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Just normal happy loach cruising around checking out his boring little hospital tank. I took the log and some driftwood out of my main tank so he can have somewhere to hide if he gets stressed out but there's nothing strange going on. I almost just left him in the Main tank but I can't risk the...

Nah wouldn't think so it's a rena heater that's like enclosed, with a hole through the middle and it's one of their favourite hiding spots so if it was the heater i think they would all have burns... Could it just be a scar or something?

Looks smooth, almost like a burn or something

hey there, noticed a faint white patch on the side of my loach the other week, however its turned really white now and im not to sure what it could be, ive moved him to an isolation tank for now but he seems fine otherwise, has anyone seen it before?

Hey just looking for some advice on stocking for my tank, I have a 250 litre tank that's pretty heavily planted, it currently holds 10 neon tetras, 5 black phantom tetras, 5 zebra loaches a male betta and a bristlenose. It still looks really empty though, especially seen as my loaches like to...

also on the hydrogen peroxide dip, so i have to pull my plants out and dip them all? thats gona cause some chaos in my tank when i try and pull some of them out. i had 4 little spikey leaf plants since i started and they have multiplied and shot off in all directions, how am i supposed to get...

its just the light that came with the tank when i bought it off some dude.. yeah it is by a window but honestly theres so many windows in our house thats the only place i can put it, i had to buy a uv filter to stop the green water.. ok so no ferts then? i really dont want c02 it seems like a...

hi there, so i gave a 250l tank that is just getting overrun with algae, and i really dont know what im doing wrong. im dosing flourish once a week and exel everyday, and the stuff is just taking over. i have 4x52w t5HO lights and ive tried turning half of them off but it doesnt seem to make a...

ok so i guess that excel is just a carbon suppliment and i actually need a fertiliser to help out.. ahh more money to spend haha

so i have too much light? is that possibly why im forever battling algae? haha oh dear. oh ok i heard that you use that flourish stuff to give the plants carbon if you dont have a c02 system, or will any fertiliser do that? i have 10 neons, 10 black phantoms, 5 zebra loaches, a bristlenose and a...

yeah clown loaches are cool but they grow way to big for what i want really, they have awesome personalitys though my zebra loaches are so entertaining to watch! yeah i like angel fish too but they can get quite aggresive when they get big from what ive read? i really like the look of blue rams...

just trying to learn this planted tank thing as i go, i have a 250 litre tank thats about 500 high and my lighting is 4x58w t5 ho lamps (came with the tank) 2 are white and 2 are blue. im dosing daily with flourish excel, just wondering if there is anything else i need to be doing? ive got...

Just trying to decide what kind of fish to get as ive already got all the ones i wanted so i was just hoping some people would give me some suggestions? i kinda want some slightly bigger sized fish that are colorful or really cool looking, i was thinking some gouramis but they wont mix with my...

Hi just bought 5 black phantom tetras today for my community tank, had them in there for a few hours before i noticed one of them had these lumps on each side just before the tail, i did a search but couldnt find anything so ive moved it to an empty tank by itself just incase it harms any of the...

i cant remember what its called but it was just this stuff that looked like dirt that the guy at the lfs said to put down under the gravel for the plant roots to grow in, has lots of nutrients and whatnot?

What algae is this? its overtaking all my plants. and how should i get rid of it? Also, i dont really know much about planted tanks, i just bought plants and put them in, there is some sort of special aquarium dirt under my gravel though, but some plants seem to be growing well and some just die...

allgood it just freaked me out haha

salt in the tank? im new to this so ill just take it as some sort of special salt you add to the tank? will it affect my neon tetras or my bn catfish?

also, i had my uv filter turned off this week because my tank temprature was getting up and i thought it might have been that, will the uv filter help if it is some sort of bacterial infection?

i have no idea sorry, here in nz noone seems to know anything about fish in the stores, just says fighting fish on the tank...

ph is about 7.5 nitrite is 0 and nitrate is between 0 and 5. i have API master test kit too.

hm my ammonia has crept up to 0.25 in one week.. so i guess this is the cause for the tatty fins? im due to do a water change today anyway so i guess ill just do theat and see how he goes?

Just got a betta to go in my 250 litre tank with 10 tetras and a catfish, im just a bit worried about his fins. i bought him because i wanted a red one and his fins were the most kick *** looking ones by far out of the bettas in the shop. ive had him a week and they are kinda looking a lil more...

yeah it would be a pain in the *** to try take the fish back to the store now so i may just add fish slowly and keep an eye on the levels, seen as a big tank is safer for spiking levels and whatnot. still dont know what kind of fish i want though.. maybe ill get another 10 black phantom tetras...