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Thank you to you both. My pH and nitrates are consistent and the fish do seem to be healthy so I will just up my water changes and hopefully they will continue to thrive. I've a couple of fry and they seem to be surviving, getting bigger by the day so they must be quite happy. Thank you again...

Thank you for your reply. I think that's the problem exactly, I get told conflicting things and then I Google and then I panic but in all honesty, my fish seem to be very healthy and happy so I probably need to relax a little. I used to keep fish many years ago, before the internet and all I had...

Oh I do a 30% water change when I change the water.

Good morning all, it's nearly 7 am in the UK. Thanks for all your replies overnight, i'll try and answer your questions: I've a 30 litre which I think converts to an 8 gallon tank. It doesn't have any real plants in it, just plastic things. It's a Biorb tank with biorb decorations in it. It's...

Hi, I don't know if anyone can help me but my tap water shows high Nitrate and pH levels but when I tested bottled water, these were the results. Would it be best to start using bottled water for my water changes or could the sudden change cause more harm than good? The other option could be...

I have just tested some bottled spring water and these are the results for pH and Nitrate . Can I use bottled water for water changes because if I can, then I will start doing that?

I though I would double check the nitrates in my tap water and this is the result [emoji51]. My tap water pH levels are high too.

I did a 30% water change on Sunday and that was the reading on Monday. I haven't seen any aggression at all, the 4 remaining Platys (all girls) seem quite happy. Would the water temperature have any bearings on anything, as the tank has only ever been room temperature but today I bought a heater...

Hi, here are my water results. The Nitrate and pH are quite high but the Ammonia and Nitrite are both good.

I'd only had her since 2 October. She had been odd since I got her, always hiding in the media at the bottom of the tank and coming out very rarely. I just thought she was taking time to settle in and wasn't very sociable.

Thank you, I will have a read. Id really hate to be causing any suffering to my fish. They've become my little babies. Each one having a different character. I adore them. I'll post my water results tonight when I get home from work. Thank you again

She died in the night. She actually looked healthy, no marks or scratches on her body. The only thing I had noticed the day before was that one fin, the one by the gill was not as neat as the other one. But generally she looked well, nothing growing on her body or anything. I don't know what the...

My Micky mouse Platy keeps wedging herself in places, she's always done this since I've got her but she's just wedged herself in the temperature thing and then when she got herself out she spiralled to the bottom on the tank and has now wedged herself head first in the rocks. I don't know what...

They are hiding down in the media stuff that at the bottom of the tank. I've a biorb and the stuff at the bottom of the tank is quite rocky so has plenty of little nooks and crannies that make a perfect safe haven for them.

I do think they are beautiful and I love watching them. If I get too many i'll check Craigslist Kent out. Thank you for that

Those pesky fellas!!

That's something that does concern me as I've only got a little 30 litre tank and here in the UK the shops don't take them back. I only have Platys in my tank (5 adults and I think 4 babies but there could be more that I don't know about) and the tank could quite easily become overrun. I am...

I must admit they do seem very healthy and don't appear to be suffering in any way, but they said, I am a worrier and will worry about anything given the chance, so probably am worrying unnecessarily.

I think this is going to be the case. I was careful to only buy females but of course we know that that doesn't stop them breeding!!

Evening all I gave the tank a good clean last night and a 30% water change, trying to get my pH levels down as they are pretty high and low and behold I found I have 3 more babies than I originally knew about. They look like they're from different fish as the 2 larger ones that are orange (I...

Thank you [emoji5]

Oh my nitrate was 40 ppm so just on the line for being ok x

No, I have a sun blind at the window which is always down as the room is south facing. I did just read that algae thrives in alkaline so I would imagine that isn't helping. I'm going to start doing a partial water change weekly and keep a close eye on the water. I won't add anything as that can...

It was blue so very high. I'd been using the paper ones but had heard they were not very accurate so bought the API one. I think it's probably has always been high but I'm just aware of it now and now I'm worried that it's hurting my fish.

I've been doing a partial water change every two weeks with a filter change every 4th week but I've prepared some water to do a partial change tomorrrow and I think I'm going to start doing a water change weekly. I only put my lights on from 7 to 11 Monday to Friday but they are on all day of a...