Recent content by Cammy

Hi guys, A couple of weeks after buying my first live plants I spotted a strange dot on the glass. On closer inspection it was a seriously tiny snail. I thought it was pretty cool and just left it. Spotted it again after a few days of it disappearing but today when my mate came round he...

Nice suggestion, I'll think about giving that a try if I see any excessive aggression again. Since I saw the flying fox looking quite poorly he has definitely been ignored much more. Infact, I'm pretty sure I saw the shark swim away from the flying fox so maybe they took it to the limit and...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I was wondering if it could be because of the similar bodyshape but didn't think it would be because they seemed like quite different fish. I know not to keep more than one shark but had no idea that also meant the flying foxes too. Some good news though is that the...

Hi guys, I bought an already established 2ft tank that had some possibly incompatible fish, though they didn't seem aggressive at the time. It had a male betta, blue three spot gourami, flying fox and the red finned shark. At the time the only issue was the gourami chasing away the flying fox...

Thanks for the heads up guys, I'm new to all this so was picking things up from my internet searching. I'll get stocked up with what you recommend. Thanks again, and yes, lots of keeping an eye on all fish. One more thing, I got that fish 'tonic' from Pets At Home, didn't sound that good to...

I got a disease treatment from Pets At Home. I'll need to check the bottle again but it was specifically for fungus. Sadly though, the Betta didn't make it. He looked terrible in the end - if you looked at him from the right angle you could clearly see wee strands everywhere, like a very fine...

Hi, Thanks for the link. That looks about right. I've managed to get out and get some fish disease stuff. I have had to remove him from the tank as his motionless state is allowing a couple of other fish to give his fins a nibble :angry: He is now in a container on his own. I put only a...

He's really not doing well. The 'cotton wool' is on his left side and he is just staying at the surface using only one fin to stay up there. I had to place him back in the tank but the Gourami decided to have a nip at his fins so he is now back out. I'll need to try and get him some meds but...

Hi guys, If you haven't seen my other posts I currently have an established 2ft tank while my 4ft is being setup. I bought the 2ft as it was thinking an established tank would be easy'ish to manage while prepping the 4ft. My Betta has the 'cotton wool like substance' on parts of its body. I...

Many thanks Rob B-) Looks like you've covered most of what I was unsure about...for now anyway :P The established tank seems to be a lot calmer now that I've added some live plants, everything should be much nicer in the 4ft tank especially with the Guppies and some more Danios. Thanks...

Nice one, I don't have Guppies yet. The above list is what I saw and liked and needed to find out if they would be compatible. More Danios is a must (to add to the 4 I already have), will try and end up with an equal number of Leopard and Zebra. How many Guppies would you recommend? Just...

Sure am...after reading plenty of your posts - as well as many others :good: Thanks for the replies, both of you!! Been doing even more reading and struggled to find much about the Indonesian Loach (on here) but from similar pics it looks like it is a Sucking Loach, which I've now read is...

Hi guys, I bought an already established 2ft setup (with fish) after buying a 4ft tank (170L - needs double checked). The 2ft setup came houses: 1 x Betta (male, I think), 1 x Blue three spot Gourami, 1 x Indonesian Loach (or so I was told - from what I can find, looks like an algae/sucking...

Hi, Thanks for the fast reply. Stupidly enough, I didn't ask how long those fish had been in there but he did mention the tank has been running for 2 years. I guess I made a newbie mistake of assuming the aquarium he had up and running would therefore be problem free - behaviour wise at...

Hi guys, In preparation of my first 4ft aquarium I got my hands on an already established 2ft aquarium. The plan was to build up the 4ft till it was nicely established and then transfer everything that came with the 2ft into it. The fish that came with the 2ft are: 1 x Red tailed/finned...