Recent content by Gillian

Thanks for all your comments. We done a water change last night, and all is well this morning. The one surviving guppy looks fine as well. I am going to water test shortly (as soon as my baby allows me to put him down!) It seems the stocking situation has sorted itself out by the fish we lost...

That's very useful. Thanks. I have just re-tested this afternoon (using TetraTest kits) Ammonia - zero Nitrite - 0.3mg/l Nitrate - between 5-10 ppm Are these high enough levels to cause problems? Is this why occasionally fish stay on the surface...

Many thanks. Will go back to the shop with a sample of water.

Sorry to be ambiguous. I have individual testing kits. The nitrate and ammonia are zero and the lowest scale for the nitrite is <0.3.

Hi - I purchased 5 male guppies on Sunday and introduced them to my (fairly new - 3 months) tank. Monday morning, 1 had died and one was acting very strangely (staying near the very top of the tank and hardly moving). This one died shortly after. Tuesday, we lost a third. This morning we lost a...