Recent content by Martynguk2002

Hello, I have a Balloon Molly and Betta together in a 17g Tank along with 5 Zebra Danios. The Molly and Betta seem to 'go for' each other Betta will look for the molly then follow her flareing for a good 5 seconds. And the molly seems to follow him around and even had a go at nipping his side...

Hello, I've had my betta for about a week now and has always been active and has been eating well. I got home from work late last night around half 1 in the morning had a quick check on him and he was sitting on the bottom of the tank and was looking very pale, being worried i went on to the...

Hi guys, My tap water is high in Nitrates (about 50 to 75 mg/l) and have been thinking about what I might do about it. One idea I have (and would like your opinion on this) is if i take a spare tank and fill it with tap water and also lots of plants and let it stand hopefully the plants...

Thanks for the replys. I had the tank from a friend who got it from a friend neither of which were very interested they just bought which fish they thought looked nice and what the LFS told them to get, hence I wasnt too sure what I had, but Im learning! and am a newbie myself. I also have a...

I have what i think are 2 Zebra danio one seems to chase after the other one some time a couple of times round the tank, is this normal? are they just 'playing'? I also have 2 Algae eaters, not sure if thats the proper name for them? One of them seems a bit fatter than the other one and seems...

Thanks for the well fast reply :) I mean that they are as close to 0 as i can tell from the test. I already have 3 plants in the tank not sure what kind though, I only got them a couple of days ago so will they have had enough time to get to work on those nitrates? I'm a little worried...

Hi guys just wondered if i could get your opinion on my tank, Its roughly about 60cm width, 40cm high and 30 cm depth sorry don't know how many gallons (Told you I was a newbie :lol: ) I got it from a mate who wasn't having much luck with it. (I have only just found out this could be because...