Belladona

Here is my tank

Here is my guy, not a great pic but hope you get an idea, his pectorals are alot longer than looks but he is shy.

Hi there guys, Hope all is going well for you and your fish. We have -Hair grass, -Cherry leaf, -Windelov´s Fern, It is a light to medium planted tank I suppose - about 1/4 of the tank, maybe a bit less. And yes critter-crazy I did wonder what on earth I had done getting involved with fish.

Will look to all the recommendations, and will just keep an eye on the levels / and the fish. Hopefully will all settle into a healthy happy tank for all. Have really appreciated all your support.

Hi Hamstar99 Repeated the test again x2 with all the shaking and the waiting, is still 0.

I haven't seen either type be aggressive to any other fish, except see the Blackwidows eat some new babies that weren't quick enough to get to safe haven. the algae eater seems quite a placid bloke, spends his days racing around sucking on everything and digging a big hole under one of the ornaments, one of the flying foxes is a bit bossy when it comes the food time, otherwise they all seem to be relatively harmonious. Unless we have a nasty element rearing its ugly head when the lights go out.

YES YES YES But imagine the Pectoral fins the same length

Thanks for all the help guys, Report on the water is - Ammonia 0 - Nitrates 0 - Nitrites 0.1 - pH 7.5 How often do you recommend testing? The water it tap water that we leave in a large container - purchased new for the role - and filtered until used for water change. Our pipes are copper, the local FS was kind enough to test the water after it had been sitting in the pipes and was cleared of copper, even though we run water for a while before using to ensure is not been sitting in the pipes. I left the filter off so as the stresszyme could get to the bottom and be beneficail in the silica rather than circulate straight back out - oops. We have a good water system here in Nelson - gives good quality - the FS use it 'straight', they were considering the theory with the thought that the council could be throwing in extra this or that to compensate for extra water run off into our catchment during a good down pour. The FS have been very good to us in trying to sort it, they have two stores, one with a large bank of tanks with a very effective filter that removes 'everything' which makes them healthy, but maybe they stress when new in ours??? but fine for most other tanks, they have another shop that has normal filters, and they have been kind enough to offer us a replacement julii as RIP overnight &c:ry Good note :thup: another baby guppy - wo hoo

Oh my goodness, All these reply's, I wish I had found you guys sooner. -The tank is a Aqua One AR-980, when I say a filter change I mean the filter wool and the charcoal only, we don't touch the black mesh and the ceramic tubes. After water and charcoal change I add 30ml stress zyme with the filter off for one hour, and Florish plant growth most days. -We have an aeration tube in the tank with the plug in part of the system sitting in the cupboard so as not to suck up any room contaminants that may happen to be around. -The pH sits at 7.5, (the pet shop sits higher) -We live in Nelson and have our water for water changes in a container that is on constant filter and we never collect water after the rains as the Pet Shop states has linked this with increased chemicals and fish deaths. -When we get a new fish they float in their bag for 30min then the tank water is mixed with the bag water and then released about half an hour later into the tank. - We have been been told our tank is below its maximum capacity for fish as we are going for the smaller fish - but we have been told lots of things. - like - don't touch the base material (silica). - algae eater is behaving himself at the mo but what do I do with him when he starts being naughty? one of the flying fox's is a bit rambunctious though. Will get some test done tomorrow on the tank - or later today it seems, time I went to bed. At this time Julii is still with us - ya hoo, and today we have a very tiny baby guppy to add to our family - hooray PS and maybe a name change if you think it will make a difference Ymir Goodnight peoples

Thanks guys for the feedback, gonna try and drop a photo in tomorrow, don't know if it will be as good as posted that is a really good photo. The cory's dorsal fin is thick and is almost down to the end of his tail, and his pectoral fins are long and way out to the sides, the rest of his fins seem the usual size

We have had a 220L fish tank for the last 9 + months and we have had our far share of unpleasant learning experiences where unfortunately the fish have paid the ultimate. Dispite our best efforts we are still loosing fish - and they will always our new ones, mainly guppies and have tried 2 fighter fish - separately of course - all colour gone in 24h dead in 48 - both ( I thought they were hardy). I have 2 Bolivian butterflys 2 flying foxes 1 chinese algie eater 3 peppered corys 4 mollies 9 neon tetras 3 glowlights 2 black widow tetras 6 platys plus tiny babies 8 danios 1 lone guppy My latest is a julii cory, today I found your sight cos I thought she was heading to the big aquarium in the sky - but I think/ hope we have turned her around, she has lost her little 'bristtles" so we think she was staving not getting food in the silica - now in a little tank and being fed the best - she now has her balance rather than looking like not knowing which way was up and lying on her back when giving up on swimming - fingers crossed But I get super nervous about any new addition - cos I can,t work out why they die. 8 hours light, fed once a day, filter change and water change monthly - was doing 25% fortnightly but told we were being too attentive. Any ideas???

Hi there, Newbie to the forum and as from 9 months ago - new to tropical fish, I have 3 peppered Corys, one of them has grown extra long fines, in that normal? I asked at the "fish shop" but they just frowned, any ideas. I would like to add a photo but not sure how