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I’ve not had this selection of live plants for long and they are already starting to die or not grow or becoming coated in algae. Can anyone help? I don’t really have any experience in caring for live plants so I need some advice please. Pictures below:

Hi, I’m just about to add to my tank some elodea densa to my tank but the place I bought them from recommended to remove the pesticides I need to soak the plant with water, baking soda and leave in light. However is this safe to do. Also, I got recommended to get a better light for my juwel...

These came in the pots of my aquarium plants, can I put them in my gravel and they will grow I assume they are seeds?

Hi, I bought a mixture of random aquarium plants but I don’t know the species can someone identify the 4 species in the picture and tell me: The care instructions Temperature required Light Etc

Hi, just received these live plants do I take the lead weight off and plant the stems separately or do I just plant it as a bunch? And can someone tell me what species the plants are and how to care for them? Picture below:

I have a 60 litre tank, running about 2 years, only got 2 white cloud minnows in. Id like some more fish however don’t know what breeds of fish to get. I’d let to get some small temperate fish that are colourful and get a few of each breed. Any suggestions? Not sure about a beta fish, I like...

Hi, about 2 years ago I set up my 60L tank and it’s been running since then. However I never really put enough gravel in, only about 2cm thick which probably explains why the plants didn’t grow very well. Anyway, I’ve ordered a mix of potted plants and was going to buy some more aquarium gravel...

Hi, can anyone advise me on some aquatic plants for my 60litre tank. The tank has been running about 2 years and only has an ornament and Marimo miss balls. Can someone suggest some plants that are cheap, fill space easily and do not require much attention or fertisilier. I used to have elodea...

I have recently added assassin snails to my tank to cut down the amount of other unwanted snails in my tank but I am going on holiday soon. I am going to put a vacation fish block in, which I know aren’t great for the tank but I don’t have another option. Will the vacation block kill the snails...

Over the past few days or weeks, one of my white cloud minnows has been acting very lethargic and won’t eat much and is just not swimming either, just getting carried by the current of the filter. I used to have a small hospital tank but now I’ve drained it so I’m unsure what to do. Also I have...

I am selling my neon tetras and I have read how to package them. So I need a cardboard box, a heat pack and I’m wondering can I just put poly filter pads in the box and can I use regular freezer bags to put the fish in?

Does anyone know why my water lettuce is yellowing? Is it to do with the light, it is quite bright?

I have around 9 red cherry shrimp in a small tank some are babies but I was wondering how to keep them all fed. I have only just moved them to a tank without fish in so before they just ate algae and fish waste. Can anybody suggest a way of feeding small baby shrimp or something I can buy in the uk?

I have a big algae problem in my 60L/15gal which is all over the tank. There is brown algae on the gravel and green algae on everything else. I only recently bought new ornaments, some live plants and driftwood but they are now covered in algae. I only have my led light on for around 8 hours per...

Hi, I have anacharis in both of my tanks and in one of them the plant on some of the strands are dieing but some are growing healthily. I dose fertilisers weekly and trim the plant regularly. This is the part that looks like it is dieing : But this part is growing well can anyone help?

Hi, I have a 60l tank and a 25l tank at the moment I have 4 neon tetras in the 25L and 6 white cloud minnow in the 60L. The 60L has a temp of 22oC so will I be able to move my neon tetras into the 60L tank? Advice?

I have a 60 litre tank with 6 white cloud minnows in and the tank has quite a lot of green algae as well as brown. I do 15% water changes weekly because there aren’t many fish for the tank size and I recently bought a new ornament which has already started growing algae on. The light is on 5...

Hi, Recently my guppy tail looks like it might have fin rot. Can anyone tell if it is?

I have just added cherry shrimp to my 60 litre tank and 2 are babies and 1 slightly bigger. I just noticed one just go into the filter and I cannot see the others but they are very hard to see anyway because they are so small. Should I let them swim out of the filter on their own or get them out?

So I’ve heard that Indian almond leaves are really good for your tank and good for shrimp. I have ordered some shrimp to add to my fish tank and some Indian almond leaves as their main food source but I don’t know how many leaves to put into each of my tanks they have fish in them as well. Does...

I am getting some shrimp for both my tanks and will need some moss balls in both tanks. I already have four in one tank but I want to move 2 to the other tank. Would this be a bad idea with all the B.B.?

What’s this growing on my java fern ?

Hi, I a have a 25l tank with 7 fish in (guppies and neon tetras) which is quite a lot I know but I’ve noticed that brown algae has started to appear on the gravel, ornaments and glass. It’s not a lot but I know how fast it can spread so I’m thinking of using phosguard has anyone ever used this...

I have some anacharis in my tank and was wondering what the white particles on the anacharis are? There are lots of them:

Hi, soon in about a month I’m thinking of adding some cherry shrimp to each of my two tanks but I was was wondering, is plant fertiliser harmful to shrimp? I use api leaf zone and dose weekly