Fish Lovers 2.0

[.muse.]

Stallone got his weekly shrimp today and was just so happy. He wouldn't get out of my face when I was trying to see if he'd found all the shrimp yet.
He's getting bigger, starting to get the oscar build finally.
All up in my face...

My oscar has the same colors, its the same species. how long have you had yours? Mine can be aggressive but is a pretty chill fish. the parrot-fish is who you have to worry about. he does sometimes chase my parrot fish out of his territory but lets her hide in the log. unlike my africans, the dominant fish chances them into the top corner of the tank...
@herpluvin I love albino fish! my pleco and cory cats are albino! i had a regular pleco but he started floating to the top and suffering so we flushed him but my albino is beautiful! i never knew they were albino plecos until i saw him.

I've had Stallone for about 6-7 months now I think? Not sure, I know I got him not long before we moved, and we moved in March.

How big is the tank your oscar, pleco, and parrot are in?

[meredithida]

I'm not sure if it's 28 or 30 but I've had my oscar since November 2013 and he's growing REALLY fast I'm getting a new tank in December probley a 55 gallon for him. I'm not sure if I'll move my parrot fish in or not because right now they are around the same size but soon he'll be bigger.

[SingTheRain]

How many gallons is your tank? : 26
How many fish and what types are they? : 1 Australian Rainbowfish, 2 Gouramis, 5 Guppies, 5 Neon Tetras, 3 Buenos Aires Tetras, 3 Long finned skirt tetras, 1 Algae eater
How long has it been running? : 3 or 4 years now...
Did you cycle it? : Yep!
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : I can't recall off the top of my head...sorry!!
What is the issue or question? : I'm hoping my two Gouramis will breed, but I have an air stone that produces bubbles, obviously disturbing the surface of the water. Will this prevent the male from building a bubble nest? If so, should I turn off the stone?

[sarcasteil]

How many gallons is your tank? : Around 7 gallons
How many fish and what types are they? : Tetras, a freshwater angel, three cleaner loaches and a small gourami. I know it's overstocked but my mom won't let me buy a bigger tank x.x Please don't bash on me too hard!
How long has it been running? : About seven months
Did you cycle it? : Yes
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : N/A
What is the issue or question? : I did a 80% water change two days ago, and today I just bought a Tetra Medica GeneralTonic from my petstore. I have quite a lot of live plants in the tank, and I know some medications kill them. I want to treat the entire tank with the tonic as some of the fish have minor fin rot. Can anybody tell me how to use it? It says on the bottle that 5ml for 20litres of tank water. Will it kill my plants? Do I have to take out my bio filter (I use a sponge btw)? Do I have to add more after a few days after adding the first medication? Tank has an airstone.

[Hime]

How many gallons is your tank? : Around 7 gallons
How many fish and what types are they? : Tetras, a freshwater angel, three cleaner loaches and a small gourami. I know it's overstocked but my mom won't let me buy a bigger tank x.x Please don't bash on me too hard!
How long has it been running? : About seven months
Did you cycle it? : Yes
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : N/A
What is the issue or question? : I did a 80% water change two days ago, and today I just bought a Tetra Medica GeneralTonic from my petstore. I have quite a lot of live plants in the tank, and I know some medications kill them. I want to treat the entire tank with the tonic as some of the fish have minor fin rot. Can anybody tell me how to use it? It says on the bottle that 5ml for 20litres of tank water. Will it kill my plants? Do I have to take out my bio filter (I use a sponge btw)? Do I have to add more after a few days after adding the first medication? Tank has an airstone.

http://www1.tetra.de/tetra_cf/tet_internet_import/import_data/TetraMedica%20GeneralTonic%20UK.pdf
That should answer some/all of your questions. ^^ And incase you didn't know 7 gal=26 liters, just to help out with the dosing.

