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    Worried about tank health

    Brilliant thanks I’m gonna give him cucumber tomorrow see if that helps
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    Worried about tank health

    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
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    Identify this guy

    Cool I have one like that but more black as well not sure what he is
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    Identify this guy

    Which is the one at the font I have one and not sure exactly what he is
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    Identify this guy

    What Africans do you currently have in your tank
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    Identify this guy

    Brilliant he’s in my tank now as they we confident on him being a peacock Along with a lemon Jake finally [emoji16]
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    Identify this guy

    Is this guy a peacock
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    Unexplained deaths

    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
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    Unexplained deaths

    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
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    Unexplained deaths

    I hope that helps If there’s anything else u need just shout [emoji16]
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    Unexplained deaths

    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...
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    Unexplained deaths

    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...
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    Do I need to worry

    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
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    Do I need to worry

    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
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    Adding to my tank

    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...
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