Recent content by elle

Good point. Thats what I have been doing up till now. Its only a small tank but there must be dozens of snails in there, with dozens more on the way if the collection of egg clusters are anything to go by!! Cheers.

Hi, The Fish Tank itself is about 2 months old. I took a water sample to the LFS yesterday and all the readings were good, 0 for Ammonia and Nitrites, below 10 for Nitrates, the PH level is slightly high at 8.1 but this is normal for my area in the UK apparantly. Looking at those pics, you're...

Hi, Thanks for replies and comments, they were very helpful. I use "Stress Coat" to dechlorinate the water and leave it in a bucket for 24 hours to climatise the water. The Fish Tank itself is about 2 months old. I took a water sample to the LFS yesterday and all the readings were good, 0...

Hi, Total newbie here with some basic questions! Sorry! :/ 1: Whats the best way to dechlorinate water? At the moment I'm leaving a bucket full of water to stand for 24 hours with some suitable water treatment drops. Is this sufficient? 2: Whats the best way to aereate the water? What does...

Hi all, As advised by the Newbie forum, here is a quick "Hello!" I'm new to keeping tropical fish so I'm on a steep learning curve at the moment. I have a small tank, 60cm x 30cm x 38cm (13UK gallons I believe, 60 litres). I started off with 4 mollies, Elliot, Lucy, Lisa, and Elle (the...

Hi, My Silver molly has red marks either side of its face on its gills. They are getting worse and on one side it looks like an open wound and seems to be getting worse. This morning I also noticed a brown/yellow lump on the side of its body which resembles velvet. I have quarantined the fish...