Marlin McKerel

Bought these as panda/melon barbs but after releasing them in my aquarium, they looked nothing like the ones I have. Googled them and looked like clown barbs. I feel a little stupid because I have some already, but thought they were just pale at the shop, and would color up in the aquarium. Can someone confirm them please? They were sold as melon barbs. Took them back and the owner was adamant they were melon barbs purely because they bought them as melon barbs and their supplier don't stock clown barbs. Surely mistakes happen sometimes. they look similar to melon barbs in the pic of them in the jug before release, but other than that I'm not convinced Can someone help out please? Many thanks 😊

Waw thanks for the info 😀 didnt know this. It is definitely something to consider. I live in Wales so tap water quality is pretty decent in most areas. I've heard a few saying they never use tap safe during water changes, no matter the amount. Something I wouldn't risk personally but like your beautiful fish, i went to a breeders house and they had discus breeding in an aquarium without any tap safe at all. So unless they were talking bull, I'm right in saying that dosing differs depending where you are in the world?

Hi there, first ever post here. I don't know if I'm being silly or not, can't find any answers on Google unless I'm wording it wrong. Anyways I'll Try and make sense. Tap safe dosing. I'll use Prime as an example. If you go to Seachems website, it has dosing information. I assume its the same for everyone, wether if your in the US, or in the UK. US chlorine level in tap water - up to 4 milligrams per litre UK chlorine level in tap water - up to 0.5 milligrams per litre. It takes x amount of chemicals to neutralise chlorine and chloromine. So my question is, are some countries overdosing or underdosing tap safe? Can someone from the UK for example use less of a dose as recommended on the packaging than someone from the US. Thank you and already looking forward for some answers.