Recent content by mikky77

Hello all, i read somewhere that you should have 1 inch of fish per 1 gallon of water. So a 10 gallon tank = 10 inches of fish. How is it in the fish shops they have dozens if not hundreds of fish in tiny tanks ? Thank you

Cheers Corleone, I think i will stick to frozen :good:

Thanks very much aaronnorth, I will check that out.I see you are from Nottinghamshire, me too, Long Eaton.Cheers :good:

Hi,I recentley bought a Nutrafin Co2 diffuser ( canister ) You say Co2 diffusion can harm fish,is this so.Thanks

Hello everyone, I was thinking of giving my fish some live food. Is this a good idea. I noticed at the LFS some of the 'live ' food had actually died.Do you drain the water off, or just put the lot in. Cheers :good:

Thanks very much for the replies,very reassuring.Thanks again

After turning off the power, I removed some plants that were dying.I then put some new ones in, and spent a few minutes rearranging them.I took one of the new plants out to prune some poor looking leaves. I went to pick up the old plants,which were on the floor on a bag,when to my horror,noticed...

Thanks for the reply,I only put him in the trap,because,one of the other Danios,was hassling him, I will let him out.

Well,he is still alive.To my knowledge he is not eating.He looks a bit livelier,when you go near the tank he bombs round the small breeding/floating box he is in,probably in fear at being contained.When he is still,he is either pointing upwards or downwards or leaning at a 45% angle. Should I...

Many thanks for your reply.These parasites, where do they come from,other fish, new plants. I only commented the other day,how happy my fish looked,then this.Bugger. :angry: I thought my fish would last a long time. Anyhow, he's not gone yet, will see tomorrow. Cannot abide suffering,would...

When he was free to roam, he could swim,for short bursts erratically ( when the other Danio was pestering) then sank.He is in a small plastic floating box now.He is not bloated.His gills look ok,no excess mucous.To be perfectly honest,he looks exactly the same as the 2 healthy danios. While he...

Hello. one of my leopard danios is sick. He looks physically ok,no signs of disease.I noticed him missing yesterday,when I found him,he looked drunk,swimming erratically, darting then falling.Today I found him vertical, in a plant. I was sure he'd gone.I got my net,to retrieve him,and he swam...

Ok, the tank is fairly new,about, 10 weeks (gosh,seems longer ) The tank is cycled, the Danio in question,has been there from the start.Although i did NOT do a fishless cycle, I used Tetra safestart, and I have never had bad water readings,except yesterday,the Nitrate was 50, hence the water...

Hi everyone, yesterday,one of my leopard Danios,was looking very poor.Floating on his side, laying on the bottom of the tank.This morning,he was lying vertical in a plant,I thought he'd gone.I got my net,to retrieve him,but to my amazement,he swam off. He was listing badly,all over the place.I...

Hello Millyspook, I'm a noob,and I have a Rekord 60. As Backtotropical said, the reason for the spray bar,is to help oxygenate the water.Mine has quietened down after a couple of months.I find the sound of trickling water quite soothing,( in fact sometimes,when the telly is on,I have to listen...