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Done, thanks all

hi all and sorry for the delay - here's a clip of the tetra, clearly struggling. I do have Interpet anti-internal bacteria but I don't think that is suitable here? I live quite near a Pets At Home store who may have other medicines and am happy to try anything.

Little chap has been showing signs of this for a week or two now but it's more marked this week - swimming at a 45 degree angle, head up, tail down, seems to be struggling too. I've not fed for a couple of days apart from blanched peas, but they're on the floor of the tank uneaten. If it's not...

it's a 100L Aqua Nano which is D40 x W60 x H47 cm - so only 2 foot long.

Hi all. I recently replaced our dear old late bristlenose with a little clown pleco after being unable to get hold of a super red bristlenose. He's a beautiful little fish (when I see him, which isn't often!) However I hadn't realised that they don't eat much algae compared to a BN, so our...

If we do get another BN (with or without corys) it will be a little one with a view of upgrading to a larger tank when it gets too big for 100L, but yes, tank size is a major consideration. We upgraded to 100L last summer for the BN's benefit but I soon realised it was still a bit on the smaller...

All these posts have made me want to get another young BN. Funnily enough we had named ours as well ("Brownie"). They are extremely beautiful fish and such characters. I'm tempted by getting a small group of corys at the same time, though.

We've just suddenly lost our much-loved female BN pleco, after having her for over six years. She was quite small when she came to us, outgrew our initial 55L tank and spent the rest of her days in a 100L, by which time she was around four inches long (and perhaps starting to feel confined in a...

I've got a poorly small ember tetra which was among a recent influx a few weeks ago. It's separated itself from the rest, has no orange/colour whatsoever, is visibly poorly and its stomach seems distended/swollen, particularly at one side, and has started to look black in the last day or so...

Hi pic attached... the hygrophilia behind it needs a trim as well. Thanks for the help. It's attached/growing round to the wood at the bottom, so I'll have to be careful that it doesn't become unattached.

I have one of these lovely plants but it just keeps growing and is now almost filling the tank. Does anyone know the best way to prune them without damaging the rhizome?

Thanks for the replies. The fish did indeed worsen and die, and then I lost another a couple of days later. Possibly the dreaded neon tetra disease as the other species seem OK

Poor little neon seems to be struggling to swim properly and also has some sort of thing on its side - not sure if an injury or parasite. Video here. . Any help or advice welcome.

he/she's's been a conundrum for ages... bigger than all the others, looked bloated a while back but subsided, very slightly bent spine, but has always looked happy and been the most confident of the shoal