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I got new fish 5 days ago. All (including original fish) seem healthy apart from one red eye neon It has developed two raised white lumps overnight. (I was only able to capture 1 of the spots in the photos) Is this fungus? (I've never had any fish diseases in my year keeping fish, so I'm...

I got quite a few new fish all at once and can't remember 2 of the names (swapped out my cichlid tank back to a community tank) The first is a 0.5cm grey dotted fish Fish at the bottom of this photo The second is slightly smaller than a guppy. To the left of the minnow in this photo Many...

I have an established tank. I'm going to get another tank & I don't want to have to cycle it. If I put the brand new filters from the new tank in the existing tank, how long would it take to 'seed' the new filter? I was going to hand some of the new media in the existing tank also. Many...

I've had a tank now for a year. Never had any algae problems at all A little over a month ago I started getting brown algae m, even though I wasn't doing anything different I Cut back on feeding and did twice weekly PWC I scrubbed the ornaments in the tank and cleaned the brown algae off the...

Ok, I went for it. I dismantled my community tank & set up my first cichlid tank 4 yellow lab 3 blue with yellow tail 3 blue on blue stripe 2 rust colour My tank is only a 70L jewel. I thought it was really over stocked, but the LFS advised this amount to avoid aggression and so far there has...

I bought my first cichlids today. I have a 20 gal and the guy in the LFS said that a male & female would be best in such a small tank He sexed the female because it had a smaller dorsal fin. Otherwise they looked identical When I got home I had to ring to query my receipt. When I said I had...

My betta disappeared all day yesterday. Today he is lying at the bottom of the tank, (he never does this; he would normally rest in plants). Every so often he zips madly around the tank for a few seconds then collapses again on the bottom 1~What type of fish is afflicted? Just the betta, no...

Hi My 20gal is 5 months old now A month ago I got rid of all my plastic plants and planted live plants I tested my water today and it's 0-0-0. No nitrates and it's a week since my pwc I don't think my tank is that heavily planted (see photo) and it's quite heavily stocked (see 2nd photo) Is...

My 20 gal tank is running 5 months now. 4 weeks ago I decided to get rid of my plastic plants and replaced them with live ones Up until then I had a nitrate removal pad in the filter stack, which was excellent, keeping the nitrates at 0. Even so, I still do 30% pwc weekly My question is; should...

My 80L (20 gal) tank has been up & running 5 months now A months ago I decided to replace my plastic plants with live plants; nothing fancy just val, hygrophplis, anubius & Echinodorus My 15w t8 gives 0.75 watts per gallon which isn't great. I'm getting a reflector but I can't upgrade the...

I have an 80L tank with neon tetra, Otto, coral platty, 5 banded barbs and a betta It's been running about 4 months and has always been at 25.7C yesterday I took out the spare filter from my old tank that I used to seed this tank. I also rearranged the artificial plants The temp has dropped to...

This was my original set up And I've changed to this Which does everyone think looks better? Does the 2nd one give enough hidey-holes for the fish? Thanks

I found some nice rock on the seashore & brought them home. I've put them in a bucket of boiling water to sterilise them. How long do I need to steep them to leach the salt out of them, before they're ok for a freshwater tank? Do I need to change the water in the bucket? Or just leave them...

I got a dwarf gourami for my 80L tank When I got it home, I went to float the bag and found the gourami was flapping about in the bag as if it was out of water There was plenty of water in the bag I waited 5 mins and had to add more tank water to the bag, hoping to ease the distress. It didnt I...

My tank is 4 months old. I have no problems with water chemistry. It gets to 0-0-5 or 0-0-10 a week after pwc When I first started out, I read that it isn't good to use water from your hot water tank as it can contain copper So When doing a PWC I've been filling the bucket with cold water and...

I apologise for posting here, as I posted in unhealthy fish yesterday. No one responded there and I need help urgently 1~What type of fish is afflicted? I found one of my coral plattys on the bottom of the tank yesterday afternoon, it was 1/2 eaten! It had faded to near gravel colour Yuk Then...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? I found one of my coral plattys on the bottom of the tank this afternoon, it was 1/2 eaten! It had faded to near gravel colour Yuk Then that evening a female guppy suddenly floated dead. I think it was pregnant & it had a bruise in one side and a dark red...

Hi I Need to go away from home for over a week I have no one to do pwc for me and so I bought nitrate removal filter from my LFS who "swear by them" My questions are 1. Has anyone any experience of these 2. If it works, is there any harm In continuing to leave them in after I return home? Thanks

I have a community tank with 2 male guppies who fight. I got 2 females (would have got more females but I'm at my stock limit) to stop the males fighting which worked fairly well My problem is that one of the females is now very pregnant (big gravid spot). My tank is only 70L and not really big...

Hi I have neon tetra, guppies and coral plattys, all of whom readily eat the flakes I feed them The problem I have is feeding my betta and hexazone barbs They didn't seem interested in the flakes. So I got pellets, but they are ignoring these too All the other fish start darting around the...

Hi, I have a 70L tank tropical tank. It has finished cycling and I have gradually added stock. Water tests are consistently 0-0-10 before water changes. I do a 10L water change when the nitrate gets to 10, which is every 7-10 days I have 1 betta, 2 coral plattys, 2 male guppies, 2 tiger barbs...

I'm having problems feeding my fish: I've just started keeping a tank - please see my profile for info I started feeding pellets but they sank so fast the fish didnt have time to eat them, and my ammonia and nitrites rocketed due to the pellets lying at the bottom After browsing around this...