Recent content by sebbutcher

Cheers - and don't worry I won't! Far too much mess with flakes rotting in areas that are difficult to vacuum up with the gravel cleaner!

Thanks for the replies, I've tried taking another photo, closer up, but I can't get one which makes the creatures easier to spot. They are very small, I've looked up both copepods and planeria online, it could be either, quite difficult to tell at the moment owing to their small size, but I'll...

I'm in the process of performing a fishless cycle of my 5g nano tank in preparation for a new Betta.   The tank was setup 3 weeks ago and I've been cycling it with fish flakes alone for a few weeks and it's going well, water tests indicate the cycle is nearly complete which is good   However...

Thanks for your replies over the last couple of weeks, I've been busy and haven't had much time to update the thread unfortunately. However, I'm pleased to say that he seems to be doing g a lot better recently. He's still a little more reserved than he was but he's moving around a lot more...

Thanks for your replies.       I guess it's possible, although the water hasn't changed since we first got him so it would seem strange if it suddenly caused a change in his behaviour now. I haven't ever measured the hardness of the water (I don't have the relevant kits) but the local area is...

Little update for today, he was a bit more responsive this morning and happy took a pellet and did a little victory swim afterwards which was a good sign so I thought he might be getting better.   I decided to leave the lights off all day anyway, but this evening he's hiding again and not...

Interesting you should say that actually. Previous to owning this betta, we had another one who only lasted 6 months (our first) but thought he might have been quite old when we bought him and also wondered if there were some beginners mistakes. This time, we specifically tried to buy a young...

Interesting, I will check that out, I've not got any other good recent photo's of him unfortunately. Here is one of him back in February shortly after we got him though, do you still think he bears similarity to a crown tail?     I'll keep an eye on him over the next couple of days, I just hope...

Thanks :) he is a pretty fish, he also has some nice flashes of blue in his fins which show when he flares.   However, he is just a normal veiltail so this may explain the problem. After you pointed that out, I looked at the photo of him and noticed his 2 fins which hang down under his chin (not...

Thanks, I'll increase the frequency of water changes to weekly, it's not a lot of effort on this little tank   I've taken a couple of photos of the fish and the tank as a whole... By the way, am I the only person who thinks their tank looks OK until you see a photo of it? Please don't judge me...