Recent content by sailfinphil

hi hugo, i have just sent off for 5 assassin snails brought them from ebay £5.99 inc postage i have one already but there are to many for him to eat, i have the same problem, mine came in on a new plant which must have had eggs in. my advice is get some assassin snails they don't eat plants are...

hi kyoko just found you through wilder i'm having same problem with messaging too, my birthday is 15 february and i have 3 cats & lots of fish anyhow thought i'd say hello

hi, i agree lol, wilder seems to think i'm overstocked i don't know if she realises that a fluval305 external filter filters 260 gallons per hour plus i do 25% water change weekly, i guess she must as she is one of team experts, i'm very happy with the way the tank is at present i've just put...

hi prairiesunflower, thanks for adding me as a friend i'm new to this forum, tried clicking on the link in my email but wouldn't let me answer through that so have posted my reply here all my fish seem happy now so hopefully a one off, kind regards, phil

hi there, i am a new member i have two fish tanks both tropical one 20 gal and the other 25 approx have 1 6" sailfin pleco a pair of kribs 4 barbs 8 neon tetra's 3 cardinals 4 catfish the wiggly bottem type 5 algy eaters 8 endlers 4 guppys several mickymouse & assorted platy's 2 pearl danio'+...

Hi again, yes i thought it was overstocked when i brought it (ready stocked) having already removed 8 platy's i thought it might be alright i know the inch per gal rule but also have heard (from lfs)that if you have an external filter such as fluval305 allows space for more but how much more i...

i have ended his misery all of my other fish are fine so i think it had just developed a bent spine and there was nothing else for it, thanks for your advice. i have a breeding pair of kribs, 4 barbs 8 small endlers 3 waggly tail catfish a 6 inch sailfin and 5 algie eaters also bogwood 3 live...

oh and the tank is a juwel 99cm across i guess its about 25 gallons at least the fluval filter must take about another gallon at least, regards, phil

i took it to local fish shop and the amonia was slightly high at 3 although my test kit said all stats were good ph about 8 amonia 0 no2 &3 0 anyway the woman sugested it might be copper poisoning although didn't test for it just sold me a filter pad to stick in the tank for £16.50 which i...

i have 11 neon tetras one has developed a problem he is having trouble swiming twitching and swimming upward and leaning to the right i think he won't last long doing this, does anyone have any advice as to what to do, the tank is clean has a fluval 305 filter seems like hes had a stroke and...