Some time ago a friend of mine ordered (and paid for) melafix from an internet store(UK) , It has been about two months but they still didnt send them. They claim it is out of stock.. So I cant find melafix at the moment, and cannot use any other antibacterial med. not to harm my benefical bacteria....

Hello Coryman, thanks for the diagnosis. As I understand if the problem is nitrites then it is caused by overfeeding and the filter couldnt turn high number of nitrites to nitrates and that poisoned my fish. Is it also an explanation for the deaths of tetra fish along with my corydoras? You are righ...

I didnt use the bactopur yet. I know It'll kill the filter bacteria if I use it in the main tank and that may result an ammonia peak which is far more dangerous than a nitrate peak. So I'm not sure if I'll use it. But since dead fish shows signs of bacterial infections I need to do something but pro...

Ok thanks, I have sera bactopur, I'll use it. Sould I make the treatment in the main tank? Plecos doesnt seen to be affected. Also should I use vitamins, blackwater extract etc? Because our tap water is very hard and and alkaline with every water change I increase alkalinity and carnonate hardness o...

Ok, I'm absolutely aware of my tank's overstocking. And I'll seperate those fish to my other other tanks as soon as possible, but it is not possible at the moment, because I keep predatory fish, agressive fish and turtles in my other tanks, I must rearrange all the tanks and that will take at least ...

Yes it can also be bacterial, I'm not %100 sure about the nitrate spike but it is the highest possiblity. Hello, yes we dont have suitable water here for soft water fishes. Please dont come over me that much, that tank is running for 3 years and since that happening no more fish died in that tank mo...

Thanks for the answer. First I take my word back "other fishes seems to be fine" I just took dead flame tetra out of tank and saw some infections on black tetras, one have particular whitening on body, other seem to have same fungal infection, an other neon tetra is dying just now. Also th...

I dont have a nitrate test at the moment, I'll test nitrates tomorrow. But although I suspect the nitrates most, as you mention, amount of nitrates should drop considerably after 2 big water changes. Then why my fishes keep dying? Is there long term effects of a nitrate spike that can kill fish afte...

Hello, I have problems with my 44 galloon tank for several days. Fist off all the tank is overstocked, there were 12 ancistrus between 2"-12" , 12 Agamyxis pectinifrons 2,5"-3" , 1 L-191 panaque 3,5", 1 L-201 4", 10 black neon tetras, 14 neon tetras, 10 flame tetras, 6 ...

I had prepared a mix of 3:1 calcium carbonate:calcium phospate powder at the pharmacy store, using it as an addition to my turtle and tortoises meals and once a week adding a little to the cory fry tank to keep the shells of apple snails, that stays with cory frys, healty. There are cory frys, brist...

Thanks for encouraging me. I'm keeping them in a catfish only setup with hoplos and sterbai cories, it is bare bottom at the moment decorated with plastic plants, artifical caves and stone caves. I'm planning to add some live plants, bog wood and perhaps substrate, but I really do like bare bottom t...

I know that they are suspected to be bubblenest builders but heard about no case that any one saw them building bubblenests in aquarium. Do you know any one who really tried breeding spotted raphaels, in a perfect biotop aquarium or what else? Spotted raphaels are my number one fish which I want to ...

Hello, I have 8 agamyxis pectinifrons ranges in size 3" to 4+½". I know they can have very large bellies when they eat much, but last night I noticed that one of them, the biggest one, was really very rounded like a ball. I came home at the evening today and noticed all my hoplos and corie...

Ok thanks again for the answers. At the moment all my females are full as if they gulped balls, after they are emptied I'll first try beef heart then if I have time to find some, will try earthworms.

What do you think fish in the wild eats? Dont think they eat earth worms in the nature :D but since That you can be considered as a cory expert, I'll give it a chance. How do you prepare earth worms then? How is the cleaning, disenfecting and serving procedure? Bas Pels, it is a very good idea, rai...

Free of charges but full of unknown microorganisms. I didnt try it for fish before. I think it can be more dangerous than beef heart. Thanks anyway..

By the way I'm not talking about "blood worms" , I live in Turkey and there is no live blood worms, as blood worm I mentioned "tubifex worms" and I'm sure they carry disease. Blood worms are found only dried and frozen but dried ones are not good for breeding and frozen ones are ...

Thanks for the answers. I have friends who feeds their discus beef heart all the time and they say that it is very nutrious but has a slight chance of causing internal parasites. I'm feeding one of my bichirs only with beef heart because it is a full size wild caught specimen and denies all the food...

Hello, I give beef heart to my bichirs and sometimes my banjo cats, but I wonder if is it safe or a good choice as additional nutrion for cory cats?

Thanks for reply, so that means I shall wait for them to reach 4". I was planning to order another 6 of them to get some males. But I still have a chance of some of mines to be males.

Hello, I have 6 Megalechis thoracata, all 3" long. I noticed non of them have thicker or orange pectoral fins. Is that mean all of them are females or if there are males, do they need more time to have bigger-orange pectoral fins?