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Morning all, I'm thinking of getting a 4/5ft tank but i'm really unsure of what fish stock to put in it??? i've had a 3 ft tank for a few years now and have had all the run of the mill tropical fish i.e rams, mollies,platys,corys,neons etc. the new tank is going to be in a room in a main room...

Hi, You need to completely remove both the carbon filters from the filter so you are just left with a sponge on each side. just place the carbon in an air tight bag while they're out of the tank. once your medication is complete you can put the carbon back in, if you do not remove the carbon...

Mine seems to have cleared up and no fish have died, all the fish seem alot more lively now, especially the Rams. seems i caught it early!! Thanks Guys.

Thanks guys, i'll have a look at oldmans link. yes my tank was fully cycled before any fish were added.

Hi, I'm pretty new to the hobby and my tank has had fish in for about 5 weeks now, last saturday i noticed that both my blue rams were showing signs of White spot on their fins and body? i bought some anti white spot from my local store, after reading the instructions it seemed that the...

Morning all, I've got a 20 Gallon tank which is planted and has a few rocks and some bogwood in, there's also a pot which would be an ideal cave for a cichlid, plus there's lots of hiding spots. I currently only have 3 Platys and 6 neon Tetras in the tank, what i want to know is, are there any...

Hi, As i'm new to fish keeping i'm just getting all my bits and pieces together, i bought some test strips to start off with but they don't seem to be that accurate and don't test amonia??? Was just wandering what the best kit to buy is??? i don't want to go spending a fortune, but at the same...

Hi all, just getting into fish keeping for the first time, set up my 20 gallon tank, cycled it, tested the water and bought some fish. bought 3 Platys on Thursday last week, 2 females and 1 male, i was told this was the way to go as the male shouldn't hassle the others to much as there was 2 of...