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My tank has been established now for about 3 years. I do a water changes now and again and have never had real problems with my parameters. However, recently I noticed my fish were dying off here and there, I put it down to age and forgot about it. However, lately both my gourami and BN died, so...

Hi. Two weeks ago I bought 4 red phantom tetras and quickly noticed 3 had -what I believe to be 'cotton mouth' I put them into QT with, melafix and aquarium salt but nothing has changed. I decided to put them back in the main tank today in the hope that stable water conditions will have more of...

The one I plan on using is 2.5 UK gallons :) I'm going to have to a lot of research now, on raising fry. I haven't got a clue lol

Its a shame we don't know when she'll have them. I'll probably just pick up one of those critter keeper things and hope I don't miss the birth and have my other fish eat the fry lol

What a gorgeous gourami!! I have the same one, I've had him for over a year with no problems at all, but I do live in the UK. Mine is nowhere near as bright as yours though :(

I've never had a pregnant animal before, let alone a fish. However, I know the signs but just want clarification, that what I'm seeing isn't just wishful thinking lol. I picked up a few female guppies yesterday and noticed one was suspiciously fatter than the others, and also seems to have...

No. I have never done that method before. It sounds like a great idea :) Atleast they won't go hungry in my tank. Now the tricky part starts...trying to find some of these snails lol.

Excel doesn't seem to clear up any of my algae and thats what I initially bought it for. How many nerite's do you think I'll need for a 12UK gallon? Its mainly the walls and coffeefolia that have the algae and if I clear the front of the tank with a bit of elbow grease, they'll just have their...

It is very heavy. I forgot about nerite's. If they eat algae does that mean my plants will be damaged too? The blade technique I've tried and it does nothing. I'm disappointed in myself for letting it get so bad. It only started when I started to use Excel. Is there something I can buy that...

I have that hard, dot algae all over the front of my tank and Coffeefolia anubias. It's got so bad that most leaves of the anubia's are nearly covered with it. It would break my heart to cut off the leaves, as I've had this plant since last Christmas and its given off about 6 leaves since...

Anyone? :)

I have been using root tabs for the last few months, but my crypts don't seem to be benefiting from it, in fact, my Cryptocoryne Wendtii green has stopped growing altogether, their like miniature versions of their selves. I have a few, their not very good but as you can see the Crypt wendtii...

Ok, most people who read my 'nagging' threads will know that I use Flourish Comprehensive and Excel, all my plants are growing and most are more green than they have ever been, along with my My Red Tiger Lotus, which is a lovely shade of red. I have 1.2wpg over a 12UK gallon fish tank. However...

I received a massive pot of this plant today, which I wasn't expecting to be so big. After taking off the useless floss stuff from around the roots, I noticed most of the long roots had snapped off :banghead: Basically, I want to know how to plant this so it goes along the bottom, rather than...

I just added more RCS, which I haven't had for quite a while. I was just wondering, since they are sensitive to copper, can I still use Flourish comprehensive, or not? I know there is very little copper in this fertiliser, but I thought I'd ask just in case. Also, is Flourish Excel still safe to...

Mine's definitely not that much. Should I just cut out the co2 for now and keep dosing regularly with flourish comprehensive? Also, I'm going to get RCS for this tank, will the copper in the flourish be too much for them?

I've been using it for about a month, and everything was growing like wild-fire. I then did my water change and it all went to the dogs after that lol. I'm not a happy bunny at the moment. I use the excel in my 12gallon too, and haven't experienced any problems. In fact, my cryptocoryne tropica...

There's not much living in there at the moment, just a 1' bristlenose pleco. Nope, definitely dosed water conditioner. I was thinking that it could be the excel and I was warned about it on here before buying it, that it may do more harm to the plants than good, especially to the moss and...

I cleaned my 17litre last...Saturday. I cleaned the filter -- with old tank water, took all the plants out and then stirred up all the gravel before adding more water. I woke Sunday to find all my plants dying :( My Staugoryne repens was brown and decayed, my Christmas moss is browning and so is...

I woke this morning to have yet another betta die, from being in this tank! I checked the water parameters and all were perfect, I guess it was just down to them being bought from a pet store, and potentially being a bit old. Anyway... I have decided not to have another betta, as I have gone...

Well, I received this on Monday and have dosed according to instructions, however, there isn't a noticeable difference with the plants just yet. The Hygrophila polysperma, however, has changed a lovely pink on top. I've heard that excel helps get rid of algae, but mine hasn't gone anywhere. I...

As long as it goes away eventually. Its disgusting too look at and seems to be growing more and more, everyday lol. It got to a point where my christmas moss, which is relatively long was submerged in this moldy stuff. :/ On a different note, I figured I would ask my next question here, rather...

Thank you all for the advice :) I'm too lazy to take all the plants and moss off, in order to scrub it properly, but it does look hideous lol. I think I will let it run its course and stop feeding the tank ferts for the time being. Hopefully, it will run out of nutrients to feed off. Fingers...

I've had this piece of wood for a few weeks, but the last 2 weeks its started to grow a white mold, that looks a bit like smoke, if that makes sense. Here's a picture of what it looks like, the picture is not mine. http://www.glennschaeffer.com/aquarium/fungus.jpg I've scrubbed it off with a...

Well, I didn't expect such a response lol. Basically, the plants that I have are mostly low light Anacharis Java Fern windelov Christmas moss Java moss Anubia's barteri. var. nana Pygmy Chain Sword Alternanthera Rosaefolia mini Hygrophila Difformis Anubia's Coffeefolia. Crypt wendtii...