Recent content by ihmix

Thats a great help better to be safe than sorry. Many Thanks.

Hi all, I have 5 Tiger barbs at the moment along with many other comunity fish I was just wondering if it would be safe to add some more barbs, My local shop has green barbs, albino tiger barbs, and rosey barbs. Is any of the above safe or would you favor another type of barb. any suggestions...

Hi Guys thanks for your help will do as suggested. Cheers.

Hi I have 5 Gourami's in a tank full of community fish, they seem fine health wise and all levels indicate this, I am fairly new to this hobby and have only had my tank 6months but fingers crossed all is well. My questoin is should I get some female of the species as the males seem to chase...

Hi, Thanks for th quick reply, forgive me please but what are Jungle Buddy tablets and where can I get them from and who makes them, any other advice would be great also. keep it coming. Cheers. ihmix.

Hi All, I have had my rio 180 for approx 2 months now and have just got all my water chemistry down to the correct levels:- PH 7.2 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20 Hardness 14 I now do a 20 percent water change weekly and all seems well, but I seem to have a very slight foggy issue, I have...

Have looked at your suggestion but can not fit the heater down the remaining shaft way to tight plus there is nowhere to hook the heater. I also took heater out of the filter box and the noise continues. have only had pump running for 8 weeks, what are my chances of getting a replacement. Cheers.

Hi I have a 600 internal pump which came with my Rio 180 Tank I have had the tank running for 8 weeks with no problems. But now my pump is making a loud vibrating noise, I have took the pump apart but as I am new to this I do not really know what I am looking for, impeller all looks good, I have...

Hi People, Thanks for the great advice, will continue to do 15 percent water changes and look at this bio spria to purchase. Many Thanks, ihmix. Keep up the great work.

Hi People, Can anyone help me out I am new to tropical fish and have had my tank up and running for 4 weeks, after week one I introduced 6 zebra danios, I then found out they had white spot and treated with methylene blue. White spot has gone and I have now started doing regular water changes...

Hi thanks for the advice will head to pet shop in the morning to get some interpet no.12. I tried to see if there was a visable fork but was very difficult to see these things move so fast. I looked on another forum earlier and someone had posted a picture of a anchor worm coming from the back...

Hi, Thanks for all your help so far, I have just noticed that one of my zebra danio has a trailing white thing behind it looks like a piece of cotton. Going back to my first question could these have been junior anchor worms waiting to act and also what sort of treatment can you reccomend...

Hi, I have just finished cycling my tank approx 3 weeks, have a master test kit and all seems fine I have introduced some zebra danio into my tank as the first fish 5 in total. I have had 2 die in the last couple of days, and yesterday I noticed small black tadpole type things on the glass...

Hi Thanks for the quick reply but do you have any idea what these might be and how to treat them, I am losing my zebra danio every other day. ihmix

Hi, I am new to this site and also new to fish keeping, I have just had 2 zebra danio fish die and have just noticed very small black things on the glass they look like very small tadpoles, I have been told that they are FLUKES, can anyone confirm thast this might be the case and any idea how I...