Recent content by ClareJ

Yep, MrFish (see photo) is 13+ and still as active as ever! Wish all my fish lived this long...

Thank you for your help :). I looked up melanophore migration and that seems to fit the description of what he has. Hopefully the black marks have stopped spreading - will be keeping a close eye on him ;)

Heres a photo of the black spots on my goldfish...

Gold fish has black marks – black smudge? Hi! I have two gold fish in a 60 litre tank. One gold fish is over 12 years old and, despite never being ill before, has suddenly started changing colour! He started with a black mark above his eye two weeks ago, which looks like a bruise, but now he...

I have been given a tank which came with, amongst other fish, one lonely neon tetra. Although I have been able to introduce glow band tetras successfully, I bought 5 neons who unfortunately all died within 2 days :(. I have been told that neons will hang out with cardinals (which would be...

Thank you for the reply :). The catfish is a leopard plec. He's about 5cm at the moment but growing fast! Yes giving the fish to someone who already has schools of them is a good idea. Do you know if pet shops will take them?

Hi, I’m new to keeping tropical fish. I was given a 60 litre tank which already contained… - 5 orange barbs - 1 glow band tetra - 1 neon tetra - 1 penguin tetra - 1 black neon tetra I have bought a cat fish and 5 glow band tetras to keep the lonely one company. Now I’m a bit unsure...