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Hi Leonie..Yeah I"ve heard some bad things about Animates too but the one I went to had one person working in the fish dept who was very knowledageble and refused to sell until my tank was established. I went to two other pet shops (one was Pet central), and they didnt even ask me if i had an...

Hello Leonie   Nice to meet another Kiwi too :D   The LFS I went to was Animates in Tower Junction. None of the other ones do water testing etc.  And thanks for the advice. I'll certainly look around before buying the tester.   Thanks again Regards Sandra

Hi..no thats fine..I dont feel badgered lol.   At the moment they are still very small but I will upgrade to a 200L tank for them (52gals)..The shark is still shorter than my thumb. Once i get the big tank I will fish cycle it for at least a month or longer before adding them. By that time I...

Hi there   THey were testing it with some kind of liquid which changed colour...   I am alternating feeding between flakes and the tablets that drop to the bottom.  The flakes are called Nutrafin Max  and the tabs are called NovoTab by a brand called JBL.   The LFS (which I assume are the...

hi all   Thank you for your comments.   I have a 70L tank and lots of hiding places.. I had my water tested before adding fish and it was fine (apparently)   I have noticed that the shark has come out of his shell a bit but the angel is still hiding. The shark seems to be swimming around quite...

I'm a total noob so please excuse me if this is an extremely stupid question. When i feed my fish flakes, the fish are too scared so they just sit at the bottom. I let them be and when i come back I'm really not sure if they have eaten because theres some thats sunk to the bottom. Should i leave...

Hi there...Thanks for your help. OK I'll stop changing the water so often. THe temperature is definitely okay because i have one of the intank thermometers and i put it away from the heater. It is reading a stead 25degrees.  I'll see if they improve... 

Hi all   I am new to owning fishes but I've googled and asked many people before actually getting one set up. I have two fish.. One is an angelfish and the other is a small red tail shark.  They are both scared and always hiding and while I understand they may be scared, I am just worried that...