. He said I had high ammonia levels and that there wasnt anything I could do or buy to help. Saturday, we went over to another store of the same chain and bought a...

Thanks for your replies. I did a 10% water change last night. How frequently and to what amount do you all suggest?

Ive just got home and I am in a panic about my 2 mollies. Yesterday when we put them in the tank, they were both darting around quite actively. I've got home tonight and they are both near the surface of the tank, barely moving. I dropped a pinch full of food in and neither were interested. The...

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So we now have our first two critters in our tank :) 2 Mollies - a black male and white female (I've called them Molly and Max :rofl:) So they have been actively swimming around and its quite cute because they are swimming around together. I haven't fed them yet (we bought them lets say 15...

The man did at least tell me the ratio thing! Can you get just 2 males/2 females to avoid the reproduction problem? I did want Endlers livebearers but I understand they are not easy to get hold of so I am happy to get some guppies to start my tank off. My aunt said I could probably have...

Huma-huma thanks for your advice. I thought he was talking a load of rubbish. My husband and I are going to a different branch of that store tonight (a bigger one) and I will be getting myself 2 guppies and a plant! The Cichlids were pretty and whatnot, however, I want a community tank rather...

So, how hardy really ARE guppies? And when can I put plants in? Most of my reading etc suggests them as starter fish due to their hardiness and inexpense too incase of losses. I popped along to the local Pets at Home - a UK retailer - last night to get myself a plant in readiness for putting...

I would have loved to have bought i ginormous tank but time, money and space all constrained me :-( I would have loved to have got a marine tank and had either picasso triggers in or jelly fish but again, money and experience constrained me:'-( My aunt said that it can be tricker with smaller...

Thanks for your suggestions. I have decided I will put maybe 2/3 guppies or endlers in. My aunt suggested white mountain minnow and said the slowly slowly method of adding and not overstocking is the method she has always used. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for your reply. I am in the UK so not sure if I could get that product over here. I currently have a dechlorinator in the tank, along with some Stress Zyme which helps with the biologigal filter and cleans up the water. We picked the tank up on Sunday putting the water an dechlorinator...