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I believe he is using strips to test. He says they are the highest they can go. I will find out more and report back.

My brother in law has set up a new tank. It's been running about a week now but his Gh and Kh levels are off the chart. Can anyone suggest what they should be and how to bring them down?

Yeah I have a few young plants in the tanks at the moment.

At the moment just 5 neons. It's a new tank I've been sorting out for the kids. They tend to like the bright colourful fish so I can see a few more tetras going in and a betta possibly.

I hope so. I pray they aren't stressed and die. They really are very pretty. I'll try get some pics on once they come out of hiding. Even though they are a pretty standard fish they are still one of my faves and always keep a few in whatever tanks I have.

I acquired 4 new guppies today. Upon release into my tank all they seemed to do was swim against the flow of water from my filter. But now they are all just either hiding in a corner or in a decoration. Is this normal for new guppies? Are they shy?

It's tiny bubbles floating around in the tank. So there's no need to put extra bubbles in via the filter flow as long as the surface is rippling?

I'm new to fish keeping. Only had my tank set up a week. The filter/pump I have has a setting to take in air to put out bubbles. I thought this would be good for oxygenation of the water. But I seem to have a tank full of micro bubbles. Would this be coming from the stone or from the bubbles the...

Yeah I have a few small plants in already.

Hey guys and girls. As an early xmas present to myself I purchased a Roma 90 tank. I've set it all up and got it liveable. I got my first fish today (5 neons) but I'm wondering about timings for the lighting. Could any of you guys be helpful enough to suggest what kind of regime is the norm...

Hey guys and girls. As an early xmas present to myself I purchased a Roma 90 tank. I've set it all up and got it liveable. I got my first fish today (5 neons) but I'm wondering about timings for the lighting. Could any of you guys be helpful enough to suggest what kind of regime is the norm...