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Hi there and sorry you are having trouble and didn't get good advice from your pet shop. Have you read about cycling an aquarium? This is very important. It is the biological process that makes the water safe for fish. The cycling would have started when you added the fish but when you scrubbed everything and replaced the gravel, it upset the cycle. 1. Do not add any more fish. The mollies will grow, or reproduce and your tank is not big enough for many more as mollies are a medium sized fish. 2. Get some live plants in there as this will help the nutrient balance correcting. It will also give the male somewhere to hide. 3. Look up all about cycling an aquarium. I always did it this way...set up the tank and make sure the temp has stabilised. For a 2ft (old measurements here from an old lady) tank I would add 4 hardy neon sized fish. After 1 month, if all was well, I would add another 4 of the same and repeat this process until stocking level had been reached. This naturally starts the process without adding ammonia or other chemicals to artificially start the cycle. For a 3ft tank I would start with 6 neon sized fish and so on. 4. A good ratio for mollies is 1 male for 2 or 3 females. A group of all males will be aggressive. 5 Your fella will be stressed and could recover on his own, without the addition of chemicals or tonics, if the cause of his stress is fixed - good water conditions and places to hide. 6. Do daily water changes of about 10 - 20% but don't clean anything in the tank, including the gravel, for at least 1 month to help correct the cycle. Good luck and feel free to ask more questions 🙂

I have same problem..noticed one comment about feed....have started giving more algae flakes for plecos so Im guessing that could be what is causing blue color....gonna stop flakes and see if it changes back to normal pink....otherwise they seem healthy....

Hi, I recently set up a small home tropical fish tank with 4 Mollys. It’s the aqua one 47 eco style. I feel I haven’t been given too much uneducated mixed advice and it’s caused a few problems. during my first tank clean I removed the decorations and fake plants, cleaned out the gravel and replaced it, all unknown to me that I should have had a gravel cleaner and shouldn’t have scrubbed the ornaments. Woke up the next day to one Molly that had passed away, I was gutted and felt awful. I’ve been terrified to clean the tank again since, but have purchased a glass cleaner magnet got different ornaments, and got the gravel cleaner but am yet to use it. I worked out that I have 2 males and a female, I’m not sure what the first one that passed away was. I wasn’t told what the correct ratio would be and how many would actually be better to have total, just “4 would be fine do you want a mix of male and female or one or the other?” so I just got a mix. I now think the female is pregnant ( at a guess) and she has taken to abusing one of the males, to the point he is miserable and I think has fin rot. He hides and cowers away from her only appearing when I feed them. i have just done a treatment tonight with wunder tonic, and will do a water change and clean the gravel in a few days. Questions- what are my next steps? Will the male survive? is it best to remove him completely from the tank? and just have the female and other male, who are both happy as Larry in each others company and are thick as thieves together. Should I get more females and remove the imbalance? Not interested in getting abuse and snarky comments. I’ve had that already when asking at a fish specialist shop for advice and it’s put me off going back. Beginner mum here who is genuinely concerned and gotten a bit attached to these fish that I just got as a gift for my child who was desperate for a fish tank! only looking for genuine helpful advice so I don’t need to keep explaining where the fish have gone.. i feel bad enough. thank you

Good to hear you found homes for them.

It might help if you give your location.

Hi does anyone know if there is another alternative to put a different covered lid with light that would fit on right size Juwel tank

A big circular pool of at least 4k litres is best and cheapest set up, I cut down a 300000 litre water tank a few years ago

Could probably go up to 10,000 litres if i'm using seawater from the ocean and not buying synthetic salt, would this be too small for a horn/carpet shark and or longtail skate long term?

All sharks and rays will outgrow that tank size Ihave kept very young rays and sharks for short periods but they don't take well to captivity

Free big outdoor goldfish that’s been living in our pond for about a decade.

Sorry, this isn't to do with the original topic of the thread but do you know if there are any rays/skates and sharks that are keepable in home aquaria here? My max tank size would probably be around 2200 litres if that isn't too small and what would you feed them? Thanks

Our Guest Speaker will be Nick from Aquaponics New Zealand. We will be at the venue from 9am and ask that anyone attending arrive before 9:50.

