Recent content by Kirky1986

Well after a couple of days looking better the problem has re-occurred this time stomach is twice the size of what it was before and now anus is protruding and red! Waiting on some kusuri wormer plus landing on my doorstep hopefully tomorrow! Got him in a epsom bath with some deshelled peas atm...

Thanks for the replies, I've fasted him off the wafers for a few days and stomach appears to have "deflated" a bit! The wafers are higher in protein then the ones I normally use 37% instead of 27% so I wonder if that has anything to do with it

Evening all! Two of my longfin super reds in qt have bloated stomachs, I have fasted for 3 days, as I suspect it might have something to do with the crappy wafers I switched to recently, and tret with octozin as I suspected it could be bloat I have just noticed tonight that it looks like there's...

Yeah i thought as much! Will continue adding for the full volume of the tank! Thanks for the advice!

Evening all, When i do water changes on my big 400l tank i refil with a hose connected to the indoor tap to get the temp right. Now my question is with me refilling it this way i cant add water conditoner beforehand like i do on my small tank so do i add enough conditoner to cover the water...

Evening all! I am wanting to start with live plants! Ive never tried before so after some advice on some beginner-ish plants Now im wanting them for 2 diff tanks! 1st will be my recently aquired 30l biorb with sand substrate (with freestanding filter) which is gonna have a betta in so would...

Just gonna be a nice little retirement home for my placid betta or a bachelor pad for younger male! Any suggestions for plant to put in cos ive never 'done' live plants yet and dont really know whats best

I have just bought a 2nd hand 30L biorb but i want to put sand as the substrate with a view to trying my hand at a planted tank ive seen that inorder to do this i wont be able to use the filter that comes with it but would i be able to use a matured free standing sponge filter stood on the sand...

Im wanting to make a 'diy' cave for my BN's and i have a load of surplus pvc pipe only thing is its inside diameter is 1inch which i think may be abit small! So i am asking for you infinate wisdom to either confirm my suspicions or start my next project ;)

just a quick update!    i had to stop using WS3 as one of my sharks has had a reaction to the prolonged treatment (not that it was working with the BN's).   i stopped treating and slowly increased temp to 32 degrees as i heard that temp kills off ich, ive been monitoring closely and all seem...

What would you suggest? I use ws3 as its worked for me before I was made aware of the groups after id already bought the 2 and got the 5ft tank so unfortunately im not gonna be upgrading or buying anymore any time soon as its nearly full just waiting for everyone to grow!

Yeah i would always treat the full tank seeing as it there but my quarantine is full of fish waitin to move into the main tank which im waitin for the main tank to be clear first! Yup would do every other day for at least a week after spots goin so havent not stopped treating yet!! How large...

Right, so on the 9th i moved my two bala's out of quarantine, after a week (i no, i no) of looking fit and healthy. The move procedure was stresfull (fast little ) and the developed white spot i noticed it on the 11th, they hadnt shown any spots on the previous evening. I started treating...

Hola all, Ive heard that keeping a stock of polystyrene handy to cover your fish tanks should the power go out for lengthy periods is a good idea, ive even toyed with the idea of getting a battery backup for my tanks, just in case. So i would like to know what, if any, emergency measures you...

HELLO!!   if the tank is currently up and running then keepin as much good bacteria alive as possible is best! putting the filter in a bucket of aquarium water whilst moving location and water from the setup tank wont hurt either!   i hadnt kept fish until recenlty an now im hooked! u'll find...