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Hello, I'm curious about the gourami. After reading up about the dwarf and learning that two males can become territorial and aggressive, I am wondering if two different types of gourami would produce the same aggression. Would a honey and dwarf male show the same aggression to eachother...

Hello, I'm curious about the gourami. After reading up about the dwarf and learning that two males can become territorial and aggressive, I am wondering if two different types of gourami would produce the same aggression. Would a honey and dwarf male show the same aggression to eachother...

Thanks kizno, is there a reason why the tetras and harlequins are a bad idea?

Hello, i know you get this all the time, but help me stock my tank! I have a 10 gallon tank with two male guppies. They were in a 3 gallon up until 2 weeks ago. I'd like to get some other fish, i'm considering either 5 cardinal tetras or 5 harlequins, not sure which to go for. Also, i'm...

Ok. I spoke too soon. My filter is still not working properly, no matter what I do. So i give in, it's going back to the seller. Does anyone recommend a filter for a 5 gallon? Obviously i chose the mini elite because it wasn't too strong for my fish, and i hope i can find a similar one! Any idea?

I'll say first of all thank you, you have been a great help for me. The picture you posted is that of my filter, yes. I blew down the pipe and bubbled did appear, and then back to nothing when i stopped. So i did a couple of big blows which made the filter spit and make some funny noises and lo...

It is still blowing out water, but it is completely different to what it was a month ago, where my guppies would play in the stream/bubbles and their food would swirl around the tank. Now the food barely moves, but there is still a currant. It is a water pump, yes. It's a Mini Elite: - 220lph -...

thanks for your response. I'm in the UK. It vibrates just slightly, not much at all really but it isn't jerky. At the moment there are precisely zero bubbles coming from my filter, on full. It's just a 5 gallon tank, with a couple of guppies (starting easy).

I tried to resolve this issue with hagen, who were useless, and now with the company i purchased it from (online) but i'm getting nowhere. I bought an elite mini for my first tank just over a month ago. At first the flow was far too strong, even on its lowest setting, but now i'm struggling to...

About 3 days ago i noticed one of my male (i have two) guppies had jagged edges around its tail, but only slightly. Kept an eye on him yesterday and noticed another, this time a rip. Last night there were no more signs, but this morning i've woken up to find a deep and wide rip, about half way...

Hello. I have an elite mini filter for my guppies, but the current is a bit too strong and they sometims have trouble staying in one place. Can a filter be turned off during the night? I understand why one is needed, and about the good bacteria, but will turning it off do serious damage?

It was in there from the cycling process (which has now finished) and because i thought they had white spot, but it has cleared up and all fish are healthy. I can get rid of the salt with my water changes no problem, but i suppose i was asking for any suggestions for algae eaters that can...

Hi everyone, at the moment i have a tank with three guppies. The tank has some aquarium salt in right now, to help prevent stress and disease in my fish. I want to get a small algae eater too, but it would need to be ok in a tank with aquarium salt, which is temperature is 80. Any ideas? Thanks

Ok, i will do all the things you suggest. Just out of interest, if i had known it was ammonia poisoning, should i have culled them before they died, because they were in distress.

Thanks everyone. Looked up the symptoms of ammonia poisioning again, and it looks like that's what they had. Thank you waterdrop and vinylman for helping me. I've been posting my worries on another forum, but they were of no help. I only wish i'd come on here sooner. Before the problem began, i...