That hasn't been my experience with them, they eat fish that have died usually And only attempt to catch fish when not fed enough

Aloevera is toxic to axolotls, do not use this.

Hi All Just a reminder of the FNZAS Annual General Meeting on Saturday the 27th of April. This will be held at Napier Baptist Church, 36 Riverbend Road, Maraenui, Napier 4110 This should be a good event with attendees from all over the country. It will also be available via zoom for those that cannot attend. AGM Zoom details: President FNZAS is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: FNZAS AGM Time: Apr 27, 2024 09:30 AM Auckland, Wellington Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92593087655?pwd=YXF5MzU5b0tZM3Z3amI4azdHb0kxQT09 Meeting ID: 925 9308 7655 Passcode: 135413 Please note that speaking rights are held by committee and delegates only. FNZAS members will get a chance for comments at the end of the AGM The plan for the day will be as follows 10am FNZAS AGM start 11am Guest Speaker 12pm Lunch 1pm Tank Crawl The AGM is open to everyone including all members and non-members of the FNZAS. The tank crawl will only be open to attendance by FNZAS members. For any questions regarding the in person event please contact either: Chris Drake: [email protected] Chris Stokes: [email protected] -- Chris Stokes FNZAS Secretary

EDIT: fish have been rehomed. It took a long time to approve my membership and message here, and during this time I found new homes for the fish. ——— I came home last night from a holiday to find a big crack in my tank and not much water left. There were no casualties luckily and I have put all the fish in two smaller tanks but they can’t stay there for long so I need to move them out ASAP. I have available: 1 white angelfish 4 cherry barbs 4 cardinal tetra 2 pristella tetra 3 harlequin rasbora 1 starlight bristlenose 3 lemon tetra 5 dwarf chain loaches 1 Borneo suckermouth/hillstream loach They are all a couple of years old except for a couple of the cardinal tetras that I got a couple of months ago. Pick up Churton Park

Yeah, I read up on the dardanus hermit crabs, apparently they are all very aggressive and eat fish and aren't really very good at cleaning up

Hi, Ryan how did you go with This? This question was what I myself was wondering after reading my Cory Community tanks temp is on higher side for Peppers, except for my undercover, filtered guppy tank (read my asshole-tank cos of hitchhikers that popped out of bought aquarium plants, and went from three baby guppies to hundreds in two months). The guppies have been given away….now to the tank. It’s planted, filtered. Temp range in Winter will be maybe low approx 8-high 16. (It’s Akld 2024 post pandemic, floods, cyclones & councils haha no one knows the heck what is coming at us anymore 🔮🌬️🌊) I adore my peppered cories, don’t want them to die. My 3 big tropical community inside tanks are getting full though. Yes. Yes I do have a fish addiction. I have accepted this. 😆

This tank is similar size to one you are proposing 2.1 meters x 90cm x 55cm sump 1.8m x 60cm x 60cm, 2hp chiller

No tropical ones availble but we have a local one but usually found in deeper water.

Changed it a bit as mado only eat live food, also dimensions are 200x120x60cm 1 Common Leatherjacket 1 Red Gurnard 3-5 Sweep 1 Spotty Maybe blue maomao, porcupine fish

Hi, can anyone add/comment on my stocking list for a 200x120x40cm aquarium (I could go higher but im trying to make it a shallow thing) 1 Leatherjacket - Definitely want Blue Maomao - Optional Red Mullet Goatfish - Optional 1 Red Gurnard - Definitely want New Zealand Demoiselle - Optional 3 Mado - Definitely want Red Banded Perch - optional Paketi - optional Sweep - optional Everything except for the gurnard, mado and leatherjacket is open to suggestions/change and im not sure of group sizes so any suggestions would be appreciated. (this list is too large for the aquarium size so im looking for help reducing this list) Also where can I collect saltwater/sand within auckland region? Thanks

Anyone want some Java moss? It posts well in a ziplog bag within an envelope so you would get however much I could fit in a business envelope. It squishes well so you can get a good handful. $5.00

Yeah ive looked at the mpi lists - but do you know anything about the anenome hermit crabs?