Recent content by Kwiddows

Thank you Fluttermoth. I will just watch them (or get my parents to watch them) for a few days and try to come back next week to check and do another water change. I'm moving house next weekend and after that the tank will come to my new place so I will have them all back and it will be much...

Thank you. The yoyo has never been aggressive as far as I know. I wondered about that too as some advise to keep them singly and some advise larger groups of at least 5 - but he seems to have never caused a problem (I thought he was killing tank mates a while back but it turned out to be a...

Hi, 6 months ago one of my zebra danios lost an eye - there was no indication of infection or other physical damage, it just wasn't there anymore. The danio was absolutely fine with 1 eye until this morning when the remaining eye was hugely swollen, popping out of his head, and bright bright...

Thank you for this - do you think if they did get aggressive in the smaller tank that it would be resolved by moving them back to the bigger tank - or are they likely to stay aggressive? I had a rosy barb for a while who got a "taste" for killing other fish and once he had killed off the other...

You mean just for the temporary move right? For the long term I don't think it is fair to have all those fish in a 24 inch tank. Even for a couple of months I think the water quality will suffer and possibly lead to disease and I'm also worried (as noted by others here) that it might spark...

I have to temporarily move into a rented house and I cant take my current (48 Inch X 12 inch X 18 inch) tank with me but I don't want to get rid of my fish. I have a second tank (24 inch X 12 inch X 12 inch) which I could take to rented place but its too small for my fish. Would they be OK...

The first fish I put in my new tank were 6 zebra danios, they are pretty hardy and constantly on the move so they add a lot of action to the tank. If the tank has already cycled and you want something small and colourful, how about a school of neon tetras?

Thanks very much both for the comments. I will certainly avoid the angelfish! Eaglesaquarium, thanks for this, I do like dwarf gouramis. I think I might wait and keep going back to the LFS to see what they have and pick up some fish when particular individuals catch my eye, they might have some...

Hi, I have nearly finished stocking my tank and just wondered what might be a few good fish to complete the community. So far I have: 6 zebra danios 5 guppys 4 black phantom tetra (2 pairs) 6 julii corys 1 yoyo loach 8 neon tetras The tank has some live plants in which I am hoping will grow a...

Hi, I have just finished maturing a new filter with media from an old one and am now able to give someone the old one if anyone wants it. I am in Coventry West Mids UK. I have one sponge from a Fluval 2 plus which I guess I could make 2 donations out of (I've never donated before - dont know how...

Thanks to everyone who replied. I changed the substrate from gravel to sand this week (as I am planning to add corys to the tank soon) and they seem to have stopped flashing now - I don't know if the substrate change has helped or if this is coincidence. Will keep watching them. Any thoughts?

Good to hear they are OK now. I have 4 and when I first got those they hid a lot and were very timid for a few days. They are fine now, but they do the same thing where they sometimes seem to be hovering in the water at funny angles. One of them in particular sometimes stays in the same place...

Thanks Karin, I used Interpet no. 6 to treat them.

Hi, I treated my main tank, apparently successfully, for white spot about 3 weeks ago. None of the fish now have any visible white spots, and haven't had any since the treatment was finished. Water quality is fine (very hard and ph 8, but it always is and hasn't bothered them before). I have...

Hi, I've just discovered Unipac aqua sand, it comes in black and seems to be fine sand. I'm now planning to use it with my corys. Thought it might be of interest to people on this thread. :)