Thanks for all your help and advice, definitely getting a test kit this week and get it all sorted out.

Unfortunately no, I dont have a test kit so I have to take a sample in to the pet shop or go in to buy the kit. Its kind of a pain as i don't live in town and work isn't real close to town either. I've never had a problem like this before so I'm reluctant to get any more fish to put in the tank ...

I have recently had a mysterious mass-death in one of my tanks. my fish went from seeming fine one day, to being dead only two days later. All of them within a few hours of each other. I scooped them out right away and now I am cleaning the tank and come across a grayish, kind of bubbly slime pocket ...

The smaller tank is a 29 and the bigger one is 36-ish. Cant remember it exactly i know its between 35 and 40. for the smaller one I'm thinking 1 or 2 more fish at the most, maybe 3 or 4 in the bigger one. once they start to get big i trade at the pet store so the tank doesnt get outta hand.

Thanks for the advice, I think I'm going to go with the corys for my shark tank. it has sand and they get a little bit bigger than the otos so might do a little better against the sharks.Apparently they have armour like scales too, had no idea. Mainly looking for some more stuff that likes to dig so ...

Hey all,
I'm no fish expert but I do quite enjoy my aquariums. Just looking for a little advice on what to get next. Ive been thinking either otos or corys. The fish I have are all small at the moment but i have a tank with 3 redtail sharks and a pleco and another tank which has a ram cichlid ...

I have spent some time looking at him and made an interesting observation. I have a sand bottom in that aquarium and had just added the sand. Now that all has settled he seems to have become darker so I'm thinking he was coated in fine silica dust, thus making him appear silvery. He still looks a ...

yeah sorry about that, mixing up the common and leopard. I found some pics of a bulldog pleco that looks to have a similar pattern but where he's so small it's kinda hard to tell.

I just got a new pleco and not sure what he is. He looks like a common except he has dark spots on a grey background, opposed to light or yellow spots on dark. Is it just because hes young or is it a different breed? Been trying to get a pic but he's only about 1" long and pretty skittish so its ...