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Dear All, I am having some problem with algae, its a tough stringy type of algae. My tank is 26G, I run x1 Giessman Aquaflora and x1 Giessman Midday 6000 bulbs about 5 hours a day. Very highly recommend bulbs apparently. I run CO2 3.5 hours a day. The light and CO2 are on timers. Both...

Dear All, My lampeye's have given birth to one baby / fry. I have moved him to a nursury tank with no other fish in it. How could I best care for him? What does he eat? GH is about 4, TDS about 200. PH is a bit high at 8.0, 24C temp. I use RO and Co2 in the main tank (where he came...

Dear All, I have noticed spawns of the below in my tank recently. I have some snails in the tank and 6 small fish: x2 Celestrial Pearl Danio x2 Lampeye x2 Ember Tetra I have three small pond snails of which I noticed mating recently. If someone could help me identify the eggs that would...

Dear All, It is summer here in the UK, a rare phenomena. However my tanks are rising to 28C in some cases. My fish like 24C: - Ember Tetra - Lampeye - Galaxy Rasbora. Will this high temperature cause them problems? Any tips? Many Thanks

Dear All, I have a new friend in my tank. Seems a snail has been born much to my surprise. Slightly concerned as I have heard than once you get snails they go wild! I dont mind a few, especially if they are cleaning the tank. He is only about 5mm long, though it was shot with macro lens...

Hello All, I was looking for some advice on what kind of product to purchase for keeping my plants healthy. I have a new tank with: - Rotala Macrandra - Rotala Wallichii - Hemianthus Callitrichoides It is covered in Diatoms at moment to which I am reliably informed is due to silicates in...

Help! Migrating tanks 3Gal > 26Gal Dear All, After 70 days of trialing, learning, setting up and planting I am ready to transfer my fish from the old 3 gallon tank to the new 26 gallon tank. They'll be so happy! Well that is the plan The new tank is just been planted yesterday, and I am...

Dear All, I have a tank with no fish in, have just bought a selection of plants: - Hemianthus callitichoides - Rotala wallichil - Rotala macrandra They were added yesterday lunchtime and by the end of the day they were pearling much to my delight. Pearling as in oxygen bubbles visible and...

Hello, Bought a 26G tank some weeks ago and have just finished the fishless cycle. Added a moss ball from my smaller tank which had fish in it. The fish in the smaller tank were: x2 Pearl Celestrial Danio (Galaxy Rasbora) x2 Ember Tetra x2 Lampeye Having added the moss ball into the new...

Hi, I have a small nano tank with 2 galaxy rasbora (Celestrial Pearl Danio), two ember tetra and and lampeye. I have bought a larger 100 litre tank to put them in but still waiting for it to cycle. I did a water change 15% aprox yesterday and since then the embers and galaxy rasbora have...

Hi, Just completed my fishless cycle. Added some Cherry shrimp yesterday and one died today. Tank conditions: PH 7.7 KH 2 GH 6 Temp 21.5 C NO2 0 Ammonia 0 The temp has dropped from 25 to 21 degrees in 24 hours and the PH is higher than they woudl like, would those two things be enough to...

Cherry Shrimp Death - Reposted in 'unhealthy Fish' Hi, Just completed my fishless cycle. Added some Cherry shrimp yesterday and one died today. Tank conditions: PH 7.7 KH 2 GH 6 Temp 21.5 C NO2 0 Ammonia 0 The temp has dropped from 25 to 21 degrees in 24 hours and the PH is higher than they...

Hi All, After 48 days my new tank has finally completed the fishless cycle (hurray!). Very happy indeed. I am now continuing to add ammonia in small quantities and watching the PH / GH / KH to see what happens. I seed the tank with 3 drops which equates to 2PPM aprox. I wont be heavily...

Hi, Just purchased a co2 diffuser set from 'waterplant'. Clearly it is cheap and likely a waste of money I realise in hindsight. However as Ive now bought it I might as well use it. I have a 12L tank with Green Cabomba in it. I have a CO2 indicator which shows if there is too much or too...

Hi all, Quick questions. I was looking at various WPG forumlas across the internet. I am using an energy saving bulb, 6500k for my small 3.2G tank. I only have two Cabomba plants. The bulb is 5w energy saving bulb, which is reported to be equivalent to 25w of a normal bulb. Which wattage...

Being new to aquatics I have some new questions. I just wanted to write the post to get some confidence that dechlorinates actually work. I am using the API Tap Water Conditioner. It says use 1 drop per US gallon. I have a very small 3G tank. Just seems odd that three TINY drops are going...

Please could anyone kindly tell me what plants these are and what conditions they like :thumb:

Hello, I have a small 12L tank. Was seeking some advice on the following: PH My tap water is 8.0 aprox and is very hard so difficult to chemically change, plus I like to use as little chemicals as possible. I read most shrimp like lower PH conditions, as low as 6.0 in some cases. Would my...

Hello, Thank you for coming to read my post! Having a little problem where the tank seems to be stalling in the nitrogen cycle. In a nutshell, I'm adding ammonia to 5ppm then watching Nitrate rise to around 5ppm, Nitrate also seems to increase but its hard to sure with API Master. Tap water...

Hello, in the middle of Fishless cycle. Bought a small tank so I can learn about the chemistry of the aquarium. Was thinking of getting two danios in a few weeks time once my tank has completely cycled. Using API master and digital PH meter to monitor water. Tank is well planted. Cycling is...

Hi, very new to the aquatic hobby. I have a small 12L tank (ye I know it's tiny!). It's not the size the counts it's all about the errrrr water quality :-) I have probably read every Fishless guide out there, learnt about all the bacteria needed to convert ammonia > nitrite > nitrate. Seems...