Recent content by cappa565

Hey guys upgrading my 20gallon aquarium to a new 52 gallon!! I am using my existing canister filter which is recommended for a 200litre aquarium!! Is there anything i need to know before moving my fish over or any tips you can guys can give me?

Okay guys i have a major issue in the past week both my mystery snails have died. My small one was found 3 days ago with an empty shell and the big one was found ripped out of his shell! They have both been fairly inactive for 2 weeks. Water paramiters are fine! Ph is at 7.5 and i have added no...

My ph is at 7.5

Hey guys! Mystery snail shell looks to be deteriorating! Only on my small one tho my big one seems fine! What could be the cause of this and how can i fix it? At the moment i have crushed egg shells in a stocking too raise calcium levels?

Yeah i bought the mealworms from the aquarium, so they are healthy! My firemouths are about 6cm in length, i think i might try crickets next???

Hey guys, just fed my fish some mealworms and they absalutely loved them! Whats everybody elses experiences with feeding fish worms and other critters? I have firemouths and a few types of tetras!

Okay guyss getting a canister filter, looking into fluval or aqua one, what is the best one or even other brands that you guys can tell me about with experience? And also what about heaters soo many brands which ones are the better ones? Thanks guys and gals

Hey guys Recently added seachem matrix into my filter in one of those little filter media bags, problem is that the bag actuall ends up polishing the water and it gets clogged. I was wondering if the seachem matrix actually has to be in the filter or can be left just hanging on the side of the...

I have a humungus mystery snail in my 100litre planted tank, he doesnt bother the plants one bit

Hey guys been timing water changes, zero ammonia zero nitrite and 20ppm of nitrate, the 20litre has all zero and 10nitrate so i think its doing pretty good at the moment

The loaches are khali loaches ahaha not the big guys

Just checked now nitrates are at 20 is that okay 20litre has 1 fighter and a snail 100litre has 2 baby firemouths 6 tetras 2 pigmy coreys 1 pleco 1 big snail his like a golfball And 3 loaches

Yeah both tanks are planted my 100litre one has alot of plants my 20litre has an anubis and wisteria i think its called

Hey guys, Silly question but cant seem to find the answer, what should my nitrates be in my aquarium!!! My fighting fish tank is a 22litre, nitrates are at 40ppm before water change! Main tank is 100L nitrates are at 40ppm after a change! Is this good or should i be aiming for lower numbers...

Yess i think its deffinetely that i removed apart of my filter which created surface movement and replaced it with one with less flow, and just noticed water is very still, thanks soo much man