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I agree with jim r on the ph. I got rain water from my parents to do water changes.It came out of a concrete tank and the ph level was over 8.

Yeah Mystic I suppose so. It's been fine for the past six months, I guess there was just to much action to be had and it all came to a head. It's all good.

That's it, nothing is stronger than nature. What can we do!

Yes,he had been knocked about. He was fine in the morning.

Came home home from work Friday to find an Electric Yellow male dead in the tank. There were also 2 females holding,so I'm guessing this fish lost out in a fight to the death over breeding rights.He was one of 2 males in with 6 females. You would think that was enough to go around wouldn't you?

Do you mean for the water to flow straight down from the outlet pipe?And why? I have the same system in my discus tank.

My brother had neons before and had trouble with them,I even told my young bloke that prior to buying. Got to the shop and forgot about that. Not to worry,still up in the air now. Might just take my boy to the lfs and let him choose.Easy way out. It is "his" tank after all.

I'll just stick with the neons for now then. Thanks guys

I was only thinking of a bit of colour in the tank. But a good size school and plenty of movement would be just as effective. The types I saw today,well there were to many to remember.There were blue, green, gold maybe,cardinal,glowlight.

I have just changed my young blokes 32 litre goldfish tank to a tropical tank.I have a dwarf gourami and some neon tetra in it at the moment.While I was at the lfs today I notice they have all sorts of tetra's. My question is, do all the tetra get along if we were to put some of more than one variety in the tank? Are there any to avoid? They seem peaceful and I'm sure it would be fine,,but it costs nothing to ask the question.

It has taken this long but the sick discus came to the top of the tank for a feed this arvo.(first time I have seen it eat properly. I end up treating the whole tank with Trichlorfon because the sick fish was breathing through one gill and clamping the other one shut,so was treating for gill fluke.Must have been the problem. All is good. Thanks again for your help. Greg

I did intend taking a pic,but slipped my mind and have cleaned the tank now.

After isolating the offending fish with white fluffy poos and treating with Metro I notice when checking the fish this arvo(5 days after starting treatment)what looks like a worm probably the size of a match stick on the bottom of the tank. Does this sound right? I am hoping this was the problem with this fish and things will get back to how they should be.

Have checked the fish this morning and it is breathing normally and through both gills. Still not eating tho'. Haven't really seen it eat anything decent in the 2 weeks I have had it.It was taking food in and then spitting it out again. It swims around and most of the time it swims with the other fish,only sometimes will it sit alone but the other fish do that as well. Still looks healthy enough too,not thin. ??????

The white fluffy poos seem to have gone from my ill fish,but now I have noticed it is breathing through the one gill. In a sticky that Caryl has in the disease section this would be a symtom of gill fluke. Still not eating either.Doesn't look thin tho'. Gills could be a bit red as well,but a bit hard to tell with it being a white fish. Have just finished a lot of reading on this site and a few others and it all gets to confusing. What do I treat with???? Have a vet friend that is getting me a few meds,prazi or droncit and trying for some furan 2 too. I have metro from a previous ill fish,should I dose with this for now till other meds arrive? What other meds would be good to have on hand, as I have access to them?