kelaray

Thanks everyone for your comments and help...and welcome!! Unfortunately where i got the tank from they just want to keep selling me fish and not worry about the rest , it would seem. I did use the last of my Ammo lock yesterday, and have done a couple of water changes, will do another tomorrow. But have added conditioner. no dont have an oxygen stone, but will get one we have a blue planet serene life lagoon tank - 70 litre.. i will go to the shop monday and see if i can get an extra air hose or something for it... maybe this will help? lost a tetra today.. now only have 1 x tetra 7 x zebra tetra( i think this is what they are) 2 x silver dollar 1 x pleco 2 x cat fish... 1 x madagascar rainbow....( what do i do with her??) Thanks supasi!! on this one.... But what do i do?? she is not happy, but she killed her mate?? do i try and get her another friend or two to calm her down? i dont want to over stock the tank though :oops: so snails came in from the plants for the shop.. great... am back to feeding lettuce to silver dollars.. they seem happy enough.. but still gasping. we are in the far north ( kaitaia)... too far away to get help... :bounce: i will keep trying and see how we get on.. thanks for the advice..

thanks for that... So wonder why its so grumpy and chases the others? when its meant to be peaceful... yeah right. maybe he/ she needs mate? thanks again

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt23 ... y/fish.jpg Well i am new to this and originally had 2 of these, this one and a smaller one.. However this fella is rather aggressive to his mate ( who is now dead) and also to the other small fish.. tetras etc.. Can someone tell me what he is and what i can have in the same tank with it? He seems fine with the silver dollars and cat fish.. but chases the tetras & zebras.. I did get told by one member on here it was possibly a Rainbow fish? help please thanks

well hopefully this works and someone can identify this fish... hope i read the instructions right... Would appreciate it if someone could let me know what sort of fish i can get to co- occupy the tank with this one. i think he has killed off a few tetras, and his mate i brought him with.. doesnt seem to worry the catfish or silver dollars, but chases the small ones quite a bit. including his own reflection. http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt23 ... y/fish.jpg thanks

Thank heaps.. Yes i guess i thought i would do it all at once, and maybe got a bit carried away. We did do a small water change, but that hasnt helped as yet, but will do another tomorrow.. Have also noticed the Silver dollars have a red tinge to there bottom fins? Is this bad? i hope they arent bleeding or something What about these snails? I never introduced snails to my tank? so not sure where they came from? thanks again!! its great to have such great help!

hiya... thanks for the welcome! Well i thought i did a good job... I cleaned the sides with the magnet thing..(sorry not sure of technical term). even though it actually seemed clean anyway. And changed the filter wool in the filter and cleaned out the plant debris in the filter as well. as the silver dollars had munched the plants, but left lots floating around. also the bio balls etc, i rinsed in the water i had taken from the tank. i used the hand pump thing to siphon out the water and stirred up the gravel etc to remove the debris.. and there was lots that came out.. seemed really clean when i finished.. and has been fine for the last week?

hope someone can help me please.. i have a 70litre tank, fairly new only about 4 months old. did the cycling etc before putting in fish.. have only had advise from pet shop. Originally had 10 tetras, 2 x silver dollar (not sure of real name sorry) 2 x cat fish 1 x cat fish that is like a brown stripey fella - and is growing fast. think its a pleco? 1 x agressive fish ( longish silvery body with tinges of yellow and yellowish fins with black edges) it had a mate which it constantly chased and ended up dead. Have since lost 8 tetras as well, i think to this fellow. since purchased some other fish similar to tetras(8) - but silver with black stripes and slightly bigger... only lost one so far.. phew... did a water change and bit of a clean last week, all went ok. But today all fish are gasping at the surface... including my last 2 tetras, and there are these little snails on sides etc.. Found one bigish snail.. about the size of my index nail... removed that one. i have done a water change and put conditioner in... but fish still not happy. Tank is set at 26 deg. water seems clear. we are on bore water. not town water. Any help would be appreciated and also any idea on what this aggressive fella is... he even is staunch to his own reflection.. go figure! :roll: i am new to this.. so would like to get some more fish.. but worried about current situation and angry fish... thanks in advance..