Recent content by pridmorej

Thanks for the good link as well. I've also got to move my 180l tank - BUT only 3 metres from our lounge to our hallway! :( New carpet and decorating forces the move . :rolleyes:

Interesting link there Sylvia. The dropsy link mentions Interpet#9 and Octozin. Anyone know if these are the same/better/worse than Primafix? Thanks again Jeremy :)

OK. I know know why they are called Torpedos!!! I've set up a hospital tank with several litres of water from the main tank and a heater. I've now just spent the past 10 minutes trying to catch the thing without demolishing my tank or killing the other fish. He's now hiding under one of the...

Good idea on the temperature. My temp is normally between 78-80. I'm going to take the fish out and try to treat it, but the LFS really didn't want to sell me the Primafix. What is the difference between Primafix and Melafix? I add a capful of Melafix each water change. Is this too much...

Thanks for your understanding Tokis. I don't really want to start killing my fish off. From the photo above, the fish is not looking in a good way though. But, it did just try to evade netting with enough enthusisam to make me change my mind about taking it out. I'm going to give the...

Hi All, Just phoned my LFS to see if they stock Primafix. I was told that Dropsy is not curable and that I'd be wasting my time trying. The best thing I could do would be to take the affected fish out and pop it into the freezer to humanely kill it, but to also use Primafix to stop any...

Thanks for you help. From the look of the pictures it is definately dropsy and popeye. But I can't get teh fish to stand still long enough to get a good photo of the silvering. It doesn't look anything like the pictures of velvet. It is more reflective, like a mirrored finish on the...

Hi All, Long time no post which means my tank has been holding up OK, but now I've a problem and wondered if I could ask some advice :) I have 4 Red Line Torpedo barbs in my 180l tank and one of them (which I first thought was pregnent) is now definately not well. His scales on his back are...

Right then...now I'm confused. I brought a high PH testing kit tonight and got a reading of 8.2 from the tank. So I thought I'd test the tap water and got a readying of 7.4 - the lowest the high PH kit would go. So I used my normal PH kit and got a reading of 7.0!!! :huh: :unsure: :blink...

Hi All, Haven't tested the PH of the tap water, but I will tonight, although I have read that the PH changes once it has declorinated and the gases change. As for the white strands/flecks, they look like..... :huh: ....white strands/flecks :) They don't look like a bacterial plumbe, but...

Hi All, As with most newbies I brought my tank before reading up on the topic and even though I had a cold water tank for over 3 years, I'm shocked at how much more I need to know when looking after my tropical tank. I've tried reading as much as I can over the past couple of days since I...

Hi All, I thought I'd drop in and say hello and tell you about my new tank :D (and a bit about my old one :( ). I have a couple of quick questions I'd like answered and hope you don't mind me asking them here. I'm sure they're answered elsewhere, but I'm not sure what to look for ATM. I had...