As for over stocking, if you can't get bigger tank then why not rehome some of the fish? At least the angelfish would really really need much more space...
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Which medicine brand(like Sera, Tetra, JBL etc.) is actually effective? I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with one of my corry and then which medication to get for him on Monday(though I have no clue what sort of meds our local stores even have, if they have any)... But there's so many products around that I'm not sure which are actually good as I have heard that not all are effective, especially the broad range stuffs. So I'm little iffy about buying one of those, even though I think it's kinda what I need... See I lost one tetra some weeks back, that some guessed might have had dropsy(though it didn't have puffed out scales or pop out eyes) or other bacterial infection causing swimming blader issues and quick death, and now one of my corries has lighter spot on his neck(which doesn't really look like white spot disease to me) and total 3 have lost some of their whiskers.

[flyteck]

Definitely get rid of the angel fish. The fish in that tank probably have finrot because it's overstocked. Angels need a lot more space. I think you need at least a 15 gallon tall tank for just one? Something like that. I don't know a whole lot about angels but I do know they get big and tend to be nippy.

As for the medicine, all the dosage instructions should be on the bottle... but the link hime posted basically answers all those questions for you.

[Hime]

The problem with angels is that they need quite tall tanks, as they are tall fish(and othervise big as well). I think around here I hear the recommended tank height to be 55-60 cm. So that usually means around 240 liter tank at least(~63 gal) for angels.

[Blood Storm]

Definitely get rid of the angel fish. The fish in that tank probably have finrot because it's overstocked. Angels need a lot more space. I think you need at least a 15 gallon tall tank for just one? Something like that. I don't know a whole lot about angels but I do know they get big and tend to be nippy.

As for the medicine, all the dosage instructions should be on the bottle... but the link hime posted basically answers all those questions for you.

they are nippy and kind of fragile(I have tried to get some to survive for a while now but I bring them and home, and they die within a month). I have the same issue with guppies lol.


I recently got a breeding trio of wild caught sailfin mollies! I had a young(inch long) female and an adult(four inch) female for a while but recently caught a nice 4 inch male to make more with. Unlike the mollies in pet stores these are big fish that are not peaceful(they are extremely nippy and should only be kept with medium sized cichlids that can take some punishment, if any other fish at all). They are silvery white with black stripes running lengthwise along their bodys. Males have reddish head, a massive dorsal fin, an a bright blue tail. Females have yellow chests but are nothing fancy other than that. I would post pictures but my tank I am using for them is a "natural" tank that uses certain types of algae for filtration and as food for the mollies(hence, it looks nasty and you cant really see the fish overly well). I am waiting on the big girl to pop her babies(unlike guppies, sailfin mollies don't really eat their young). I watch the wild schools that are in our rivers and they are cool to watch. Each school has one or two males and up to 100+ females(other males are killed or chased off by the alpha males). When they have babies the young take shelter with the school(until the males are mature, then they are booted). They are really pretty but don't ever buy them from a dealer or breeder, I spent like 25 cents to get them set up(I bought the male from a guy who cast netted him for bait...), dealers and breeders can get $25 a pair because they are hard to obtain.

sorry for long off topic paragraph of death, just had to let it out XD.

[SingTheRain]

How many gallons is your tank? : 26
How many fish and what types are they? : 1 Australian Rainbowfish, 2 Gouramis, 5 Guppies, 5 Neon Tetras, 3 Buenos Aires Tetras, 3 Long finned skirt tetras, 1 Algae eater
How long has it been running? : 3 or 4 years now...
Did you cycle it? : Yep!
If possible what are the ammonia nitrite and nitrate levels? : I can't recall off the top of my head...sorry!!
What is the issue or question? : I'm hoping my two Gouramis will breed, but I have an air stone that produces bubbles, obviously disturbing the surface of the water. Will this prevent the male from building a bubble nest? If so, should I turn off the stone?

[Laark]

updates on the betta tank:
we went for a ten gallon instead x.x
front view
left side
right side

and monsieur fishy fish is super unhappy with me....