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Excellent, thank's for that. I will give that a go. Everything seems to be okay for the moment, finger's crossed it stays that way. The comet however, does look a little bit unhappy.

river; without the jagged edges, rocks and stones there would be no music. Horror or Comedy

What would be the symptoms to look out for regarding tailrot? Like I said, it's all beginners stuff for me, my fiancee INSISTED we get goldfish. I am the tropical expert. :lol:

There is only one comet and five fantails.

Apparently the best suited fish for an axolotl is a comet, these guy's are pretty fast (hence their name I guess).

Morning ladies and gent's, just something odd that has been taking place in my fantail tank, they're all dying! Their tails are obviously being munched on...as you can imagine this means the poor little thing's can't swim properly and just end up dying after a wee while (generally over night). I have NO idea who is eating their tails, or WHY. At the local pet store, they advised me that a comet would make a good companion, so sure enough, I bought one... I am starting to wander if that was a smart move. *p.s. coldwater fish aren't really my speciality, more tropical* ANY help would be much appreciated! Thank's guys

do you have a bf? haha seriously my bf made me a stunner of a stand!!!! only took him like 6 hours!

My pieces have been soaking since Monday and most of them actually sink, woohoo. There is one big piece of drift wood that half is floating, grrrrr. lol. thanks for all the suggestions guys !

THAT is one brilliant idea! Smart smart smart woman!

Me again (I will try not to make a habbit of inundating the forum with silly questions)! I have a snail problem. a BIG snail problem. I bought some plants from the LFS and over two weeks little ramshorn snails have been appearing everywhere. I dont know what to do, whoever said rabbits breed like crazy is so incredibly wrong, i think the prize would have to go to these little red snails. I need to find out the most effective way of getting rid of them (something thats not too cruel such as "crush them and feed them to your fish" ). Once again, thanks heaps guys!

Unfortunatly there are no rivers (that I know of) which are very easily accessible to me... I found some lovely pieces of drift wood that would make some very nice and comfy houses for my bubbas, just have to make sure I dont kill them with the nasties in the driftwood. I have found a gigantic bucket/laundry basket thingy ma bobby and weighed down the drift wood with some rocks and poured some water over them... Hmm, 2 months you say? Not something a VERY impatient lady wants to hear! lol

Ah thank you for that! I bought a HUGE piece of dritfwood (me=greedy) and it didnt fit in my tank...serves me right huh? What are the tannins like if I soak it for a few weeks? Would they still be amber? Im not a big fan of brown water.

Hey all, Being the broke uni-student that I am I decided to toddle down to the nearest beach and collect some drift wood, now I am uncertain as to what I need to do so it doesnt float in my tank, lol....Any help would be much appcreciated. thanks guys

Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes. UNFORTUNATLEY the biggest tank i can get is 300 Litres as i live upstairs the floor will not tolerate much more. And quite frankly i dont think my fish would like a trip through the floor any day soon!

have just been informed that my tank is WAY too small for chiclids. So i guess im giving some fish away for free! WOOHOO.