Recent content by Megfish

Hi I was wondering if somebody could help. I have a Cichlid Tank that has been going well for years.The fish have been breeding like mad and all is well.I have 2 featherfin cats that have been in there for a couple of years and a huge.15 cm at least. About 1 month ago one of them started getting...

Thanks for that. I went and bought another internal filter that is good for 1200lt per hour so that makes it cycle my whole tank 6 times per hour.I also added a finer filter to my canister and 12 hours later it already looks alot better.I will do 2 25% water changes weekly that should see it...

Any Ideas Anyone :-(

Ok here is the info. The Tank is 400 ltres it is fairly big I have a pleco 2 big feather fin cat fish 4 Labidochromis 4 melanchromis johanni 4 new cichlids we bought about a week ago that i think are Melanchromis Auratus. I have lots of Limestone and Pilbara rock i boiled and cleaned extremly...

Hi All I Have a dilemma.I Have had a tropical tank for years and have added a cichlid tank to our fish room.I spent heaps of time and money setting it up and researching Cichlid habitats.Trying to provide the right enviroment.The tank has roughly 50/50 Argonite and Pool filter sand which i...

That is just perfect. I have quarentined him so i may have inffected this tank also. Thanks for the info,this forum is such a valuable resource. :S Will start a big clean and shall be very carefull. Megfish

Yep your on to it. Yes they do.Small patches lumpy in a cluster like cauliflower. Do you know what it is,Is it Bad and how do i get rid of it. Cheers

Sorry but they are really hard to describe. They are lumps i suppose.They are under the scales,it doesnt look like he has lost any scales around the areas.They are small lumps in a cluster.Like when you see cells under a microscope. Sort of like little bubbles under the scales.I suppose the...

Hi all. I have an issue i would like to get to the bottom off. I have a Rainbow Fish that has developed growths on his body.I am unsure what it is so i have seperated him into my quarenteen tank.I have medicated with a broad spectrum anti parasite/anti fungal medicine and after a week it seems...

I used a normal masonary drill bit on Hammer on your drill. I also made the natural caves bigger in the rocks with a masonary blade on a grinder and a sanding type disk.It is quiet easy but it did make a heap of mess so dont forget your dust mask.

Thanks for that. In hindsight i suppose it is commonsence hey. I am not sure what fish i am going to get it will depend on availability so i will see what i can get and do a little reserch before buying to see if they are compatible. Thanks Megs :rolleyes:

Hi All I have a tropical tank and have just set up a 370L cichlid tank.It looks great will send pics soon.I got rocks from the Pilbara in W.A and some great limestone i spent ages drilling holes in and making great caves.I have cycled with a couple of tetras and am ready to add some Cichlids.I...

We found they still hatched but they took a little longer.The next time we did it we just put a halogen lamp over them that kept them nice and warm and they hatched really quick. :cool:

Yes they are fed frozen blood worms or frozen Brine shrimp the type that are purchased at a lFS.They are also feed flake and pellets for my bristle nose but they come and swallow them before they reach the bottom some times. Also Ph of 7.2 Kh of 5 cheers

Hi All. I was wondering if anybody could help me.I have a Rainbow fish that is really quiet big and yesterday i noticed a disturbing new development. This fish is swimming around with a stringy bit that looks like intestinal lighning hanging out its butt.I read awhile ago about a disese that...