Recent content by mpward

Hi, I always use Interpet Bioactive tapsafe. I had a whiff of it today and it smells like egg, is that normal? thanks, Mat

yep always vac the gravel, tanks been up and running for a fair while. I`ll post the water stats on here tomorrow. Yeah could be limescale? how would i get rid of it? vac the gravel again? thanks, Mat.

My gravel has a white coating on it after a large water change, any ideas? thanks, Mat.

I think I may have found the problem, ive always been a bit wary of under gravel filters. I took my under gravel filter out and ive never seen so much fish waste, there was loads. Ive left a standard filter in there along with an airstone and after replacing a lot of the water, its looking...

Hi, Im fairly new to keeping Tropical Fish, and only started at Chrsitmas after my wife brought me a tank, ive been hooked ever since. I had a few problems to begin with but all calmed down and my fish have been doing well ever since. I decided to buy a breeding tank to have a go at rasing...

Hi, please see my other post Assaye, thanks. The frog i have is deffinaly a dwarf frog, been looking on the net, i feed it bloodworms and Daphina, can be difficult to feed it sometimes as the fish always get there first but some sinks to the bottom and the frog gets it. Like i said on my...

Thankyou for all your advice, i really appreciate it, I do, do regular water checks, when i didnt have my own test kit i took the samples to my local pet store and all have been ok, like i said this has only just started happening after two months of testing water, the water has been safe. Im...

thanks, i hope i am and dont wake up to any more dead fish tomorrow, I`ll keep u posted. thanks. Mat

Hi, I left it a while and all seemed ok but then after about 3 hours they were back at the top of the tank again, either that or they were hungry. To be on the safe side ive done a 50% change today, done a lot of small changes today and thats the biggest ive done. I`ll leave it until...

thanks for the replies. Ive been moving the dead fish as i find them, one of the cory cat fish is getting quite big and the algae eater, i may take them back to the pet shop, altough i`ll miss them :o( Just seems strange to only have started happening since i got my dwarf frog. The fish are...

thanks for the replies, its just so weird that its only just started happening after everything being ok for two months, what can cause this? Ive done about a 40% change in all today. I`ll let you know how i get on, just hope i dont wake up to another dead fish tomorrow morning. Thanks. Mat

Hi, What's the best solution to stop fish gasping for air at the top of my tank (see previous post, updated today). Ive tried a 10-15% water change today and yesterday. Thanks. Mat

Ive changed 10% of the water again and they seem happy again and have stopped gasping for air at the top and are back in the middle of the tank, something has deffinatly spiked in my tank. Mat

Hi All, I found out the make of my tank, its a UFO 350 corner tank, just a starter tank. I changed 10/15% of the water last night and the fish seemed a lot happier and swam more in the middle instead of the top, this morning they seem to be at the top again gasping for air which cant be...

Thanks for all the quick replies, ive not gone about keeping fish in a hurry, tried to do as much research as i could first, apart from the bad start i had, all my fish have been happy and well for nearly two months, ive brought books and got advice of a lot of people who keep fish and ive got...