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So, trying to be proactive here. It's obvious I need to upgrade my tank. Assuming i keep all of them together, how big does the tank need to be? I currently have the following: 2x dojo's (plain old loaches). One about 4 inches, other about 4.5 inches long 2 x common plecs, one about 4.5...

I don't know what loaches they are to be honest. An old boyfriend chose them about 6 years ago. I wasn't keen as they look like eels. One has lost an eye now and looks like one of the eels from the little mermaid! Also, the goldfish are pretty much just plain goldfish, no real fancy ones, but...

Wow Pure! You seem to know fish! :D We had actually done a 25% water change before I saw your edited reply. We will do another in a couple of days. We always use Tap Safe and Stress zyme in all our water changes. We have also replaced all filter media. With regards to the plecs, when we...

Sorry, I claim that one with my poor little Draig :( Still miss her/him!

Not the whole year! We actually had a whole week of sun last week! We didn't know what to do with ourselves!! :D

We have tried keeping plants in the tank, but they only ever last a few days at most. The goldfish destroy them (I have tried keeping plants since i got the goldfish, only had the plecs maybe 2 1/2 years) so we have given up on plants. We do have some structures in there that have some algae on...

Nope, the fish that died was the one that was last introduced, 9 months ago. Most of the fish in the tank I have had for quite a few years ago. The oldest in the tank are about 9 years old. I have been trying to figure out what it could be, but it's not like anything I have seen before.

Don't know what the temp is. Just a normal coldwater tank. In the corner of the living room, but no sun on the actual tank. It is lukewarm to the touch.

Hi there, I have tried getting advice from a forum dedicated to fish but they haven't been much help, and it's really hard to find your way around it! We have a 190l corner tank, with jewel filter (came with the tank). It is a coldwater tank, in the corner of a sunny living room. Has two...

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Yeah, mine are the top one. We have one black one and one 'albino' one, The black one is slightly longer and wider, and it's the albino one that has lost the tip of the tail. We have had them about 2 years, and they are about 6 inches long, but they are kept in a coldwater tank, which I presume...

I think mine are pretty common plecs. They cost a couple of pounds each, so nothing major! They are currently in a 190litre tank, which is proabably too small (we found out how large they grow after we got them). Water is all within normal levels, and have been treating it with Melafix since we...

You don't need any substrate. It is safer not to have any.

You don't have to use anything except paper towels. If you changed her whole set up that could freak her out too - they don't like change! It took my cham 3 weeks to calm down when we changed his. Do you have a screen top in your cage? how do you deal with ventilation. You may also find that a...

Which is why most of us use nothing. I believe some people use dirt from woods, but I wouldn't trust what I was getting so use nothing. I just use paper towels to catch the water from the dripper (but working on a solution for this). I am assuming you are using an all glass enclosure (can't...

Where abouts in South England are you?

Do you find they cope ok in a tank? We currently have two in a tank, each about 5 inches long, and we have noticed that one of them has had the end of its tail stripped down to the bone, which looks quite painful!

Yeah, quite glad I got it for him now. T'was a bargain at £20. We are actually planning (although have been planning for 6 months!) to build him a new cage, and that will be one of the plants in it.

Oh, he hates me too! My boyfriend had to handle him to take him over to the tree, wouldn't let me near him!