Recent content by Gilby77

Yes, I agree sometimes people are a little harsh, but at the same time the same queries occur on a regular basis, which understandably some members obviously find frustrating. Equally some posters ask for assistance, yet aren't prepared to take the action prescribed. The problem is many LFS's...

Try bloodworms, my clown loaches absolutely love bloodworms, we give them the frozen type and also 'live' bloodworms too... it may help a little. Their behaviour can be a little strange, they often worry my hubby when he comes home and finds them lying on their side! ;)

I have two RTS's, one is very black, the other is a little paler, and a little smaller. The very black RTS is one of my original fish and I have had him since April 2006, he eats a varied diet of flake and frozen food (bloodworms and daphnia). He has always been a little fiesty, particularly...

This happened to one of my clown loaches too, it was horrible to see him suffer so I eventually had to put him out of his misery. I now only have one clown loach and plan to get him some friends very soon (i.e. this weekend) but interestingly he swims around with two tiger barbs that are very...

My advice would be to read, read and then read some more about fishkeeping... I bought my first tank (15 gallons) in April 2006 and have just upgraded this to a 76 gallon tank recently. I started my first tank all wrong and I have certainly learnt by my mistakes! I had no idea about cycling a...

A question about feeding.... I feed my fish twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening, just a pinch of tropical flake food. At the weekend I bought some frozen bloodworm from my LFS and the fish absolutely love it! How often should I feed them the bloodworm? The LFS recommended...

Oh crikey, I have just read your post by chance, I have a fully planted tank and an airstone running constantly 24/7 - can you explain why I shouldn't run it during the day? Sorry if this seems like a really obvious question... I am still new to the world of fishkeeping! Thanks!

I can emphasise with you, I have two red tailed sharks which I bought at the same time and one is much bigger than the other, in fact the bigger one is huge and has grown very quickly - I have had him since May 2006 and when I bought him he was just 1 1/2 inches long, now he is 4, going on 5...

Thank you all for responding! I went out and bought two plecs on Saturday and they have munched their way through nearly all the brown algae - there is hardly any left already! With regard to lights, not sure why we (me and my fiance) decided to have the lights set for these specific times...

Hi Wilder Thank you for your response, well unfortunately the albino tiger barb is deteriorating. The gold barb is fully recovered, it was never a lump around his anus, just red and inflamed but this has now totally disappeared and I have now put him into my main tank (I hope this is the right...

Thank you for your responses, much appreciated! I don't have a plec, was always a bit concerned about having one in my smaller tank, but now the bigger tank is set up I may purchase one - I do really like them! I'm a bit concerned that you both think it is due to low light - my light is set...

I came home last night and carried out my daily fish census! One of my albino tiger barbs has developed a swollen lump on his bottom jaw, almost looks like he has massive lips! He is not his usual self and the swelling is very red and inflamed, although it doesn't look like it is an open...

Hello Well my new tank has now cycled in exactly three weeks - see my previous thread linked below for how I set it up (it involved Bactinettes and household ammonia!) http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=154233 Anyway, I did a massive water change on Wednesday night, as predicted...

Just thought I would add a quick update following the previous posts... I am now 12 days into the cycle, ammonia is being processed down to 0 in a matter of hours now and I keep topping the tank up daily with household ammonia to maintain the bacteria levels... nitrItes are off the scale - at...

Well, it is now day five and I think maybe the Bactinettes are working afterall (along with a little help from my established filter which I added on Sunday!). To summarise, I filled the tank on Thursday, added Bactinettes on Friday along with 10 ml of household Ammonia (9.5% strength), the...