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I've had Kubotai with kuhlis and Yoyos with Kuhlis and would definately go with Nancy's suggestion as I believe my yoyos actually ate my Kuhli loaches. At the moment I have Kubotai with black Kuhlis and they don't bother each other at all.

In my opinion I think you're right to steer away from neons they are quite inbred now and so aren't the healthiest of fish. Just to give you other options have you look at any of the small danio species such as glowlight etc. They would enjoy the bit of extra flow you're planning on adding.

Thanks for the help. The new filter arrived a few days ago and I put the old media into the filter. The ammonia rose for a day but is now steadily reducing so I'm quite happy, almost at 0. (No other fish have died). How often should I clean the filter (obviously not for a while whilst the bacteria i...

Thank for your advise. I've done a water change but have also ordered a new external filter as I've been unsure about the one I have now for awhile. I don't know how often its meant to turn water over but I'm pretty sure that it's not even doing a tank-full (260L) an hour. The current coming out of ...

Hi One of my fish died (congo tetra) yesterday but I didn't think much of it as he was very old and not looking great for a while however this morning I found two more fish dead (splash tetra) which prompted me to test the water. The ammonia is 0.25 ppm (I'm guessing this is what cause the fish deat...

last wednesday the thermometer in the tank stopped working and the temperature decreased from 24 - 21 degrees Celsius some fish died. wednesday night I brought a new thermometer and the water temp. is 24 but the fish I still strange in behaviour ( black shark hiding all day) and the loaches have rap...

the heater is definitely not working the tank is still 21 when I uped the heater to 26. going to get a new heater now but can you tell me if this is the reason for the fish dying or could there be another problem?

I have just done a water change and noticed the water temperature was 21 when its usually 25 degrees centigrade I think the heaters broken. could this be the reason for fish dying? water parameters pH - 7.2 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 20 I have a liquid testing kit API. the tank has been set u...

for the past few days some fish have died. 2 splash tetra and a penguin tetra. I tested the water yesterday and all parameters are fine. however today 2 ladder loach that I have have cloudy eyes and are breathing rapidly any ideas what this is? Im going to do a big water change but with all paramete...

I bought new fish a few months ago and they all died after a few days. their skin became discoloured at a small point on each and then spread across the fish rapidly. before I bought these fish no fish had died in my tank for years. I tested the water after this incident and found the ammonia to be ...

their mates are a catfish, 3 polka dot loach, rasbora, serpea tetra and a female fighter but these fish have lived with the shrimp the whole time and this is the only time theres been a loss of legs. the male shrimp doesn't have any legs missing either. but if it is an attack and old age will the le...

have you noticed the danios attacking him at all?

a few years ago i bought 3 amano shrimp (2 females, 1 male) i noticed the other day that the 2 females are missing legs 1 female only having 1 feeding arm and 2 other legs each side the other female having no feeding arms and 3 legs on one side the 1 1/2 legs on the other. is the leg loss due to det...

i bought kuli loach from ebay 3 years ago and they are still going though i dont think i would do it again the fish were incredibly stressed when they arrived.

when I lived in America I was shocked by the conditions that puppies in the pet shops were kept. In England though you cant sell dogs and cats in pet shops any more and about 2 years ago a new law was passed by the RSPCA (SPCA in America) giving fish the same rights as dogs and cats so now people ca...