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    Aquarium lighting schedule

    Hello, I have a 250l Fluval tank with aqua sky lighting. My tank houses neon tetra, guppy, kuhli loaches, pearl guarmi, otos and glolight rasbora. I have some valisneria too. I have the following light schedule. Does this sound good? I am getting quite a bit of diatoms (brown Algae) on rocks...
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    Algae Problems

    Hello, I have a Fluval 250L tank with 307 cannister filter. The tank has 5 otos, 20 neon tetra, 2 pearl guarmis, 2 Kulhi loaches and 12 glowlight rasbora. I have had the tank over a year. I have been having algae and diatom issues for a long time. The issues are under control with cleaning but...
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    Tank Space

    Hello, I currently have a Fluval shaker 250l tank. I am wondering how much fish space I have left as looking to get some glolight tetra or some rummynose tetra or both. The tank currently houses 11 neon tetra, 6 otocinclus, 2 guppies, 2 khuli loach and 2 pearl guarmis. Any advice appreciated...
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    Best Phosphate Remover

    Hello, I have a 250l freshwater tank with neon tetra, kulhi loach and Vallisneria (which is struggling). I am getting brown algae which I can control through weekly water changes but it comes back after 3 or 4 days. Water params are all as expected and fish doing fine although phosphate is...
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    Kuhli Loach Food

    Hello, I’m thinking of adding some Kuhli Loach to my 250l freshwater tank. I have read a lot of sites which say they need a varied diet and that it’s not as simple as just chucking in a few flakes. It will get quite expensive to buy a load of different products. Does anyone have a suggestion...
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    Holiday Food

    Hello, Any recommendations for holiday food? I have a 250l freshwater community tank. Thanks
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    Vallisneria Dying

    Hello, I have a 250l community tank. I recently added some Vallisneria plants and they appear to be dying. The top half are going brown and Wilty. They are planted in gravel and I added some Seachem root tabs when I put the plants in but that is it. There are 4 plants and I have just 6 neon...
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    Aqua sky settings

    Hello fishy friends, I’ve just completed a fishless cycle on a 250l fluval tank with 307 filter, heater and aqua sky lights. I’m planning on adding a few community fish in the coming days. Does anyone have any light setting recommendations? Im planning on using the auto settings. I’m in the...
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    Fishless Tank Cycle Help

    Hello, I have a Fluval 250l tanks with fluval 307 filter and heater (set to 28). I am attempting a fishless cycle. I set up the tank and added dechlorinator followed by Tetra safestart. I followed Dr Tim’s advice closely using dr Tim’s Ammonium Chloride. As expected, I reached the end of the...
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    Seachem Neutral regulator

    Can anyone recommend Seachem neutral regulator or is there a better product out there? My ph is 8.0 so thinking I should lower it a bit for tetras, mollies, guppy’s, guaramis etc.
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    Fishless Cycle

    Hello, looking for some advice. I’m a newbie attempting a fishless cycle. I have a fluval 250l tank with fluval 307 filter. I dechlorinated the water. Added tetra safe start and am now feeding using dr Tim’s ammonia. After 5 days of following dr Tim’s instructions closely I’ve seen the ammonia...
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