Recent content by sarahandjo

Hallo Colleen, They are definitely the yellow and brown snails pictured further up rather than the paler one in your picture. My only concern is that we are going from one type of snail infestation to another! I think they probably are assassins as I am seeing increasing numbers of empty...

HI They look like bottom picture.

I'm getting a bad feeling about all this - are there any other very similar snails - similar in appearance that is!

HI We have had them for only a few weeks and yes they do look like the pic you posted. I cannot get a good photo with my camera but they are identical in colouring. I am happy to give some away if necessary and if they continue to multiply at such a rate. It is only occuring in one tank...?

My son (9) and I have been keeping tropical fish for about two years and developed a snail problem in one of our two tanks - 75 and 50l respectively. ON the advice of the local retailer we purchased and housed three assassin snails. In the tank with only one snail it seems to have disappeared...

Ammonia is zero but nitrite is 0.25mg. Nitrate is 0. I guess some more fairly large water changes are in order? The Loach had a large water change this morning. He was sold to me as suitable for a small tank set up but I removed him from the main tank when he started to bully the Cory. He...

Using both kinds of test strip - one multipurpose and a liquid one to check ammonia and nitrite. Levels are OK. Is there anything else that could be stressing the Danios but not the catfish? The loach is on his own at present - ie without a filter as I have borrowed it to help the main tank...

thank you. Yes the catfish is a Cory. Yes to the description of the loach. My alternative with that one is to keep it on its own - is that OK? The nitrite levels were showing zero but I will keep going with the water changes. The gravel was washed before adding and none of the tests I have...

Hallo I am fairly new to tropical fish keeping although have kept pond fish for many years. I had (on behalf of my 7 year old son) a 22l tank with five danios and one catfish in it. We bought a bigger tank when we moved house. It is a 48l tank. I was intending to cycle that tank before...