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Hi there I may need to empty my tank for a few months. Due to some re decorating. What should I do? I hear the silicone can dry out and fail once it is really filled. How should I avoid this.

Here are some amateur pics of my recently cycled tank. What u think

Ok so to my 55 gal tall I have added 6 peppered Cory's. 6 diamond tetras. 2 Otto's. And 3 Armano shrimp. Now for a centre piece. I don't want an angel discus or gourami. So my choices are pretty limited. Some colour would be good too. Any ideas thanks

Just noticed after using my may float I have scratched my tank in the bottom corners and up the left hand side. They look like hairs on the inside. I can feel the with my nail. My questions is. Is my tank in danger. What can I do. Is it a big deal. Can anyone calm my mind. Thanks

hi there, i have just recently cycled my 55 gallon cube, after moving house, currently i have 6 peppered corys, one otto, and 3 amano shrimp, could anyone recommend a good schooling fish, also what else could i have, just after a bit of freindly advice. this is the best palce to get it

anyone no where to get one of these or a similar product in the uk? been looking for ages, can somebody help, thanks

Busy cycling my tank. Well its cycled but just waiting to buy some fish at weekend. I cycled it with some filter media from my lfs. Fishless of course. I ain't done any water changes yet. Was gonna do a 50% at weekend to bring nitrates down. Anyways I have noticed white worms swimming around...

Any info in these little guys. I.e tank mates if any thanks

hi my 55 gal came with in the hood lighting it has two 14w t5 bulbs one white and one pinky red, what is the difference, well i was wanting to upgrade the bulbs, wanting something a bit brighter, could i get a higher wattage to fit the light unit, starting to branch out into plants, thanks for...

hi there, i have recently moved house and just started my tank up again, its a 55 gal cube, i am busy doing a fishless cycle, i want to stock the tank with a school of peppered corys 5 or 6 and a group of kuhli loaches 4 or 5. what i want are some ideas on a school of active fish to finish off...

hi i am totally new to cichlids and was wondering ehere i could go, i have a 55 gal cube tank. was hoping to go malawi if thats the correct spelling. any ideas on how i could start. my lfs only only order and do not stock them, but they are a trusted shop which i have dealt with for years. which...

hi i was wanting to re do my 55 gall cube community tank, i want to either have cichilds or an electric blue jack dempsey, also i want to change from gravel to sand. a couple of questions 1. can i peacefully keep an ebjd in a 55 gal cube, worried about the footprint of the tank. 2. if not...

hi there i was wondering if it was worth investing in something new. i have my eyes on Aqua One T5 Over Tank Luminaire, could anyone advise me on this, my tank currently just has stock lighting. not sure what it is it comes with the aqua one 650s, thankyou

hi there i am new to plants and have just added some java fern attached to bog wood, it has now developed some brown holes, quite alot actually, could something be eating it? my parameters are good, could it be the clown loaches?

hi there i didnt realise before but my tank isnt 100% level, its 2 foot cube, side to side is about 5 mm out of level and front to back is about 2mm out of level, is this a big deal?

i saw some lush bumblebee gobies in my lfs today and right fancied one, is it true you can only keep them in brackish water, would love some in my community tank, also i heard them saying they were getting some killi fish in and that they are great fish, i dont know much about these, could you...

hi there i recently bought some plants on ebay, fountain plants they are called, says they are low light and hardy. what i am asking is i have decorative gravel about pea gravel size, will the plants be k in that? also when gravel vac,in do you do the planted areas of ur tank? will i need to add...

i am looking into getting some plants, real of course. i am gonna start with java fern, but would like to get more once i see how it goes with moss balls and java fern, i know you dont need co2 with them, but i also hear that they flourish with it. what i am asking is what is a good setup for a...

my corys dorsal fin has a split in it and some parts of it are missing, he seems happy though, my parameters are spot on, could it be that one of the clown loaches i have added have attacked him? what should i do? he was flashing a couple weeks back, i have been doing water changes every other day

it is time for me to clean my aquaone cannister filter for the first time, what is the best way to clean a cannister filter? do you need to clean the pipes? what is the best way, most efficient way? scared of killing those little guys in there i have been trying so hard to make lol

i added 4 clown loaches last week, after a day or two they had ich, i treated by upping the temp to 86 and adding table salt. A couple days past and their spots dissapeared, i have been doing water changes and gravel vacs every other day, its now been 3 days since i seen any spots, my temp is...

i have recently got 4 clown loaches, i added them to my tank and have noticed they have ich, so far i have cranked the heater up to 86, added table salt, added an air stone, and have been doing 30% water changes with the gravel vac every other day, is there anything else i can be doing, they are...

so in my 55 gallon(UK GALLON) just thought id add that lol, i have 1 dwarf gourami, 4 small clown loaches, which i will rehome when they get too big, 1 denisonii barb, 2 lemon tetras, 1 bronze cory and 2 frogs, i was wondering what else i could get, i want something a bit different, something...

what is the best way to add prime to your tank while doing water changes, i add it to the buckets of new water, but it is very hard to get the dosage right, can you over dose? or could i remove water from the tank add the prime i need to the tank, then add the water to top it back up, what is...

so i went into my lfs yesterday and got carried away, i have always liked clown loaches and have always wanted some, so i got the owner to order me 4, only afterwards i realised i might have made a mistake, i have a 55gallon cube, what do you think, if they get really big i will re home them...