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PH 6.5
GH 17
Temp 76F
As for lighting I just use the lights that came with the aquarium.
One tank is the Tetra Starter Line 80litre
The other tank I inherited from a friend that he built himself so don't have any details on the lights.
I generally put on the light just for a couple of hours...
Hello,
I recently got some guppy grass after hearing how easy it was to grow.
However I found it didn't grow but just turned brown and died.
I tried again but purchased from another suppier, but the same thing is happening. I did move some to new quarenteen tanks. They arn't dying but arn't...
additional information
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0 to 0.5
PH 7
Tank is 20 gallons
Filters are hang on filter (no carbon) and a spong filter
About 8 fish total in tank
Regular weekly water changes
Brought catfish about half year ago
Feed catfish pellet
Hello,
I have a poorly Catfish but unsure what illness he has
so wondering if any forum members know (I am currently treating him with aquarium salt)
sorry the images are not that clear. The issue is white stuff near top of tail end.
Also his head has started to become cracked. Is this a...
After approximatley a week missing, my missing Chinese algae eater(???) reappeared !
Dunno where it was all the time, I literally searched everywhere and didn't find him
but he just reappeared.
When I purchased him it was sold as a Otocinclus loach but it lost its colour and turned yellow so I think it was sold as Otocinclus but was actually another breed altogether (maybe chinese algae eater)
If my fish got eaten then wouldn't the other fish have full bellies ? I Didn't see any...
I just have guppys, platys,catfish & flying fox.
I don't have any other pets
I have gravel pump for use when doing water change but it has built in mechanism to not let large objects get sucked up
I have a loach that I initially purchased from my local pet store as a oto loach. After a while it lost its grey-ish colour and turned yellow. But apart from it colour change it has done well and Iv'e had him for over a year now and he has grown to approx 7cm.
However he has disappeared from...
Hello,
After cleaning a sponge filter (using water from same aquarium ) after a few days the water was slightly hazy/cloudy. wonder if cleaning the sponge filter triggered anything? The aquarium is well established and been running for over a year.
I did an ammonia water test and it came...
I thought PH swings high &low where just normal parts of the aquarium 'cycle' and to leave it to run its course and not do anything to fix it.
I got high & low PH swing when I did my aquarium cycles and just let it run it course and PH stabilized at end of the cycle.