Recent content by Saer

I had not thought of that, it would make sense! It was the only reason I could think of for the trays being stuck around the heater and the heater also being stuck. I have thought there may be too much in there, I will try removing the course foam in the bottom tray and filter floss and see if...

Thank you for all the replies. I have now cleaned all the pipes, they were not blocked but did have some black residue in them. I have removed the white fine floss. Unfortunately I could not check the impeller, all but one of the trays holding the bio media are now completely stuck, as is the...

Thank you, I had not done those, I will give them a try :)

Hi all I have a 200l tank and I am using the above external filter which is having some problems. Every few days the flow rate drops to literally nothing. I clean out the canister, The intake and outflow parts in the tank, expel the air, start it up and a load of crap floods out of the outlet...

Thank you both for your replies, the local fish shop has agreed to take the loaches and I have a small 12L tank or a 54L tank which the Betta could go in, they are usually my nursery and quarantine tanks. The substrate is JBL Manado, it says it is ok for bottom dwellers, would you agree with them?

Hi there I have just inherited a 200L tank with some corys, cardinal tetras, a male betta, a single clown loach and a single yo-yo loach. Am I correct in thinking these 2 loaches should not be living together, and they should be in groups rather than singles? Is it ok for the Betta to be here...

Thank you for the advice. No problem for hijacking, It is really interesting!

Hi I have a small 12 litre cycled tank and a Tupperware tub of 15 baby city’s hatching as we speak. It is a small tank but whilst they are so tiny I plan to keep them in here whilst I sort something better, once they are big enough I will move them to the adult tank. My question is, are 15...

Hi Thank you for coming back, I am not sure where you are seeing gunk, I haven’t posted a pic of the bottom, there is no gunk on the bottom of my tank. I will try the 75% water change and rock salt, will that help him not being able to suck on anything?

Thank you all for your thoughts, there is definitely some issue with his sucking. We did have a bare heater until a week ago and I replaced it with one with a cover on it so that could be what happened to his belly. We have Manado substrate which says is fine for bottom dwellers so would be...

That is a relief, I wouldn't want to harm him, I might still get the bigger tank, I was all excited for an excuse to get another one :)

I feed him a plec tablet every night, he used to go straight for it but now he ignores it, and cucumber once a week. I put bloodworms and brine shrimp in for the others twice a week, I don't know if he would eat those. I'll get some other things for him to try, in the meantime, I have some algae...

He used to suck onto things, he would suck about all day. I have been watching him for a while trying to get a good look but he is hiding up the corner. I have taken some better pictures, (I didn't want to upset him, but I took one with a flash to see if it helped). he doesn't look in a good...