Recent content by cmarbles

I wish I'd made more effort to visit sites like this with helpful people like you before husband decided daughter could have fish. My response of "Fine, but it's up to you two, I've got enough to do" resulted in quite a few deaths. It was so upsetting for daughter (and me). Firstly, tank...

Hi. It's 110 litres. There is another little pleco (snowball?), 4 tetras (two different types), one platy, two mollies who gave birth the day she got them :rolleyes: so a few tiny babies (surely they would be the first to be affected if dodgy water?), amano shrimp, two tiny dwarf frogs, and a...

Hi. Completely forgot to respond to this message. Nitrites went up teensy bit on adding the new fish (to 0.25) and nitrates registered at 10, but 2 days later nitrites were zero again and nitrates were very low (less than 5). All that happened quite a while AFTER she starting behaving...

Haha. We have some tetras (not neon, clear ones) and the fat one probably ate all the molly fry.

Hi. I'm a reluctant Fishy Mum because daughter wanted "new pets" last April and her Dad thought it would be a great idea to get a tank. Silly me thought "Well, it's up to them, they can deal with all that". Yeah right. Anyway, today's question is how important is it that certain types of...

Thank you. Would you be so kind as to look at my pleco thread. She doesn't eat anymore, just hangs behind filter or a rock. Am wondering if any chance it is gill flukes. She is breathing through belly via going to top. Only effect of big water change was all males (different fish) now showing...

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Pics of Pebs today (did half the 75% water change and gravel clean this morn and will do another water change later today). Have opened air vent on filter so now bubbling strongly on water surface. Noticed she seems to wedge herself to attach to glass, as if she's lost suction???

Thank you!

Hi. Have a vague photo of Pebbles from just before we switched off light. Not the best but best we could do. Also, pic of tank. The wood is Rosewood (found the label) and it doesn't seem to have slime or fungus, just a bit of snail poo and hair algae. Appreciate your interest :) (Sorry the...

Hi everyone. I'm a 50 year old mum of a 13 year old who got her first tank last April when she was 12. It was her Dad's idea. My knowledge of fish at the time was ... .... ... ... Yep, that's the tumbleweed blowing through my knowledge of fish at the time. Now, of course, due to my hyper...