If only! I have no more space left what with the geckos, the two existing aquariums and the six ferrets (eight at the moment as I'm looking after a pair for a rescue who are all out of room).
I'm pretty content with what I have at the moment to be honest, but I think we can all say "I'd love to have a <insert lovely fish species> some day"!
RIP Mistah Puff
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Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Thankyou... I enjoyed Mistah Puff a lot and he's definately made me want to keep puffers again some day.
Hehe... yes I am just a little busy with critters. My brother is away travelling at the moment too, so I'm looking after his rats ^_^. But they are no trouble... I secretly want to steal them for myself anyway so it's nice to be looking after them.
Right... the next idea for Mistah Puff's tank are shrimp and praecox rainbow fish!
Hehe... yes I am just a little busy with critters. My brother is away travelling at the moment too, so I'm looking after his rats ^_^. But they are no trouble... I secretly want to steal them for myself anyway so it's nice to be looking after them.
Right... the next idea for Mistah Puff's tank are shrimp and praecox rainbow fish!
6.2.0 x Ferrets
0.0.1 x Tetraodon cochinchinensis - RIP
0.1.0 x Eublepharis macularius
1.0.0 x Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis
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Shimp just have unusual rutines. Personally I wouldl ook into getting one of the bamboo/fan/wood shrimp. They are filter feeders and very intresting to watch eat!
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
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Absolutely! I think I'll go for some cherry shrimp. They are expensive, but apparently quite hardy and will eat almost all sorts of algae. Hehe... which is always a bonus. Plus I've *finally* made a *proper* decision about what to put in the tank! I'm going to get four praecox rainbows and some cherry shrimp... possibly only three shrimp as they are pricey. Hurray! I'm looking forward to having some fish in the tank finally... it looks wrong without any fish.
6.2.0 x Ferrets
0.0.1 x Tetraodon cochinchinensis - RIP
0.1.0 x Eublepharis macularius
1.0.0 x Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis
Over here a single Praecox Rainbow is more then a trio of cherry shrimp!
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
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Yeah it probably would be here too in a lfs, but online it's £10 for four praecox and £10 for three cherry shrimp, with £10 for carriage on top of that. So it'll be £30 or so altogether when I order, though I may just get another shrimp to make it four in case one dies or something.
6.2.0 x Ferrets
0.0.1 x Tetraodon cochinchinensis - RIP
0.1.0 x Eublepharis macularius
1.0.0 x Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis
Yeah its more like 12 USD for a praecox and 9 USD for 3 shrimp
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~