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Due to the death of my 5 mature tiger barbs and Redtailed shark from stress cause unknown (platies/tetras and cories fine -_- )I now have space in the middle of my tank for some new additions. I have ruled out gouramis as the filter is quite powerful and they wouldnt be able to nest. i was...

last night I lost two tiger barbs :sad: They had been looking very stressed but the other fish looked fine. Now my Red tailed shark is looking very distressed. I really dont want to loose him as he is a nice big fish. The tank has a lot of platies in it, - about 8 and because it is...

Strangely enough my tiger barbs are showing exactly the same behaviour, in fact one of them is so off colour that I am contemplating moving him to a hospital tank but I am frightened of how stressed he might be on his own -_- Should I move all 5 to the hospital tank? :/ Any advice gratefully...

My male betta has built his mate a lovely bubble nest, I have seen her sitting under it but he doesnt approach her. -_- She seems quite interested but he seems to be a bit afraid. Is this a problem that any one else has had? Can you let me know if there are any signals I should look out for...

My big female guppy, Peaches has not recovered from her last drop of fry, she gave birth to about a hundred two weeks ago and since then she has looked thin and listless with slightly reddened gills. :no: None of the other guppies with her look unhappy. Does anyone have any ideas? :/

I have treated his tank with some anti velvet treatment and his fins have cleared up wonderfully :D He also seems a lot happier.

My betta had very tattered fins when I bought him and I have been treating him with Melafix. At first it worked great but now he seems to be getting patches of white slime on his fins, is this related to the Melafix? -_-

Thanks William, she is a really large platy so I will have to keep my eyes peeled. :hyper: Any idea how long before I should be able to see them in the tank?

Only one of them is over 2 months old, this could maybe explain it. thanks a lot for the advice :) :)

I had a platy that died a few weeks after purchase, :sad: I think that it had a stroke as the other female I bought from the same tank at the same time is still doing fine. Dont let it undermine your confidence, I have lost no more fish this way and it has been three months since I lost the...

My betta is a very mellow fellow but he does seem to react more to the colour red. :hyper: He is in with three guppies and he pays no attention to the ones with blue tails but he does flare at the one with a red tail, although he had never attacked it. This may be something you could look out...

I have had a pair of red wagtail platys for 4 months now and I have had survivors from three drops, I now have 5 baby platies and they all appear to be girls. This will make my 1 male platy happy :D :D but I was wondering if there was any factors that were affecting this, for example water...

I have red wagtail platys and my large female has just given birth, approx 40 days after her last lot - it may even have been longer. She got huge after about 28 days but then stayed like that for a couple of weeks more, I was starting to worry that she would never pop :blink: but I went down...

What is the best temperature to keep bettas at? I have him in a 10 gallon (UK) tank and have guppies in with him (they arnt particularly brightly coloured so he doesnt seem to notice them). What temperature would you suggest to keep the betta happy while not suffocating the guppies? -_-

Melafix worked fine on my Bettas ripped fins but I would use it for any kind of fungal infection, I would use a proper medication, Melafix is only a 'herbal' type remedy. :unsure: