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Hi Kristof and welcome to the fishroom. By the way - a 3ft is not a big tank :lol:

I htink the checker barbs would be ok. The cherries and corys certainly would.

Cardinals are happy in 22 - 26C and the males are slimmer. Don't know about price but I think they are usually around the $7 - $8 mark. Dearer than neons but prettier, hardier, and live longer.

You had Mr Whippy next to you!!! Just as well I wasn't helping as I would forever ne in line for a soft serve :oops: How's about naming some of those faces for everyone? I see wilson ate my ice cream! :evil:

Or email it to me and I will post it for you.

A plastic one :lol:

Could be swim bladder or constipation. See if he will eat a bit of cooked, shelled pea. This is recommended if a fish is constipated. It is quite possible he will come right again.

I was about to suggest getting rid of the kribs

Are you going to post the link here too?

Hope This Helps

Dixon1990 said theirs was on an angle.

You would have got away with it if the tank was bigger. Any chance of an upgrade?

If the club isn't much to join why would anyone bother? :lol: I assume you meant it doesn't cost much to join? :lol:

Give up as the kribs are territorial.

I so agree with you Alan. Fishless cycling is all the rage in the UK and cycling with fish is very much frowned upon but I have the same questions as you. Luckily I have not needed to cycle a tank for years (and when I did I didn't know that is what I was doing) as I just clone from existing filters. In fact, I have an AquaOne 1000 hanging off my main tank at the moment cycling for another club member. In a nother week or so he can go and get some fish just in time for his birthday 8) :bounce:

What size is the tank and how many fish in it? What are the water test results? Sounds like a whole lot of stress going on in there. I suspect the discus is losing its protective slime coat, or over-producing one as a result of poor water conditions. Yes, the other fish will be eating it. I hope the tetra was dead before you flushed it!

Sometimes it is the food and sometimes it is from your skin, depending on what you washed your hands with. A spraybar just breaking the surface will help.

When I said "That's what they all say" I meant in advertising generally, not that particular killie. I have no idea which killies are available and in what numbers. You often see something advertised as 'rare' 'one of a kind' 'never going to import any more' etc. in an attempt to imply they are worth more than they are.

One of our members made a huge moss wall the length of her 6ft tank by using the plastic coated wire mesh from garden centres. She held it up along the top using wire attached to the wall behind. It looked spectacular but she had to prune it a LOT as it kept getting out of hand.

As I have never raised the temp for whitespot I can't tell you how long it takes. A few days at least. Someone else will be able to be more specific. The tank will take at least a month to cycle properly and the noodles will get covered in black 'gunk'. That is the good bacteria.

I don't think curiosity is a trait found in plants

Depending on the size of the pond, a few fry usually survive. If they all did you would soon be over-run by goldfish! :lol:

That's what they all say

Or perhaps the cardinal's earlobes :lol: Gorgeous pic Alan

Plant more flat leaved plants 8) My fish haven't started spawning yet but are certainly out and about more.