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I introduced 3 new Santa Swordtails today to my wall mounted fish tank. 2 of them have now got long thin things which look like stems of plants hanging from their underbelly. Is this their waste hanging and if so is it normal or are they distressed. My tank water is perfect in every dept and...

A wee update/ 8 weeks on and my tank is looking and working brill :-) , Have 4 silver tipped tetras, 4 rummynose tetras, 1 albino cory and a beautiful red Siamese fighting fish. They all seem to be getting along "swimmingly". My panoramic wall mounted tank is a real show piece, the water...

Advice taken and will say a wee cheerio to them all today :( Off to Palma for a short break on Wednesday, so I'll start with the cycle process when I return next week. Thanks again

Okay, would I be better returning all my fish for the time being and performing a fishless cycle?

Image of blue guppy. Ordered api kit already Will not overstock from now on. Will see if i can get some bactinettes from somewhere. Lessons learned and great help on this forum Thanks again to you all

Hi Thanks for the prompt replies. Looks like I haven't cycled the tank properly although I followed all the instructiond given by the shop who sold me the tank / original fish. Where would I get amonia and how do I test it? Blue metalicas, my wife bought these and has probably got the name...

I have a wall mounted panoramic fish tank. 1.7m long , 46cm height and 11cm depth. Capacity 35litres. I bought this 4 weeks ago and introduced 8 neon tetras and 6 blue metalicas. All was fine for first 2 weeks when I then introduced various new guppies (16) . I was very worried at first as...