Recent content by Disco_Stu

I may have reason to relocate to another county soon but I'm concerened that I have no idea what to do with my fish during this transition. What do people normally do when moving property?

I would say that it's impossible to advise on size of tank, it's pretty much down to you really. Of course it goes without saying that the bigger the tank the more maintenance it requires, i.e. bigger water changes. I have a 34g tank and I'd love a bigger one. As Donna says, set your budget and...

No probs, I would say that Mrs Wiggle is a better judge than me anyway.

according to Google 130 litres works out at just over 34gallons so I would say that you could even get a couple more than what Miss Wiggle has suggested. I have a couple of gauramis and they are beautiful fish. Maybe try a couple of those.

I think fish are brighter than people give them credit. I've only had my tank running for a couple of months and they already know when it's dinner time. In particular, I find the salt and pepper mollies the best at knowing. They are greedy beggars too. As soon as the food goes in they go crazy.

Magic, that's great guys. Thanks for the advice.

Yes they do seem to all have their mouths to the surface. OK so oxygen seems to be the problem. Is there any other way to get oxygen into the tank other than an air pump?

Hi All, just thought I'd see if anyone could shed some light on a problem I've just noticed with my fish. In the last couple of days they've all taken to swimming at the top of the tank. Now, I did a water change two days ago so I'm not sure that has had any bearing on it. One thing I should...

Hi there, thanks for your reply. I'm pretty sure the nitrate level is at 0 but I only have one of those kits to test with. I did a water change on the Saturday and by Sunday afternoon lost the fish. Will do another water change today but I have been doing regular changes. I guess i'll simply...

Hi, It's a fair size, about 160litres (not sure what this is in gallons, sorry). Nitrites are below 0.3m mg/l, not sure about ammonia, nitrate and ph, is this important? Not sure what you mean about cycle either but I'll give you a rundown on what fish we currently have and have lost. we have...

Hello, hello. So I've had a tropical tank for about two months and fish in it for about a month and a half. As I said in my previous post, I have a combination of guppies, mollies, barbs, silver shark, etc, etc. It is obviously a newish tank but we've had the odd fish loss which is totally...

Evening all. Just thought I'd drop a quick line to introduce myself. Well, I'm based in Kent in England, the miserably cold one in Europe that is. I've just inherited a fish tank of size roughly 160litres (sorry don't know what that equates to in gallons). Had fish in it for about a month and a...