Recent content by alexbryan

One of my Mollies was really, really bloated a few weeks ago, and I was worried she was going to die. The bloat went away almost overnight after I treated the tank with internal bacteria medicine, and for a few days she seemed fine, but she's become quite thin now, and her tail looks kind of...

Hi guys, She's been eating peas for a couple of days now but the bloat hasn't gone down and she doesn't appear to have pooed at all (none in the breading cage she's in). What are the symptoms of worms apart from bloat and what's the best treatment? I hope it turns out she is just pregnant but I...

Hi guys, One of my Mollies is very bloated and I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with her. :( At first I thought it was dropsy, but I've had a few Mollies get dropsy in the past and she doesn't have the same symptoms the others had, e.g. she's eating fine, swimming around the tank as usual...

Hi guys, I have a small aquarium (28 litres) and I've currently got a Fluval 1 plus, but it doesn't seem that affective. What's the BEST filter around for a small tank like mine with about 10 fish? Is carbon filter media better than regular filter sponge? One important thing is that the...

I live in England and recently we have been having some nice weather! The downside is my fish tank is getting hotter than it's ever been before; during the day it goes over 27C and at the moment it never gets much higher than that because I point my fan on it. However, I'm going away on Friday...

Hi, first I'd like to thank everyone who helped me when my new fish were dying, since I cleaned out the tank and cloned the filter the fish have been very happy and no more have died. I have two Honey Gourami and two Neon Tetra. The two Gourami are males and have a faint dark green/grey colour...

I just noticed something, the Gouramis are still going up for air at the top of the tank. I think that's a symptom of Ammonia posioning, but do fish do that normally? They're aren't at the top all the time, and I wouldn't call their actions "gasping".

I've still got 2 Honey Gouramis and 2 Neon Tetra. I took the remaining Black Molly back and unfortunatly all the others died, even when taken out the tank they died later that day so I guess ammonia posioning still affects the fish once they are out of the ammonia. The tetra have always been...

Thanks everyone for your help! I've totally cleaned out the tank and cloaned the filter and the improvement in the fish is amazing; they're so much more lively. I left the tank about 9 - 10 hours without any fish in it, waiting for the temperature to come down to an acceptable level. Is there...

Right, I've cleaned out the tank and put in some filter media from my mother-in-law's tank. My filter plate actually had a compartment under where the water goes up the pipe, so I put a cutting of filter in there that was well used and seemed to have alot of bacteria on it. My question is, how...

Could you point me towards a decent guide on how to go about doing this? My mother-in-law has a wall pump filter, while I have an under gravel one. What is "filter media" and how do I get it out of hers and into mine?

Thanks for all the replys! I've decided to return the fish to the shop, do a fishless cycle and get some of the smaller fish Chibi mentioned. One thing I'm confused about is the size of the tank. A couple of you calculated it's about 6 US Gallons, but working from the dimensions, everywhere I...

Thanks for your replies!! I'm not sure what to do now. My girlfriend bought the tank and fish for my birthday. We talked with the people in the shop and we asked how many fish we could put in. The bloke who has loads of fish himself said about 12-15 smaller fish or less bigger ones. We asked him...

Hi, this is my first post, and these are my first fish! I bought an Aqua One 28L tropical fish tank, which comes with an under gravel filter and heater. I followed all the instructions, cleaned everything before use, conditioned the water and didn't add any fish until the chemistry levels were...