Recent content by Nightstar99

They all seem to have recovered now. The hospital tank is uncycled though, anyone know what the ammonia output is for shrimp?

Cabomba? Thats what one of the plants is, the other is an Amazon sword.    2 out of 3 shrimp seem to have recovered in the hospital tank. #3 looks 50/50. In the main tank they were all on their side and they had all gone white, it seems amazing that they could recover. I am keeping fingers crossed.

I bought two aquarium plants today from a new shop. Immediately my amanos started going nuts, first thought they were just agitated due to the disturbance.   A few hours later and I see to my horror they are all on their side and dying. :-(   Obviously the plants have been treated with some kind...

My amanos always hide to shed. I would love to see them do it. In any case they are very nice shrimp and make good tank mates for all my fish.

This thread genuinely made me sad.

Guppies are tropical fish, goldfish are cold water. They shouldnt really be in the same tank as far as I know.

@proud pastry Re. Your guppies interest in one anothers under carriages. Fish trail waste from their vents which other fish can basically smell. This gives them information basically as to whether it's another fish of the same type they can breed with. Eventually they should learn that the...

Unless I'm mistaken you have a 200 litre plus tank. I doubt 5 guppies are going to push you over capacity. What does ##150### say? http://www.##150###.com/ Edit: Well sorry about that. There is a useful website where you put in your tank parameters and it gives you your overall stocking...

Just watched the programme. The stores they showed seemed worse than the ones I've been to.

Sorry to hear that. :-(

I havent used the strips myself but they are not reported to be very accurate. If at all possible its better to get a liquid kit where you can see the different values. Even they cant test for everything of course. In the meantime I would do 50% water changes every one to two days and see if...

You usually feed cooked peas as they are laxatives for fish. If the fish is bunged up and there is pressure on the swim bladder it can alleviate it. You can also try feeding garlic as this can help counteract internal parasites temporarily. In many cases there will be concurrent symptoms like...

I've been to quite a few Pets at Home and they are generally ok. Some are better than others depending on who is staffing them at the time. Sometimes the fish tanks are a bit iffy, but the cute and furries all seem fine, and they give you free vet care for a few months after you buy them. The...

You can try swimbladder meds from a petstore. Also you can try a salt bath a few times a day as this will change the osmotic balance inside the fish. Google should tell you how to do that. Before doing that I would check water parameters and do a big water change, as it could also be ammonia...

This is a sensitive and informative video about the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK47u_9Ko3M