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Hi
My BN Catfish has a fairly long stringy poo coming from him is this normal he has wood in the tank and loads of algea which he loves eating up
It’s brown then occasional a little bit of clear then more brown should I be concerned
Thanks
Hi I have just done a 50% water change now 0 0 0-5pm nitrate it’s between the 2 I’ll see how this goes and if any more pass away I’ll pop back to ask more questions
Water source fairly close tbf and the fish have been in over 2 months now and these are the first problems so I believe the cycle was correct and I use liquid it’s measured at between 0 and .25 ever test the last month or so but the nitrate does go up so I’m guessing that’s not the problem
I scooped the fish out and disposed of them straight away the tank is 200L
Ehiem professional 2 filter
50% weekly changes
.25pm ammonia tends to hover there
0pm nitrite
5pm nitrate
8.4 ph
26 degrees C
Stock
6 yo-yo loaches
1 yellow lab
1 yellow tail acie
1 OB peacock
1 strawberry peacock...
I have had 2 surprise deaths in my tank one dragon blood and one Red fin borleyi I’m a bit worried about this and I’m not sure what’s causing the problem I’ve done 2 tests and all results are fine and with my usual expectations has anyone got any idea what could be causing this the borleyi was...
Hi I have a golden nugget pleco on order with my local fish store as I love them will they clear it up or could I also get a bristlenose or will they not play well together
Hi all
I have some brown algae I think growing on the ocean rock in my tank is this something I need to worry about
Also how is best to remove it either in the tank or do I need to remove the rocks and scrub them
Thanks
Hi guys
I have these cichlids in my tank currently I was wondering what others you would recommend adding I want to make sure the tank is nicely over stocked
Butterfly peacock
korneliae Aulonocara Blue Gold
lemon Jake
Orange peacock
flame tail
Yellow lab
Dragon blood
Sunshine...