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The only other thing in there is a cherry shrimp. I've caught him today and he's in a different tank for now.vive emptied the tank completely (all plants, substrate, everything). I've scrubbed the tank with Hibiscrub and rinsed with a power washer. I've removed the filter all together and...

:,( Hypnos has succumbed to ich :( :( :( he developed little white spots on his tail fin about a week ago, then he started to lose his red colour :( I transferred him straight into my hospital tank, treated him with bettafix and salt and kept up my water changes in the hospital tank all week! He...

It's like milky spots, it's really hard to see unless he's right under the light! Grrrr. I've dosed the tank with Melafix and aquarium salt and am keeping an eye on him, will continue to try to take more pictures, might try my big camera..

Here's a better one... There's milky bits.... What do you think?

So I've just got in from work, done my usual 30% water change on his tank, fed him his pellets and algae wafers for the shrimp. Have noticed his tail :s praying its not fin rot but it looks like milky patches on the tail fin.. Am trying to take good photo but he's excited to see me and now full...

Oh that's better!! Do a MASSIVE water change (90-95%) and keep checking your ammonia and nitrite levels for a couple more days and if they're stable at zero, you're good to go!!! YAAAAAAAAAAY!

Not yet! NitrIte is poisonous too! You have to make BOTH ammonia AND nitrite are at zero consistently for a week before adding fish :( I know is sooooo slow and boring and time consuming, but if you add fish and the nitrites are still high it'll just harm your new fish. Nitrite bacteria are the...

As far as I thought, media is the whole thing, anything your bacteria can stick to.....  my filter recommends that its changed every 6 weeks, it gets rinsed but never thrown away....     You only really need to get rid of the solid waste by rinsing it in old tank water...  I would keep your...

oh I know Rei Rei, I would have a rectangular one if I had a choice again, however, I don't see the point of putting more production and manufacturing and transportation pollution into the atmosphere for the sake of a new tank when this one is sitting empty.... It's a purely...

it's a bit girly.... :s

Here's my new boy! No name yet... So am calling him 'fish'... Any ideas for a name?