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What does pineconing mean? I have a barb who for the past 3weeks has been hiding and sorta sitting there with his nose towards the gravel still eats and will swim around but spends most of the hiding in a plant nose down.. It isnt bloated or fatter than normal.. i thought i had an outbreak of...

Hows it going? Ladt night i noticed my smallest clown louch hadnt gone to bed with the others and as remaining out with the barbs which isnt completely unusal as it seems to think its a barb but always goes to bed woth the other louches at night anyway thats not the only thing i noticed the...

I first thought my fish may have ich but they r scratchng along things but there is no obvisious white spots and this has been.going on for a week. They r actng ok but onr of the fish just hides by the heater and most of the.time wont school with the other barbs, Im.not.sure what is causing this...

Hi there as u can see from all my other posts lately i believe a few of my fish may have ich it is quite hard to tell as theres something that resembles what could b white spots on the body of a couple of my barbs but they have been snipping at each other so could b injuries but they have been...

Can u have to much oxygen in your tank? 200Litre tank 2 air pumps on each box it says suitable for 100litres have got one small air stonrme attached to one pump and on the other is another small airstone and we cut the tube and added a divider so we could add it to an old ordament we had.. The...

I believe a couple of fish have this annoying parasite i have started raising the temp and this has made the fish i believe to be effected ( 1Kirb and 3 barbs) almost worse.. The fish store i used to go to before moving cities used ti believe the use of copper to kill this white spot parasite...

I had a topic about getting a new cansiter filter.. well it arrived today and i have set it up and am running it along with the old filter.. Im beginning to think the fish arent liking the addition of the new filter they r hiding the angels have gone to one corner and the barbs r hanging...

Looking at breeding the white zebra pleco so a penny for your thoughts Sent from my LG-E460f using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have brought a new filter for my tank one suitable for the tank as our old one was too small... As far as im aware the tank is cycled and water is fine.. so how do i go about changing the filter the new one is a cansiter as is the old one. The old one has 2 baskets one has ceramic ring...

It is a possibilty that one of my fish is showing signs of ich.. some of the other fish have been skimming across plants but no white spots only one fish has something that may resemle white spots but im not 100% sure if it is ich spots but the fish has lost a bit of colour and is gettng...

I have 2 tiger barbs 2 emerald green barbs and 2 green barbs.. one of the green barbs has always had a duller colour than the other green barb but its been acting fne and.eating but every now and agan it will skim across the plants or stones in.the tank but thats been.going on for a well but...

I have a 180Litre tank cyrrently stocked with 4 angels 6 barbs 2 kirbs and 2 bristlenoses one of the bristlenoses is quite small.. What would make a nice addition.. i would really like something active. I really want a red tip shark but am option to suggestions Sent from my LG-E460f using...

I have a pair of kirbs in my tank and they were all happy swimming around together both had beauitful colours but over the past couple of days the female has been no where to been seen. She will come out very breifly and i noticed her plump round belly has gotten slim. The male hangs around were...

I have a pair of kirbensis cichlids in my community tank the female has been in there nearly a week and they hit it off great and were inseprable always swimming together.. Over the past day or so the female hasnt been around much and the male hasnt been trolling the tank as much he seems to be...

I have a 180-200litre tank with 4 angel fish 6 barbs 2 kirbensis cichlids and a bristlenose. And im wanting to add a red fin shark. A friend if mine has one in there tank with a range of fish and all is well but im unsure about the kirbs. Can i put a red fin shark in my tank that has kirbs in...

I think cichlids r very pretty fish but have heard they can only.be kept with themselves and afe extremely agressive. We went to get some new fish and the fish store talked us into a pair of kirbensis reasurring us they are ok in a community tank of 4 angels 6 barbs and 1 bristlenose. We havent...

I have just added a female kirbensis into my tank that already had a male in there it was a bit touch and go there he was chasing her and all sorts now they r busy showing off there bellies to each other Sent from my LG-E460f using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have one male kirbensis cichlid im my tank with 4 angels 6 barbs and a bristlenose.. he has begun to get quite stroppy and tonight when i feed them he didnt come up to see if he liked it or not which is normally what he does if ge doesnt like je will retreat to the bottom.of the tank he very...

I have treated my tank with primafix antifungal and now all mybfish r acting weird and my.bristlenose keeps darting to the top of the tank can!! Has anybody else had this problem is this normal or have i been mis informed and what can i do Sent from my LG-E460f using Aquarium Advice mobile app

My poor angel fish has been.through alot and i dont no what to do with the poor buggar he had a milky film over his eye which didnt seem to bother him too much now its turned to what looked like a bubble over his pupil and i noticed last night his poo was white/clearish it has happened before...

I have a black angel fish who was the only survivour of something that killed everything in tank we believed at the time it was a ph issue as it was high and we were given something to lower it and then they died.. Ever since then my angel had what looked like a white film on one of his eyes...

I have 4 angel fish 6 barbs a kirb cichlid and a bristlenose what would b the next exciting.addition to our tank? Sent from my LG-E460f using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Hey everyone i am hoping someone can give me some advice. About a week ago we lost 2 fish one in one tank one in the other we thought this was strange so went and had the water tested and found out the ph was sitting at 8.0 in one tank and 8.5 in the other so was given some stuff to lower it...

Hi there I am new to all this and have a few questions about my fresh water aquarium that im hoping i can get some help with it has been a bit of a whirlwind experience of guessing and some sudden deaths. Im trying to load on my profile what fish i have etc but still trying to figure out how...