Recent content by Varidity

Thank you, can I ask what humic substances are? I'll up the temp a few degrees now. I do believe he could be in a little shock as well but I wouldn't expect him to be this listless for this long.

Hey guys, I brought a betta fish and it has not been doing well at all, I'm not a newbie but this is my first time owning a betta fish. (I've had fish for just over a year). Tank It's in a 20lt quarantine tank which is using a cycled sponge filter and a heater set to 23celcius (73 Fahrenheit)...

Okay so figured I'd come back to update and unfortunately for whatever unknown reason they all died. I upped my pH to 7-7.2 and maintained it like that, over the course of the next week after posting this two more died and the two final ones including one that looked like it was starting to do...

Thanks for all the replies, bit of backstory, I brought them from a local breeder about 10 minutes from me and aside from the now deceased small one (about 4cms in length) the rest are around 6cms long. Is this an age where they would start to show aggression? I was under the impression that it...

Hey guys, Hoping someone can help me to understand why bristlenose plecos may not be doing well in my tank. Currently have a 29gallon tank that houses dwarf gourami, corydoras, lemon and neon tetra plus is temporarily housing 5 juvenile bristlenose plecos. These are for my mum for her 4ft...

Yes I do, I live in Australia and we don't need vet prescriptions for majority of stuff as far as I'm aware. I'm weary on using medication due to accidentally using one that killed off my biofilter in the early stages of setting up my personal tank so one that doesn't kill off that is critical.

Hey guys! I was over at my mums today and was looking at her angels when I noticed what looks like white spots on one of their fins (it's only on one of the angels and there is 4 in there). She has had these less then a week, they all came from the same store, and has bad eye sight so even...

Thank you, I'm starting to wonder if it was the acclimation process myself. Will try and improve that. The dead guppies and platy I usually just find floating at the top where my filter intake is so I'm not really sure how they die. I thought maybe the gourami was just stopping them from getting...

I acclimate them for at minimum an hour (shortest time I've done) but generally around the 2-3 hours by floating the bag to let it come to temp and then gradually adding water from the tank to the bag. No the fish are not all from the same place. I've lost over 8 guppies, 3 from one chain...

Is my gourami possibly bullying my new fish to death? Hi there, I'm new to the fishlore world and have joined as I'm having trouble keeping any NEW fish that I add to my aquarium alive. All my existing fish are doing really well and are thriving but for some reason everytime I add new fish...