Nood Questions...

They sometimes inject fish with Ink to make tem pink, blue, green etc Bright unusual colours. Its really cruel if you ask me.
There is a thread about it somewhere.
Google Ink injected glassfish and then look at normal glass fish and you will see what I mean.
You now get pienk Danios which is not there natural colour. Its either by ink injection or laser tatoo. Some even have jellyfish genetics inplanted in them.
Post a pic of yours maybe its something naturally pienk. Like a betta.

 

Actually it is neither ink injection or laser tattoos they are bred that way now using selected genes from a sea coral :

Via: http://www.glofish.com/

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Still unatural man made fish.

 

True but they dont suffer the same issues as ink injected or tattooed fish, and its far more humane than being injected with ink.

 

Hey Guys...

My plants seem to be dying... Iv been so concerned about keeping the Fish alive i never thought about the plants... Any ideas why they might be dying? The leaves are going brown and falling off...

 

Tom, look at this thread, post #3. There are diagrams to help you decide what nutrient defiencies might your plants have if you are already fertilising. If not, then you should get some ferts depending on what plants you have. Some take nutrients from the water (use liquid ferts) and some from the substrate (use fert tablets).
http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?2729-Holes-in-plant-leaves&highlight=holes+leaves

 

Shit man, Thanks Kel, I had a friend who suggested i put a bit of methylene blue into my tank... So thats why they dying... What should i do? Take them out and put them in another thing of water? Then do a water change?

 

I think that may work. But I'm not sure. I think Snyper564 lost all his plants. Apparently methylene blue can stay in your tank despite water changes. But I know that when Snyper got new replacement plants they grew well.

 

Epic Fail on my behalf... O well... il give it a try... Thanks Kel!

 

Why?

Do a big water change and then run some Activated charcaol through your filter, whis will remove the mythylen blue.

 

Hey Vis,

Im not sure why... My mate has had fish since he was like 9 so i thought i should just listen to him... After talking to him again tho he told me he's never had real plants...

Il do what you said and try the activated charcoal...

 

Tom do not ever put meds in you tank unless there is no other option. by having meds in your tank the badys build up imunity against it and when you fish get sick then you have no way of curing it.

The best practice and advice I can ever give you is to just keep your water in a good quility. With good quility water you will almost NEVER have problems regarding your fish.

 

Ok so everything seems to be going ok... Apart from 2 of my 4 plants dying... So now... I did my first water change over the weekend... Now my Angel fish are not looking too healthy :-( My other 3 are fine, but the 2 angels are up and down... Some times they fine, sometimes they almost "bob" on the floor of the tank... and my black and white stripped one went almost just white... but then this morning they were fine again???

Anyone know what it could be?

 

Ok so i finally got a pic of my Tank... Let me know what you think!

 

The tank looks very nice,just not a big fan of the coloured fish.
Now you need just a little moss for you wood

 

Ha Ha, ye the girlfriend wanted the pink thing... i didnt have much say in the matter... What Moss do you think would be good for the wood?

 

Not to much moss as those are some nice pieces,so will go with small patches of
Flame moss.

 

I agree, there seems to be something missing, moss should sort it out though. And maybe a few more angels
What exactly did you do when you did your water change?
How much water did you add?
Did you use warm or cold water?
Did you add a water treatment?

 

Hey Whip,

Since this is the first tank iv ever had i thought it best to keep the fish at a low number just so i can get the hang of it, i only have 5 fish in there, i just want to keep these ones happy and ease myself into the world of fish

When i did the water change i did about a 25% change, with water as close as i could get it to the tank temp, and then i added some of this stuff to cultivate the bacteria, which is probably what looks a bit cloudy... its all settled now and nice and clean...

 

Okay, I see the issue now. You added nitrifying bacteria instead of dechlorinating treatment. The 25% and temperature match is perfect.
What you're looking for is something like Sera Aquatan or any of the multitude of other dechlorinators. You'll add that to the water before putting it into your tank. The bacteria is only to help set up a colony of bacteria in your tank so you can add fish earlier.