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My 55 gallon tank has ich so prior to treatment I bought a 19 ltr quarantine tank with a basic fitler and small heater to put the apple snail and shrimps into. Obviously the small tank is not cycled so I am having to change water regular, but still the apple snail does not look too happy. Have I...

My wife came back from the lfs with 2 plecs, or suckermouth catfish, she had not asked for these as she wanted 2 octocinclus which must have been in the same tank, anyhow the assistant bagged the fish then put the bag in a brown paper bag and the fish were then brought the 15 miles home..... My...

Does anyone have experience of CO2 systems in planted aquariums> Pros, Cons etc? Thanks for any advice.... Taff

Imagine my shock when I lifted the tank lid this morning to be greeted by a clutch of eggs the size of my thumb. I would assume they have come from my apple snail. They must be unfertilized as there is only one snail in the tank..... I am assuming that would be true and 2 snails would be needed...

Imagine my suprise this morning when I saw a baby cory in my 55 gal tank. I wonder how long it has been in there as I have been vacuuming the gravel, cleaning plants, lifting bog wood out and cleaning it, I am very suprised it has survived. Anyhow I can tell he is a peppered cory as he has his...

Hi all, well I am pleased to say that I have eventually got through the cycle with a 55 gallon tank and what a relief to have done it without losing any fish. I didn't intent to do a fish in cycle but had no option, but thats another story!!! Any how my problem, well its my mothers problem, is...

Hi all, I had an issue with a tank filter while away over the christmas break resulting in me having to move the fish into a tank that had been set up on a fishless cycle, any how the issue I now have is that I am going away again and the new tank is getting high ammonia levels. I have been...

I know everyone is going to tell me off but here is the story, I got a new 55 gallon tank on the 21st Dec, I set it all up and left it fishless to start cycling, I intended to leave it for however long it took, I do have the API liquid test kit by the way. Any how I also have a 10 gallon tank...

Hi put 2 corys into my 48ltr tank on saturday, admitedly they went in after about 30 minutes floating in the bag...... they seemed to do fine, raking around on the bottom, doing what they generally do, today one of them has floated to the top, head and tail hanging down, every now and then it...

Hi everyone, I am new to all this and I have aquired a 45 ish litre tank that was not being looked after, the fish were basically left to fend for themselves..... Anyhow, there are 5 neon tetras, 4 red male guppies and 3 pristella tetras, which all seem to be doing very well now after 7 weeks at...