Recent content by stephend

Hi, I am continually irritated by the little transparent suction cups that come with air tubing, live feeders, etc. After just a few months, they turn an opaque white, and then stiffen up so much that they loose there ability to make a nice vacuum and stick fast. Can anyone recommend a nice...

None on my Trigon 190 either - makes it much easier to do daily chores like feeding, and occasional tank maintenance.

Just a quick update if anyone is interested, I treated the tank on half the recommended dose (due to having Loaches). The spots disappeared and re-appeared on maybe four or five of my fish, before disappearing altogether. I think I treated them for just over a week, and had the temperature a...

I expect the fish are the last of his/her worries now. From what I have seen, people are finding it hard to survive...

I press my gravel syphon down into the gravel like a pastry cutter, then give it a wee shoogle as I lift it out - it picks up LOADS - a whole cloud gets drawn away. Very satisfying. Also, this method minimises disturbing my plants (which I tend to keep away from as a little bit of poop...

Thanks for the quick response - I'll see how he goes. Cheers, Stephen.

Oh dear - that sounds grim. The strange thing is he seem as active as ever - not off his food or anything. Water conditions are good, though I had been treating the tank for whitespot (using half doses die to my Clown Loaches). Is it contagious? I will isolate him, but I don't have a second...

Hi, I have 6 pearl danios, and I noticed a moment ago that one of them has his scales all sticking up a bit - kind of like the hairs on the back of a dog's neck do when it is aggressive. One of the scales appears to have a small white fungal growth under it. As usual it is murder trying to...

Are you not meant to send the fish to sleep in the clove oil solution prior to putting it in vodka? I used your fist method on my sick guppy, only I used the heel of my shoe, and put the kitchen roll in a plastic bag to prevent leakage. People told me I was cruel, but from being removed from...

Thanks again. I'll post my results in a week or two (sooner if it doesn't go to plan!). Cheers, Stephen.

Gotcha - sorry, didn't read you post close enough! Thanks for your help. I'll let you know how it goes. The page you linked to suggested a weeks treatment min - does this sound about right? Cheers, Stephen.

My nitrate is approx 5ppm since doing a water change last night (is that okay? My Nitrate test kit suggests that only when the level gets up to a whopping 110 do you need to think about water changes to bring it down). Cheers, Stephen.

The white spot looks exactly like a gain of salt - no red. The tank is 50 US Gallons. My stats are: Ammonia 0 Nitrite: <0.1 Nitrate: 8 (prior to the 25% water change I did last night) pH: 7.5 Temp 26.8ºC/80.2ºF My tank is stocked as per my signature below. Unfortunately I don't have a...