Recent content by Drevil

I have had a redclaw crayfish (Ed) for around five weeks. He is a great pet and seems happy enough. The only thing is, my tap water is acidic with a ph of 6.5. I feed Ed clams from time to time and leave the shells in, hoping they will leach out calcium and increase ph. I also boil empty...

Okay, I'll wait it out and do my best for her in the meantime.

Have been doing small water changes every day - water stats so far as follows: pH 6.4 (but they're used to that) hardeness >6d Nitrite 3ish Nitrate 25 Ammonia 1.2mg/l Don't understand why nitrates so high but I've...

Still can't get her to eat and she used to be such a gannet. Tried frozen bloodworms but that just makes her mate chase and nip her as if he's guarding the food. I will try cucumber since she used to like that. Both the sharks have become very skittish and try to jump every time I open the lid -...

She's actually doing quite well. She is moving around the new tank and only swimming vertically now and again. She hasn't eaten yet but she is looking at the food which she wasn't doing before. I think her swimming strangely was a stress response. When I see her and her mate in the new tank, I...

Thanks for all the advice. I thought about swim bladder as I think that's how my Plec died. I treated the tank for 5 days with Myaxin to see if that would help but no change. I'm going to move her though to give her a better life even if she does eventually die. She has another shark friend and...

My 6 inch Bala shark is swimming vertically - head up - and appears to be struggling to stay off the bottom. She hasn't eaten for days. I know the tank is too small for her - 2' x 2' x 1' and have bought her a new one. The new tank is twice the size and has been cycling with five Buenos Aires...