Recent content by ennazus

Thanksfor all your replies.PH is 7.5. Cant believe i didnt think of just cuttimg the sponges down, DUH! I'll reduce the ammonia slightly, would it be best to do that with a water change i'm assuming? Then i'll add some cutdown sponge from my other filter to try and get things going.Thanksfor the...

hi there, I am in the porcess of setting up a new tank fo rmy son, its just a small one,about 10 litres and came with an internal filter called a duetto dj 50. Its different to the filter in my larger tank in that it contins sponges and stones,so i've not been able to use any of the media from...

Thank you. just to be clear, is columnaris the proper name for the cotton wool like growth on my mollie?. IN which case, I should do a water change now to reduce ammonia, reduce the number of fish and then re dose the tank with myxazin and pimafix? have i got that right? Theres no ammonia in my...

First of all heres the info the sticky thread said I should post Tank size 142 litres Inhabitants 8 tiger barbs, 3 mollies, 1plec (about 1/2 grown) 1 clown loach (about 4 inches) 3 zebra loaches, 2 dwarf gourami, 1 golden gourami (about 1/2 grown) 4 serpa tetras, 4 buenos aeries tetras, 5...

Thanks for the advice on feeding, was a bit nervous thattwice wouldnt be enough, i know my friend will feel awful if any were to die while he wasfeeding them! On the subject of my crabs (heehee, sorry), I have red claw crabs, they have lots of hiding places within the tank and a rock pile that...

Thanks for the advice on the loaches, i should know better than to trust them at the aqutic shop by now. They told me zebras were best kept alone! Im aware the clown loach will really need nothing smaller than a 70 gallon tank once it gets bigger (he's only around 3 inches at present. I just...

I have a tank thats approx 4 months old. Its about 40 gallons and has the following inhabitants 5 danios 2 dwarf gourami 2 rainbow sharks ( i know i should only hve one, looking for a home for the other asap) 4 mollies 4 BA tetras 4 serpa tetras 2 crabs 2 african dwarf frogs 1 clown loach 1...

I will keep an eye on things, thanks so much for your help, you've put my mind at rest :good:

Hi there. Im new to keeping tropical fish and to the forum here. I recently set up a 40G tank and did fishless cycling which took about 4 weeks. 3 days ago I added four mollies and a japanese fighting fish as my first fish, just a few so as not to overload the filter. The ammonia and nitrate...