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Hello, Now that I've gotten a large 230l/65g tank and have transferred my fish into it (they are doing great, see aquarium 004 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! for befores and afters), I've now set up my original tank as a planted tank and QT for a lone neon tetra that has a bent spine (I think it's...

So, since setting up my second-hand tank two months ago (saved all gravel and java fern plants and half the water), I have consistently had the same water parameter readings, but fish have been disappearing and/or getting ill left, right and centre. I'm figuring some of the fish were old, and...

Hi, Is it possible to add plant substrate (not top gravel) to a tank after it's already set up? I added some to my small 40l tank which already had water, and the water was full of brown sediment for 2 weeks. Luckily it's just in the setting up phase, but I didn't want to remove the water...

So my new second-hand 230/65g tank has been up and running since the end of May. I've lost one fish to stress (but she was a very large Platy so likely at the end of her lifespan anyway), which is pretty good considering I moved two aquariums and started with 5 swordtails (3 adults, 2 fry) in...

Now that I have rehomed my clown loach, my 230l tank has a snail problem. These are the flat ones that I have (name?) and they must have come in with a new plant that I got about a month ago. I am going to try the usual lettuce/cucumber and snail traps, but anyone have other ideas? I don't...

So, two weeks before a house move (early May) and imminent stress, I notice that two of my three my adult swords (and not the two fry) have what I thought was ich. I immediately slowly raised the temperature and left it there for two weeks. With a move upcoming I didn't want to try putting...

Hi, I just introduced myself over in introductions so now I'm here for some advice! I have a second-hand tank that I bought from someone who couldn't take care of it and its fish. I've figured out from the size of the tank (100x40x58cm) that it's about 60g/232l. When moving the tank, I...

Hi, I'm Canadian and live in Switzerland and I've just recently returned to being a hobby aquarist after a long hiatus (I used to breed Swordtails when I was a kid in Canada) and after a few months with a small tank that I got as a gift from my husband (40l), I decided to buy a large...