Ornamental Fish

[spionfox]

Which is warped - the base of the tank or your floor?

I'm warped. Dunno about the tank or floor.

 

[newtonfox]

I'm warped. Dunno about the tank or floor.

You didn't have to tell us ,we already knew :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_wink

 

[spionfox]

You didn't have to tell us ,we already knew :icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_wink

Saved you the trouble of getting in first then :icon_wink

 

[Durham Fox]

Melts, I have 2 types of feed -I bought a very fine pellet yesterday and my tank cam with a sample of a slightly larger pellet.

The sample pellets float nicely and although are too large for my tetras to eat whole they do seem to manage them once they break down a bit.

The smaller pellets, which I am sure they could eat comfortably, just fall to the bottom before theyve even noticed theyve been put in to the tank, hence dont get eaten.

What to do??

 

[Melton Fox]

What to do??

Buy some flake.

The sinking stuff will drop in the gaps in your substrate and the fish won't be able to reach them. The only thing that that will happen then is the untouched food will pollute your water.

Buy some flake and feed only one or two flakes at a time. If they polish those off in a few seconds, drop a couple more in.

 

[highland fox]

Are you on here 24-7 waiting to answer any fish related questions ?

 

[Durham Fox]

Buy some flake.

The sinking stuff will drop in the gaps in your substrate and the fish won't be able to reach them. The only thing that that will happen then is the untouched food will pollute your water.

Buy some flake and feed only one or two flakes at a time. If they polish those off in a few seconds, drop a couple more in.

cool, thanks

 

[Melton Fox]

Are you on here 24-7 waiting to answer any fish related questions ?

I probably wouldn't pay too much attention to my activities if I were you, H.

 

[newtonfox]

cool, thanks

Duzza,can you take a pic of your tank mate, as my wife likes them and is thinking about getting one for our bed room.

Yes there is loads of pic's on the net of the type you have but not of them set up in someones home.:icon_wink

Tar newts

 

[newtonfox]

Melts, my pH is not settling down in my marine tank ,the pH level is8.0- 8.2 normally but of late is anywhere from 8.2-9.3 and has varied over the past 3 days,the only thing ive added is 5 hermit crads and 4 turbo snails, plus some live coral 2kg .

thanks in advance

newts

 

[bocadillo]

Duzza,can you take a pic of your tank mate ...

Of course he can - and he has just the thing to take it with!

I bought a very fine pellet yesterday and my tank cam

 

[bocadillo]

Melts, my pH is not settling down in my marine tank ,the pH level is8.0- 8.2 normally but of late is anywhere from 8.2-9.3 and has varied over the past 3 days,the only thing ive added is 5 hermit crads and 4 turbo snails, plus some live coral 2kg .

When I used to keep tropical fish, I used to make it a rule never to introduce more than one new thing at a time. Then if things started going wrong, I would know exactly what had caused it.

 

[newtonfox]

When I used to keep tropical fish, I used to make it a rule never to introduce more than one new thing at a time. Then if things started going wrong, I would know exactly what had caused it.

It is very different Bob ,from fresh water

 

[Melton Fox]

Melts, my pH is not settling down in my marine tank ,the pH level is8.0- 8.2 normally but of late is anywhere from 8.2-9.3 and has varied over the past 3 days,the only thing ive added is 5 hermit crads and 4 turbo snails, plus some live coral 2kg .

thanks in advance

newts

Very difficult to say.

The tropical marine environment is very, very stable with almost zero fluctuations. Fluctuations to this extent in your marine tank are lethal and need to be sorted.

Do the fluctuations happen after a partial water change?

 

[Melton Fox]

It is very different Bob ,from fresh water

But the rule of thumb that Boc just highlighted, is a very common sense approach to all areas of fishkeeping, especially marine and Koi.

 

[newtonfox]

Very difficult to say.

The tropical marine environment is very, very stable with almost zero fluctuations. Fluctuations to this extent in your marine tank are lethal and need to be sorted.

Do the fluctuations happen after a partial water change?

No they don't,only since adding the cleaning crew :icon_wink,this is why ive asked

 

[bocadillo]

It is very different Bob ,from fresh water

It's very different - but the problem of not knowing which of several newly introduced items is causing a problem is exactly the same.

 

[Melton Fox]

No they don't,only since adding the cleaning crew :icon_wink,this is why ive asked

Did you test the pH of the water in the bag they came in?

 

[newtonfox]

It's very different - but the problem of not knowing which of several newly introduced items is causing a problem is exactly the same.

Agreed, if i had added fish then yes ,what ive added is a cleaning crew if you like

 

[newtonfox]

Did you test the pH of the water in the bag they came in?

No i didn't problem solved ,thanks melts ,ill do a 20% water change.