Tsarmina

ok, i have a want list i already have neons glowlights black widows serpae i would like to add: Glass Bloodfin Conchus Blue Green Flame Ember How well would this lot get on together? i have read that they are all peaceful community fish, but would like the opinion of those who own or have owned these tetra.

for my fishies (see list below) i mix together beef heart zucchini peas (shelled) broccoli carrots

i have added furan to the tank (hey, i'm willing to try anyone's suggestions once at the moment) the tank has gone a nice shade of green, as the packet said it would, and even my cories are more active now. Q. is it possible to get gay guppies?? because a few of my boys don't seem interested in the girls, just each other :-? :oops: :lol:

thanks sharn, tsar is going to call the lfs and try to obtain some, meanwhile we have just lost a boy Symptoms: Lost colour, eyes bulging, body a little bent, almost looks like oxygen deprivation. From what im thinking this isn't the guppie diesease, from what we know of it, but more a new type of which seems to be killing the girls, and the occasional boy. possible transferred through the mating process. Just a theory, but becoing a little more solid, as we watch the losses. -Esdot

no change healthy appetites i have tried melafix, salt and tonic on the individuals that i know are sick, to no avail. i haven't dosed the whole tank yet as i have to try and remove the bristlenoses first. not an easy task in a four foot tank when they are only 2 inches long i'm doing water changes every few days as i don't want to recycle the tank if i take too much out.

No No. Though they do end up upside down. Not really. they seem more tired than anything only nearer to the end. they also start to breathe heavier too No redness

esdot has had a thought, so far we have had one boy die 3 days ago, he was our first. since then we have only lost girls, the olny major change we have had to what appears to be an otherwise healthy tank, population explosion with fry, is the addition of a new boy, about a week ago, who we have just removed, to his own tank. Is it possible that some sort of STD, has been brought into the tank, like aids or such, we know its way out there, but as there are just girls dying, except for our sword tail boy, we are trying to go through all possible scenarios. Your thoughts please.

make that 2 for today just noticed another girl on her way out, doing exactly what i described above

sometimes i can tell that they are going to die. what happens is they try to lodge themselves into a plant to stay upright. i noticed this with the one that died last night. if they can't, then they swim awkwardly and start to sink while trying to get to the surface. i do have an airstone in the tank so i don't think it's lack of oxygen

the test was done at the pet store as i don't have an ammonia test kit and my nitrate one is giving incorrect readings (and i follow the instructions exactly)

the thing that gets me is it is sudden. mark checked the tank this morning at 9am, so i wouldn't have to take another body out, but they were all swimming around fine. when i checked at 11am, there was one laying dead on the java moss. it seems to be the girls i'm losing, but they are still dropping fry. now if they were stressed by anything, would they not abort?? this is just so frustrating :evil: and its getting to the point where i'm wondering if i should just give up.

still losing 1 a day. parameters as of 3pm today PH: 6.4 Ammonia: 0.25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20

i'm having issues with my gups. it's got to the point where i'm losing 1 a day. they are only 6mths old at most, so its not old age. its a 4ft tank containing: 2 BN's 2 peppered cories and my girl gups / breeding boys / fry plants are java moss, java and indian fern, and a plant i got from jude (not sure of name) parameters, as of saturday 01-07-06 PH: 6.2 Ammonia: 0.25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 40 GH: 3 50 KH: 4 60 Temp: 24oC i have since done a 20% water change. any ideas as to what the cause may be?

we have just started using a gas heater, which coincides with the time the ph levels dropped. is there anything that would help keep the ph at an even level? my guppy boys were not doing well and i have also lost 3 girls and a neon.

the PH levels in almost all of my tanks has crashed. in my girl guppy tank: 6.2 boy gups: 6.0 knife & pleco tank: 6.0 comm tank: 6.2 blonde gup tank: 6.2 wcmm tank: 6.4 tap water: 7.0 i am, very slowly, adding PH up to the tanks. any ideas as to what may have caused this?? there has been nothing foreign added to any of the tanks

sorry to hear that caryl i'm going to have a go at tank breeding the rosys before they go in the pond in summer, so if that works out, you can have some of your Grandbabies (or is it Great grandbabies??)

well, now we've got the camera working, heres a couple of pics of the tank.

Loki, investigating how she's going to get the blonde gups and bn's :lol:

the next issue would be cleaning it!! how would you reach the bottom?? (does any one have a wet suit going cheap??) and i hope you don't plan to try and catch any fish that are in it. but otherwise, awsome tanks Tank Man and welcome to our happy little community

oooh, so does this mean an FNZAS ice skating trip to your place come mid july (when its really freezing)?????

hi, i only noticed it at about 11am. she was sitting in a corner at the top. took her out real quick (about 30mins before i posted the pic) as she couldn't breathe. her mouth was continuously open. she couldn't close it.

cool another local welcome!

just lost her here is a rather poor pic. had to use cellphone cause camera isn't working.

one of my guppy girls has furry white stuff protruding from one of her gills. it's causing her great troubles with breathing. it looks like it may be in her mouth as well. she has been removed from the tank. What is it?? how do i treat it Tank: +/- 200 guppies 2 BN's 2 peppered cories plants driftwood current temp 24oC did a test last week ph 7.0 ammonia .5 nitrite 0 - 0.25 nitrate 10 i have a bottle of Tonic which says it treats mouth fungus. dosage is 1ml per 20L. is this safe for all of the fish in this tank?

thanks paul, didn't see your post there will do a little research on what they eat (or rather who they'll eat) and get back to you