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hehe i hope so! i just seen a 180l tank 5miles away on ebay.. ill keep my eye on that as the heater at the mo is suitable for a tank that size and its only on £20.

its not one of them :D thank god, haha ill get a picture :P I know i should get an ammonia kit :/ wish i just shelled straight out for the liquid kit.. ive spent probobly about £200 on fish stuff already and have hardly anything to show for it :(...

I cant treat with salt with the bristlenose guys can I? im not sure if they are bristlenoses... but thats what i remember there called.. these ones only grow to 5cm max said the sign on there trank at the lfs. they are brownish with creamy spots. i do have a water testing kit - results above^...

I cant treat with salt with the bristlenose guys can I? im not sure if they are bristlenoses... but thats what i remember there called.. these ones only grow to 5cm max said the sign on there trank at the lfs. they are brownish with creamy spots. i do have a water testing kit - results above^...

i think my fish might actually only be about 8months old actually. I feel quite bad as ive only had the tank about 2 months, and at first i overstocked it by accident but then the betta ate 7 of the neons in 2nights :/ putting me back to where i am now with a good amount of fish. 3 brislenoses...

I think there was always some discolouring on his face but its deffinotly more now and under his chin the scales have gone white / greyish. you can see on one of the pics his eye is a bit mottled colour (cloudy). also the 2 fins hanging down are crunched up but im pretty sure they always have...

lighting is just a standard crap 20w bulb that came with the 30l tank :/ i might up it to a 60w if thats a good idea? here are some snaps of the sad fella. sorry about lighting / dirty outside tank its all the splashes from water changes and the water still hasnt settled.

bizarre that our meds arnt as strong :(, oh well ill keep on with it and hopfully with all the water change and giving him some bloodworm for the fist time will perk him up today aswell as the airstone. see how it goes :) ps i dont suppose you know but i had some plants in a few weeks back but...

in the uk, are you sure melafix wont help it :(

thanks for the responses, i bought some meltafix today and added it, i think it must be working (no good signs) but it looks like stringy kinda mucus im guessing is comming off him i guess thats only a good sign that its tackling it. the bottle says it does open red sores fin and tail rot and...

where can i get a dwarf frog for my 30l tank from :) either online for the UK or in the midlands locally thanks.

did you mean to say something? :)

Hey guys, am I right in thinking after mixing in my tetra aquasafe the water is safe to add to the tank (if at the correct heat) instantly? cheers... ps if you have a minute look in the betta section for my thread please :)

thanks for the responses, i bought some meltafix today and added it, i think it must be working (no good signs) but it looks like stringy kinda mucus im guessing is comming off him i guess thats only a good sign that its tackling it. the bottle says it does open red sores fin and tail rot and...

waters good ammonia maybe slightly high, nitrate has rose a bit but only from 0 to 20 / 40 cant get a picture :( 30l tank.