Recent content by Colin_T

then go to hospital for a singed bottom

Contact a local pet shop and say you have some fish that need rehoming for free. Most shops will take them. Once you have a place to unload them, take a couple of buckets to the house, put some tank water in them, add the fish to one bucket and plants to the other bucket. Put lids on the...

Baby fish and young fish that are growing should be fed as much as they can eat at least 3 times a day (more often if possible). They should look like pregnant guppies at all times. This lets them have a lot of nutrients that they require to grow. Adult fish that are being used for breeding...

Is that a plant substrate? You can use a gravel cleaner to gently clean areas around plants but most people that use plant substrates don't gravel clean it and simply let it get gross from fish food and waste breaking down in it. You can buy a basic model gravel cleaner like the one in the...

Use a clean soap-free sponge (cheap sponge that doesn't have any soap in it) and wipe the algae off. Then do a big water change and gravel clean. Then clean the filter tomorrow or today if you want to. If you have a power filter, wash the filter media/ materials in a bucket of aquarium water...

Can you post a 1 minute video of the fish rubbing on objects? Upload videos to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here. If you use a mobile phone to film the fish, hold the phone in landscape mode so the footage fills the entire screen and doesn't have black bars on either end. The grey/ black...

It's not just having a fish room that helps you live longer. Having anything to get up for helps and that includes all pets (birds, cats, dogs, fish, etc). You need a reason to live and pets give you that. You are responsible for them and they give you unconditional love in return (assuming you...

They are a long way off from making them street lights that release light over a long period of time. But I still want some to use inside at night so I don't have to trip over things trying to find the bed after lights out. They would also be good during a power failure so you could see where...

Pictures and maybe a 1 minute video of the platies? Upload videos to YouTube, then copy & paste the link here. If you use a phone to film the fish, hold the phone in landscape mode. How long were the platies fat for before dying? Have they ever produced any babies? Have you dewormed them? Most...

If the tank is only 3 weeks old you are probably doing a fish in cycle, which simply means there are fish in the tank while the filter develops the colonies of good bacteria that keep ammonia and nitrite down. This cycle tanks around 4-6 weeks to do and you can get ammonia and nitrite readings...

If it's from a clean area and hasn't been sprayed with anything it should be fine. If you're worried about copper, do what Gary suggested and put it in a container of distilled water and test the water for copper a couple of weeks later. I doubt there would be enough leaching off the rock to...

How long has the tank been set up for? How long has the filter been running for? Have you cleaned the filter recently? If yes, when and how did you clean it? How long have you had the molly for? Have you added anything to the tank in the last 2 weeks? -------------------- Clamped fins can be...

Get 4 or 5 more and see how they go. You can put some plastic pipe/ tubing in the tank for the loaches to live in during the day. Get 2-3 inch diameter tube that is 2 foot long and bury it under the gravel leaving the ends open. The loaches can go in one end and come out the other.

If the tank is big enough and you have plenty of floating plants you could buy a female to go with him but it's not essential

All aquarium plants do best with some aquarium plant fertilizer. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/aquarium-plants-1-01.492933/