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HI Thanks, and yes, I ment Siamese.... Quite well planted, but also quite new. 600mmx300mmx300mm 3 guppies (Male with great tales!) 2 plecs (smallish) 9 Tetras (3 neon and 6 glowlight) Tank sits around 25-27 C Under gravel filter Carbon filter Good lighting and relatively light/greyish gravel.

Hi We have a tank with Neon Tetras, Guppies and Glowlight Tetras, and 2 Pleco's. I want to now add 2 fish, who are happy in a community tank, but are also happy being the only one of their kind in the tank. These will be gifts to my kids, so I want something special, but easy and hardy! My one choice would be A Japenese fighter fish, as they OK being solitary, but what else? Any advice? Ta Dave

Hi and Thanks! All been good on the Ich for a while now. All the remaining fish are healthy and happy, so we bought the guppy a couple of friends, and they all seem to be good as well. So far so good. Thanks for all the advice and help. It was a tremendous help in working out what was wrong and the best way to go about treating it. Dave

Thanks for that tip, we tried it out and it looked like is was working, but I think we caught it too late.... He died on us. At the moment all is well, but, how do you know if you have totally go rid of whitespot from the tank?

Hi Update. We still have 5 Neon Tetras, 2 Plecos and 2 Guppies. Ich seems to be gone.... Amonium levels look OK, but the tail on the one guppy went ragged and is now very compressed. My investigations would indicate fin rot. What can we give them to deal with this? I have a second tank, but no heater or filters for it, could I use this as a temp hospital tank to treat him? Thanks Dave

Thanks for all the advice. It's great to have found a forum which is good and local! We'll continue with the Meth Blue treatment. One question, the directions on the bottle are lousy, it tells you the quantity to add, but nothing else. Should I continue do to water changes on a daily basis? Ok, two questions! After a couple of days now, I notice that the water slowly clears, does this mean that the chemical is slowly diluting and will need a 'boost'? I know I will have to keep this medication up for a couple of weeks, I'm just unsure of how often I should be adding the Meth Blue(This is made by Wunder), and on what quantities after the initial add. Thanks Again Dave

Thanks all. I've done a part water change and added the Meth Blue. When you say to continue the treatment, do you mean doing a water change, and then add the correct amount of meth blue for the amount of water you change? ie: if I remove 10 litres and put in 10 litres of new water, do I add the amount of meth blue for 10 litres or the entire tank? Thanks again Dave

Thanks. I had plants in it during the 4 weeks, which is why I thought a waterchange was needed. What's the best kit to get to test the ammonia, nitrate etc... My wife has gone out and bought some Methalene Blue based treatment for the whitespot, and we'll start working on this when I get home tonight. Thanks

Hi We're just starting out. I have the tank setup, with a carbon filter and heater and 2 airstones, in the back left and right corners. The tank is approx 60 litres. Size is 600x300x300mm The tank was filled and left running for about 4 weeks, then I did a partial water change and bought 6 neon tetras, 2 bristlenose plecostamous and 6 guppies. Now about 8 weeks later, we have lost 1 neon tetra and 3 guppies. I think the tetra dies from stress over the last water change, as it was fine before, but dead on the bottom after. The Tetras had Fin Rot, and diesd before I could find out what to do... Still don't know what to do about this (help please!). I have had the water tested, and it is fine apart the amonia being a bit high, but nothing a couple more changes wouldn't fix... Now today, the remaining tetras have whitespot. After reading thru this forum, we can do 3 things. 1. increase the temperature 2. buy a white spot treatment 3. add salt. ( I was told too much can be bad for the Plecos.. but how much would be to much) Can anyone recommend a good all round water testing kit? I only have one at the moment which tests for PH (this at present is neutral) Any help would be good, as I want to add a couple of fish for my girls, but I want the tank healthy first... Dave