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The scales weren't sticking out yesterday, but they are now. I've bought a hospital tank and heater for it today. In conjunction with the medicine, it's cost nearly £60 (~$120). I've filled it with water from the main tank and put the very ill one in there. Two of the others have started showing...

I've removed the sick fish, and in the absense of a hospital tank, I put it in a jug of tank water. I've now suspended the jug in the tank, so most of it is submerged but the water can't transfer. I figured that this would keep the fish separate from the 'healthy' ones, but allow the water to...

Hi, I just fed my fish and noticed that one of the 6 cherry barbs wasn't appearing. I took decorations out to see if I could find it and it's close to death from what I can tell. It's whole body is puffed up (viewed from the front or above) and it's swimming very strangely. When left alone, it...

How about one male with two females?

I wouldn't mind two dwarf gouramis, but this thread says that keeping two is a bad idea. One of these might be an option. What's the smallest group of these you can have to reduce aggression? I really like the rams, but according to the thread about them, they're very sensitive to water...

Thanks for the reply. I was considering either cardinal tetras or harlequin rasboras. Would either of these be acceptable? Are there no larger fish that would be suitable?

I've got a 60 litre tank which currently has 6 cherry barbs and two plecs (both very small at the moment, will be switched as they grow). I'd like to either put one or two slightly larger and more interesting fish in there, or else a shoal of small fish, to complete the tank. I've been looking...

It has been quite warm in here tonight and the temperature of the water in the fish tank has gone up to around 27 - 28 Celcius (about 80F). I'm sure that this is still just about ok for the fish, but it's got me worrying about what I should do when the temperature in the flat goes up too much. I...

My tap water is exceptionally hard and has a high ph. From the the tests which I've used (a simple strip with 5 different tests on it), the hardness is right at the top of the scale and the ph is around 8.5. I'm pretty sure this isn't ideal for housing fish, so should I counteract the hardness...

I got an ammonia test kit and tested the water today. It couldn't detect any ammonia at all, so everything's fine at the moment. The fish are very small, so I suppose they wouldn't have too big an effect on a 60 litre tank. They've been in there for about 2 days so far. Does anyone have any...

Ok, thanks for the advice. In good news, I found the missing one! I'm not entirely sure, but I think he'd swum into a small hole in one of the ornaments and gotten stuck, because I found him when I lifted it out. He's swimming around the tank again now and he seems happy enough. Hopefully he'll...

Yesterday I started cycling my 60 litre (15+ gallon) tank with three cherry barbs. They've been fantastic and have been playing around in the water currents and eating and such, so they seem quite happy. Unfortunately, one of them literally disappeared overnight and I have no idea where he/she...

The bubble stream isn't as aggressive as it looks in those pictures, the camera has quite a long exposure. Here's a very brief video, let me know if you still think it's too much: http://tehkwoon.com/files/bubbles.asf

I have a Juwel Record 70 tank and the lighting is quite bright. I imagine this will be unsettling for the fish, so is it a good idea to disperse the light a bit? If so, what do you recommend to achieve this? It's been suggested to me that it would be worth getting some floating plants (probably...

Thanks for the advice everyone. Based on everyone's input, I'm planning to go with: Betta Clown Pleco (or Bristlenose if I can't find one) 6 Cherry Barbs 6 Harlequin Rasboras I would have liked to have added 6 glowlite tetra too for variety, but I don't want to overload the tank, so I'll just...