Recent content by Ian Hattam

I would second this. I've got 5 amano and they're great! Fun to watch and very good at keeping the place clean :) I was told that they can grow upto about 3 inches tho, althoug mine seem to have peaked at about an inch and a half so far!

All colour seems good at the moment but I'll keep a close eye on them. I think you're right though....I've probably just got an odd fish :D Not a lot I can add to that :D

Well, good news! I got called away this weekend and have only just got back, expecting to find the remains of a dead fish or two (my shrimp are pretty effective at clearing up the remains though!) but no! They are all fine and no sign of fish floating at funny angles. I was a litlle concerned...

Well fingers crossed anyway. Hopefully he's just having a funny five minutes :fun: Thanks

That fast? :-( Will keep my beedy eye on him and see what happens although I first noticed it yesterday evening and there doesn't appear to be any worsening of the symptoms. Thanks for the advice Cheers Ian

Well, i'll keep an eye on it for now and see what develops. I'll check out my lfs for meds as well although I'm loathe to medicate until I know what's wrong for sure. Hope this one won't die!!!! Cheers Ian Hope yours recovers too!

Leslie - The tank has been set up about 6 months so should be cycled ok by now right? Not quite sure why the pH is as high as it is at the mo. dgwebster - flexibacter columnaris (or just plain old mouth fungus) - Sounds none too grand! How contagious is that? And is it treatable? Thanks for...

I'm probably being a bit paranoid but i think one of my tetras isn't too well: It spends all of its time now swimming head down almost but not quite vertical with lots of rapid swimming motion in order to maintain it's position. The only exceptions to this are when it decides to chase away...

Thanks. I'm quite happy with it :D Not bad for a first attempt at least! (sorry for the poor quality pic - the joys of mobile phone cameras!!)

I'll give that a try, thanks :good:

My corys used to be like that too :( Now they just hide all day! Will try re-arranging the plants and see what effect this has. The other problem i have is that I feed them some sinking wafer food which my shrimps are keen to pounce on and carry off before my corys get a look in!

Sounds like a good plan! I bought some new plants at the weekend but didn't move their favourite hiding place so maybe I will try that and see if I can persuade them to show themselves a little more. Thanks for the advice :D

I have 7 neon tetras and 5 japonica/amano shrimp so nothin too scary i hope :D They used to be quite active but no longer. perhaps getting them some new buddies might help as long as this wont overload the tank (it's only 60 litres)

Hi All i have 3 peppered cories which have been in my tank for about 6months. Over the lastmonth or so they have become very shy. they used to spend a lot of tim eswimming about but now they hide at the back under one of my larger plants and can occaisionaly be seen swimming a little way from...

thanks for that Wilder I've now tested the tap water nitrate levels and there doesn't seem to be a vast differnce between the two. I've had a read of the article at the link you posted and I think this would probably be the most likely problem although there was no obvious lumpiness of the...