Fish Forum

Hello. I'm new here (have done the intro bit) and thought it might be interesting to get a feel for where the most active members are based.

I'll kick off:
currently in London, which is where I was born, but have lived in six or seven different places in the UK and, many years ago, in California.

caffeine thought of the day… we have nitrates in our ground water here… I use RO to soften, and remove as much from the water as I can, for my aquariums… it would seem most water sources are polluted in some form, from trash, mining run off, industrialization, even acid rain into pristine areas… even fish farm areas are likely not using RO clean waters… I’m wondering how much th...

In my 3ft long silvertip tank, I have this female fish with a hunchbacked spine that developed over the last couple weeks? and behaving normally as of today (doesn't have severe swimming issues or lethargy). Her spine was normal until the hunchback slowly developed. I don't know if she has fish TB or a sudden deformity due to a water quality issue. What can I do during this time...

Hello all, just a brief introduction since I'm new here. I was a member of another forum that I have not been active on and recently discovered I no longer had access when I stumbled across this group so here I am.

I have been in the aquarium hobby for about 9 years after starting with, you guessed it, a betta, that ironically my wife wanted. Since then I have had sever...

The tank is 2 months old, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0-5 nitrates, 7.2 ph, 125 hardness, 25-25.8°C, 80 alkalinity.

The 13 neocaridinas have been 2 weeks in the tank.
I did a 1 minute 20% salt dip just in case it was clado or ellib.