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Thanks. I’ve had the brown algae for 8 months or more so I don’t think it is going to magically clear up

Hello, I have a 250l Fluval tank with aqua sky lighting. My tank houses neon tetra, guppy, kuhli loaches, pearl guarmi, otos and glolight rasbora. I have some valisneria too. I have the following light schedule. Does this sound good? I am getting quite a bit of diatoms (brown Algae) on rocks...

Thanks for the reply. I have a few plants but I have struggled with so called easy ones. I am not adding any plant fertilisers at present. Nitrates are not high at all. My tap water is on the high side for hardness. I will attach a photo of my light schedule. Regarding the filter, I have been...

Hello, I have a Fluval 250L tank with 307 cannister filter. The tank has 5 otos, 20 neon tetra, 2 pearl guarmis, 2 Kulhi loaches and 12 glowlight rasbora. I have had the tank over a year. I have been having algae and diatom issues for a long time. The issues are under control with cleaning but...

Some more details about the tank… Size - L 105cm W 40cm H 60cm Water changes done of 30% once weekly including cleaning gravel and declorinator Tank has a Fluval 307 filter Fish feeding can be adjusted to suit the fish I have. Currently fed daily The tank has been running for nearly a year I...

Hello, I currently have a Fluval shaker 250l tank. I am wondering how much fish space I have left as looking to get some glolight tetra or some rummynose tetra or both. The tank currently houses 11 neon tetra, 6 otocinclus, 2 guppies, 2 khuli loach and 2 pearl guarmis. Any advice appreciated...

Hello, I have a 250l freshwater tank with neon tetra, kulhi loach and Vallisneria (which is struggling). I am getting brown algae which I can control through weekly water changes but it comes back after 3 or 4 days. Water params are all as expected and fish doing fine although phosphate is...

Hello, I’m thinking of adding some Kuhli Loach to my 250l freshwater tank. I have read a lot of sites which say they need a varied diet and that it’s not as simple as just chucking in a few flakes. It will get quite expensive to buy a load of different products. Does anyone have a suggestion...

This is more about fish survival than roast dinner

Hello, Any recommendations for holiday food? I have a 250l freshwater community tank. Thanks

You are right, I just have 6 Neon Tetra at the moment. By all in 1 fertiliser, do you mean a product such as Seachem Flourish Comprehensive supplement?

Not using any supplements as such just Seachem Flourish root tabs. Photo to follow