Recent content by fozziebear

bear in mind a 10 Us gallon tank weighs 83 pounds, you could always level the tank with a soft matting of some sort like neoprene or a camping bed.

Very informative post byron, these are some of the threads i have been reading on the subject at hand, i have to say my opinion seems to flip flop on this.. as from personal experience i have never added raw ammonia to a tank, i have either cycled with ADA aquasoil which leeches ammonia, or my...

I would disagree with this, myself and multiple others i know have used ammonia cycling in fully planted tanks (65-80% of substrate planted from day 1) with great success. there is a whole debate going on at the moment in planted circles as to wether a cycling process is even needed with...

Some bucephalandra cost way more than fish do, but they aren't living animals at the end of the day, that is the primary reason to value the fish more than the plants in your tank.

Some TLC should do wonders with these guys, i don't think they are too far gone by any means, i have had rasboras become emaciated and oddly shaped in the past and if they don't react to regular feeding it is really a death sentence, usually it only affected 1 of my group though and not the rest...

Salt can and will destroy planted tanks if you are growing delicate species i know that from my own experiences, it is a lot easier to move the fish than the plants in that situation, you can always transfer them via a large diameter hose syphon if you are worried about netting stress.

Very valid points as always Byron, although i would add salt treatment is not practical for planted aquariums, and you are best moving the fish to a quarantine to treat them.

Shrimp would be a good choice, a single dwarf puffer but not with the shrimp (maybe a pair if you had very heavy planting) and malaysian trumpet snails would work too.

it's an article by pet education, courtesy of Drs. Foster and Smith, so not wholly unbiased but a good resource none the less. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+2160&aid=2421

Sorry byron i am not as organised as yourself when it comes to my postings, i highly agree with your comment above. some sources for what i put in my post. Fairfield, T. A Commonsense Guide to Fish Health. Barrons, New York, NY; 2000. Post, G. Textbook of Fish Health. TFH Publications...

my thinking was they could be hengeli but the orange colouration has dropped out, they also look quite young, but my initial thought was Hets.

i would be hesitant to give that as a identification just because the fish are so stressed and not fed well, the propper colouration can take a while to come out on these fish, my initial thought was Hets too, but the elongation on the thinnest edge of the black patch is throwing me off because...

It can be introduced on shop bought fish i agree, but what that article and other more in depth articles are saying is that it is in a form of suspended animation in any aquaria, it is just waiting for the right circumstances to start it's lifecycle.

it's hard to tell as the fish look young and very thin, they need feeding up, and need time to colour up, could be hengeli, espei, or heteromorpha, couldn't say which right now.

Nice!