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Hey everyone About five days ago I noticed some of my fish started to show white spots all over their bodies. I quickly removed them to my hospital tank, and about 24 hours later I noticed the remaining fish also started to show signs and moved them into the hospital tank too. I treated the...

Hi all I've recently purchased two pieces of aquarium bog wood from the local aquatics store. Both pieces were sandblasted. Although they've both been ferociously releasing tannins into the water, on one piece there now appears to be a healthy growth of what looks to be a cotton-like fungus...

Hi all If you wouldn't mind, take a look at my water quality readings over the past week and you'll see that my ammonia trends from 1 to 2ppm, nitrite 2 to 5ppm and nitrate between 20 and 80ppm. I do a 10% PWC when the nitrates start to rise, which seems to be keeping them around the 20-40ppm...

Hi everyone Just took my latest tank readings this morning (attached)... Using my homebrew Aquarium Management software to keep track of the readings from today onwards. I'm thinking I need to do a 10% PWC? Also, is it still too early for fish? :) Thanks, Rik.

Hey folks I'm new to the tropical fish world but I'm learning a lot on the forums here. You guys are awesome :) One thing I'm trying to set up right now is a database for keeping tabs on water quality and other aquarium parameters. I haven't found much out there to do that, and I'm a web...

Hi all I have just purchased an API Master Test Kit on the advice from other forum members and after proper testing, I can see now that my new tank (still cylcing - no fish) is at pH 8.2. What pH is desirable for a community tank - am I correct in thinking this should be 7.5? Are chemicals...

Hi folks I've just purchased a small-ish (60 Litre) tank from my local pet store. I figured it'd be better to start small, and work my way up. I've had the tank for about 10 days now (no fish, yet). I thoroughly rinsed everything that was to go in the tank (substrate, ornaments etc). The tank...