Recent content by Rainbow67

Hmm,even things "proven beyond doubt" can actually turn out to wrong! :lol:

Fish keeping is a hobby, but it is also an aquired skill that generally gets better with experience. Even the best of us here will have tales of mistakes made and lost fish.....especially when we started our first tank. One of the mistakes I think you are making is trying to keep fish which...

If your tap water is treated with chloramine then your water conditioner will release ammonia as it breaks the chrloride bond is broken. A cycled filter should handlle the released ammonia without harm to your fish. You filter doesn't sound as if it is fully matured yet, so you actually might...

All well and good for you Gilli, but like I said every tank is different with different fish, different equipment,different foods, planted/non planted etc etc, It works for you but that doesn't mean it will work for everyone. As for the gasping issue, whilst my fish don't generally gasp I can...

A nice video, but it always makes me shudder when people stick their bare hands into their tanks with their electrics on. :hyper: Sure the chances might be small, but even so if you stick your bare hands into the water and your heater, filter or pump develops an electrical fault unbeknown to...

Take them back to the fish shop you brought them from, they would almost certainly take them back.....assuming they are both healthy. If you explain you brought them not knowing that they weren't suitable for your particular set up, then your fish shop might even let you choose other fish in...

Gavin do yours click when sparring......mine do. They do tend to be aware of their own size........when my 3 and a half inch clown loaches were the same size they fought each other.......the big 6 inch one would only show dominance by chasing away the other loaches at feeding time, but never...

My clown loaches do spar for dominance on a regular basis. about a year ago two of my clown loaches both approx 3 and a half inches long would face off each other and they would click like mad, even though my the tank already had a dominant 6 inch clown loach in it. So they were clearly...

Okay it's now Aug 11 so you might have solved your light problem already.....even though you still seem to be having cycling problems, but hopefully this post will help you or anyone eles who has purchased a Waterhome light. I brought 2 of these Waterhome lights off ebay for less than £12 an...

It depends on the veg. I have found frozen broad beans by far the easiest to feed, as they require no washing or cooking or blancing and they sink! I buy a bag of frozen baby broad beans at Tescos for about a pound & 20p. They are the easiest to feed becuase they sink. Just leave one or two...

Although it is better to keep nitrate levels at a lower level, many fish in general can tolerate high nitrate levels for an extended period of time, indeed some species seem to adapt a to a high nitrate level tolerance. Death specifically due to nitrate poisoning is generally rare in aquariums...

Hmm, is mature water better than fresh water with beneficial bacteria? I suspect there is no hard science either way. Some people seem certain that the beneficial bacteria is only found on the hard surfaces, but then again how many times have scientists revealed to us new discoveries completely...

The trouble is doing a 10% water change isn't likely to have too much impact on your nitrate levels. If you really want to get your nitrate levels down then you need to do much bigger water changes....certainly much bigger than 10% any how. As long as you Ammonia and Nitrite levels read zero...

Hmmm, not too sure what is up with your Clown Loach. A heathy happy clown loach will be active and very greedy and excited when it comes to feeding time! I would say though that Clown Loaches need to be in groups of at least 4 to thrive, and they need plenty of hiding places and generally don't...

Hi Kirsty, It's quite difficult to be 100% certain what is causing your fish fatalities, just like computers it could be anyone of a number of things or it might be a combination of things. You do mention that you had someone feeding your fish when you were away, and that could possibly be the...