Recent content by madi

Ta for the info. I've got the medication on order from my local aquarium, it'll be in within 3 days. They had one in stock but it had a sugar base, which apparently leads to bacteria blooms... Call me crazy, but a bacteria bloom when my fish are weakened from parasites seems like a bad idea...

I have a 75Litre, (20 gallon aprox) guppy tank. It's been established for about 6 months, and I have 3 adult females, and around 15-20 off spring in various stages of development. I had four adults, but after dropping her fry, one of the fish's anus appeared to shred. This is the first time...

My tank stats are at the bottom of my post :) The red on the guppies back looks, for lack of a better description, like a cat scratch. The scales are damaged, some are missing, and others are standing up. My filter is an under gravel filter, so the only exposed bits are the power head and the...

That happened to one of my goldfish. After a lot of gentle prodding and coaxing had failed, I wound up taking the ordainment out of the water, turning it so the fish's tail was in the water and gently banging the top of the ordainment (kind of like an empty sauce bottle). He plopped out, and was...

I have a 30L guppy tank, which has been established for over 6 months. It is fully cycled, and currently holds 3 normal guppies, and 4 of the little native like ones, (They’re under 1.5cms fully grown, and have the two sword like points of tail... No idea what they’re actually called) all of...

It never occurred to me it could be him digging in gravel, lol. I lost all my guppies in the tank a few months ago, so I think I've gone into full blown over protectiveness and paranoia with these guys. I'm going to get some more plants for the tank tomorrow, just so he's got a few more hiding...

Hopefully you're right. He's been in the tank for a few weeks now and he's only just started hiding. But I did notice he was getting chased a lot last week. Ta :) I have an under gravel filter, with the outlet sitting just at water level. I can't have it above the water line because the tanks...

I have a newly established (a few months old) 30L tank with 4 guppies in it, two adults, and two younger guppies (not sure how old they are, they're about a third of the size of the adults), they're all male. One of the younger guppies has been hiding at the back of the tank, behind some plants...

The water in my 30L Guppy tank is currently: gH: 15 drops (was aiming for 12. I tested the water in the buckets as I filled the tank and they where all 12. But the tank ended up at 15. Not sure how.) pH: 6.8 (raising to 7 with kH powder) kH: 4 drops (I've been told to raise this to 6) Ammonia...

Ta, I didn't think kettle water would be hot enough for long enough. (I might not do this to the thermometer though, lol.) My fish all displayed symptoms of tapeworm before they died. I'd brought them all from the same place, and they admitted the tank I got the last two from had an out of...

I need to sterilise my fish tank (There's no fish in it... But lots, and LOTS of tapeworms that refuse to die) but I have no idea how to go about it. I need a sterilisation method that kills tapeworms (I've tried several brands of dewormer, none have worked). I was thinking of boiling...

I’ve had a 30Litre (roughly 9-10 gallon) guppy tank for several years. However, I recently added a new guppy who unbeknownst to me had tapeworm... the tapeworms managed to wipe out the tank before I figured out what was wrong. (My power head died at the same time, so the under gravel filter...