Recent content by drewwhitley

Thanks for the info Unfortunately, the fish has now died. It was quite bloated and became less and less active. I checked on the tank and the gourami was below the surface but seemed to be gasping and moving its mouth quickly. Half an hour later I found it on the bottom of the tank. Very...

Hi I had read that was a possibility, but I'm in th UK and Seachem Metronidazole seems to be not available.. . . Is there anything else available?

Hi folks I have a Dwarf Gourami in a community tank, all the stats are good, 0,0,20 with a ph 7.5. The Dwarf Gourami has lost its appetite and looks a little bloated. Yesterday I noticed it was trailing a long white/transparent poo that seemed to have white dots/lumps in it. It has become a...

Hi folkes, I have a black Molly in a mixed community tank and last day or so its behaviour has changed. We have 3 mollies in total, and I think the other 2 are male. Yesterday the black one stared to behave aggresively towards the other 2 mollies, chasing them out of her half of the tank...

its a 125l tank, we did have 2 Rosy tetras, unfortunately its friend was one of the poor fish that alerted me to the fact not all was as it should be in the tank. However just checked the levels again after a 20% change and I get 0ppm ammonina,0ppm nitrite, 20ppm nitrate for the levels so all...

Thanks for the welcomes!

Thanks for the reply, at the moment we have 2 Dwarf Gourami, 2 Red wagtail Platties, 3 Mollies and a Rosy Tetra, oh and 3 shrimp. It has some plants, about 5 different species and hopefully planting in somemore this week. But I'm glad the nitrate levels aren't horendous! Drew

Hi folks As I mentioned in my intro, the first kit I got for testing was a dud, and let me get levels all over the place, but since I identified this I am now getting good results with the API master kit. Forst question, is this a good kit to be using, I don't want to make the same mistakes...

Good morning everybody, I came across your site recetly and have already been using the wealth of information available here, so thanks for all the help already. My wife and I are new to keeping fish and have started a tropical freshwater aquarium. Its a 125l tank that has some well soaked...