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Welcome ,

Small fish ,
look for fish that school at different levels and you will have movement at all levels of your tank .thumbs2:

Welcome Shubunkin ,
Hours of discussion on here for you !:fish: :goldfish:

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I have a beautiful long finned Blue Betta ( Siamese fighting fish ) male and 2 brilliantly coloured female Betta's in a community tank and they have been happy for more than 12 months...

I have a beautiful long finned Blue Betta ( Siamese fighting fish ) male and 2 brilliantly coloured female Betta's in a community tank and they have been happy for more than 12 months now.

I would...

Hi Members ,
I have a back yard pond with 11 goldfish in it ,
I started with 5 and they have grown and bred .

1 of them has developed black spots on it's back and on its dorsal fin.
it...

Thanks Tiara ,
It all points to me having to remove the Betta , which I was hoping not to do but if its for his own well being then i must .
We have just got right into a cold spell in...

50% fortnightly ,

I had the tank fully functional for 4 weeks ( with plants ) before adding any fish and the 11 Harlequin and 10 rummy nose i put in first are all still alive and well
and...

No , I have only been testing for what I have stated , i have a Nitrate test kit and a Ph levels test kit for acidity and alkalinity, I will get some things to test for Nitrites and ammonia in the...

Hi andreahp ,
I have an 83 G tank ,
I change 50% of the water fortnightly ,
today my Nitrates were 12ppm and I test PH which was 6.8 .

The only reason I have the pump/filter on timer is...

1) Maybe an African moon Tetra or if its lost a little colour a Black Line tetra -
tricky one though.

2) if your tank is very well established , not washing the filter in the tank water on an...

Hi Tiari & IWA
Tiari - the PH and the N & N are both carefully watched and are really good.
all fish are thriving and so was my Betta until about 5 days ago .
He is a fair size and has really big...

I too have a change with my betta ,
he is in a 84Gal community tank and has been for 6 months ,
I have good water and not fish deaths for 3 months .
He has suddenly started hiding and not eating...

Scottish , my tank has what is under my message and I will bump up the water changes and the % that I change . Thanks .

Cermet & andreahp , I tested about a week ago and the readings were OK but i...

I have had a happy healthy 83Gal. tank since starting in January .
Yesterday 1 of my 2 Gourami's looked like he had 'Bloat' he had lost his colour a bit and I thought I better keep an eye on him ,...

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Sounds like you need 2 or 3 new tanks !
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Thanks ,
Both comments heeded .

They are magnificent looking fish , so maybe they can be for tanks number 2 ,
when the wife lets me....

I have a community tank and my ' favorite' place to buy my fish has some beautifully coloured discus.
My current tank inhabitants and size of tank are below .
Would 1 young discus fit in OK ?

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Hey ,
Welcome..thumbs2:

Welcome ,
you will find this site very helpful thumbs2:

Thanks Sheamurai ,

I appreaciate your help :ssmile:

I will increase to 10 and give them a bigger area to school together
as the pot they sit in is a good size for 5 but not big enough for...

If I did try a bigger school ( as I am pretty attached to all the fish in there )
would a larger rock shelf or a certain type of plant help them ?

I added 3 this weekend and could easy add 3-4 more next weekend if it would be positive for them..