Recent content by Funkyfishgorl

Thank you for your response. Yes I’m in the process of trying to find out what exactly is going wrong, it’s hard to tell where the imbalance is. I added more nutrients as I was on 10 hours at full intensity a day, then reduced it gradually to the 8 hours as descibed in my first post. Info on...

It’s coming to the end of the month for my 3 otos in quarantine. They’re with 5 straita loaches so I did a dewormer esha ndx (with 2nd dose 14 days later) and esha hex as a precaution. I forgot about tapeworms though so I’m thinking of doing another 3 day treatment before adding them. It’s with...

Hi, I’m looking for advice as I’m struggling with hair algae in my tank (100cm x 40cm x 50cm) approx 160L/40G. So I’m considering amano shrimp but concerned about my zebra loaches. Plants: I’ve attached a photo so you can see the plants I have and the type of algae growing, it’s mainly the...

Hey Byron, Thank you for your reply. Luckily I stayed to those parameters and the group of 5 seem okay, they are swimming around together or in a group of 3/4. There was some nipping initially like you explained from the ‘tank boss’ (who was the original lone zebra) but now that’s subsided...

Hi Byron, I appreciate all your detailed information, it’s really helpful. And yes I do mean the straita thank you. • It’s such a shame I didn’t wait to put them in together. I got the first on day 1, 1 more on day 2 and I’ll get 3 on day 3, do you think the short intervals may help? Or will...

Hey Josh, Thanks so much for your help. It’s great to know it’ll be big enough although I’m unsure if I’d get 7 right away as it’s still new (although it has my old filter and sponge filter.) Would it be okay to go with 5 then add 2 more when the tank is more established? Thank you again, I’m...

Hi Wills, Thank you for your great advice. I actually recently had that epiphany so I’m giving away my female guppies and keeping the boys as I still really enjoy them. As for zebras, I was originally enthralled by the yo-yo Loach, but after advice in the fish store I realised they would not...

I’d like help stocking my tank as I’ve heard mixed things online and in pet stores about zebra loaches and a healthy bioload for my tank. I have a 160L / 42 US gallon tank measuring 100cm in length, 50cm high and 40cm wide with plants and driftwood. I have about 20 male guppies in with one...

A fully cycled planted 100L tank with: 50+ cherry shrimp 1 betta 8 male guppies (I have way too many guppies as the first four female guppies I got actually had a male (in the tank at store) so from that I’ve now got too many guppies to count so when I could tell the males I’ve put them in a...

hi all, My betta started to show signs of ich and so I treated it last week with esta exit to no avail, I then treated it again a few days ago with both esta exit and 2000 as this is supposedly more effective yet this has clearly not worked. I had the temp raised as well so I am now giving up...

Thank you so much for your response, I’m glad to hear my initial sexing was right and I’ve finally got all the males in one tank. Thanks again!