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My fish (my brothers to be more honest) is getting stressed with new water changes (was moving around the tank a bit). I just changed a little more water at the same temperature as the tank water. He was getting a bit stressed, then calmed and now seems a little bit better. I've just checked...

Hi Wilder and Davo, the water was cloudy for about 4 days, until it cleared up 3 days ago. This has happened a few times in the last year. The water quality has been bad for quite some time in terms of the ammonia levels. The fish is sluggish and I am doing a water change - I really want to save...

The water conditioner I use is Nutrafin Aqua Plus. In the last few days I've stopped feeding the fish. Fish food has been ham and other meats. My dad previously put in franfurters (which my brother wasn't happy about) Which dechlorinator is best to use?

Hi davo, I don't have another tank with established colony. The tank is only a little over at capacity. That is about 22 gallons when filled. My fish currently is a bit bloated at the tummy on inspection now and the scales look slightly raised or stretched to be more accurate. I wash my...

The filter is a fluval 3 plus I clean the filter every two weeks (I never used until it started filling up very quickly, and the filter sponges are quite large) I vacuum the gravel everytime I see mess inside (no set pattern) The tank has also recovered in the last 3 days from cloudy water...

2 fish - 1 piranha (6 inches about) and 1 royal panaque catfish Nitrites - <0.3 mg/l ammonia - 4.9 mg/l Amount of water in tank - 16.72 gallons pH - Unknown (water pH is from alkaline, hardwater London area Nitrates - Unknown

Hi, I'm stuck in a dilemma and I don't know what to do. My brother moved back home some time last year, bringing his piranha with him. Three died not very long ago, all over a year old resulting from overfeeding by someone in our household. I've checked the ammonia in our water and it is very...

Hi, I'm stuck in a dilemma and I don't know what to do. My brother moved back home some time last year, bringing his piranha with him. Three died not very long ago, all over a year old resulting from overfeeding by someone in our household. I've checked the ammonia in our water and it is very...