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Hi guys ordered some pool filter sand and the bag says dried industrial sand. Is that the same thing?

Is that for tropical tanks too not only marine?

Sorry to hijack just wondering if a filter with a uv light is worth getting? Or it's just sort of an added bonus.

Yeah I like the look of gbrs, but I'm sure last time I thought about getting them I read that they prefer acidic water and can get aggressive during breeding season which put me off.

Hi guys, I've had my tank set up for around 4 years now and I'm gradually losing the fish I started out with (to old age I hope!). The tanks 55g, lightly planted with 2 canister filters and: 5 silver hatchets (lfs have 3 marbled hatchets which I might get) 6 black phantom tetras (only 2 female...

Oh ok makes sense :P thanks.

How would I connect the filter to the fish bucket? Doesn't the filter have to be lower than the bucket to run?

Hey guys, been thinking about changing my gravel to pool filter sand for a long time now. Just got a question or two I can't seem to get answered through Google :P I guess the main one is that I know I should turn the filters off (have 2 canisters) when changing it but how long can the bacteria...

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Oh really... Well I could possibly get a small fan to blow across the surface just have to find one first :p any other way of cooling down? Considering the room it's in is the coolest in the house so it would have to be a (fairly cheap) long term thing. I've taken the wood out and treated with...

Possibly something wrong. The lights been on for a few hours but only 2 or 3 shrimp came out. Surely a 1/4 dose of flourish cant cause any problems?! Testing the water now Tds 150 Ph 6.6/6.7 Ammo 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0-5 Gh 7 Kh 3 Temp is at 25.5 Hopefully it's all good cause I'm going to tackle...

Hmm so my options for the bba appear to be excel in the tank which could kill the shrimp or taking out wood and moss. Could I then scrape it off or use excel out of water without it going back into the tank? My only worry about that is everything is attached so I'd be taking everything out...

I got the tank with a small amount of water and refilled it with the tank water when it was all set up. I dripped it in slowly and then topped up with ro.

P.s: can I get rid of black beard algae without taking the wood out of the tank? It's tied to all the moss :/

Any products you can recommend? I've got seachems flourish if that would be of any use.

Oh thanks vermino, I just assumed it was browning because there wasn't enough light :p my bad. And I'll look into dosing potassium and phosphorus. Thanks again guys, give me a few months and then ill know what I'm doing :p

Thing is, the guy who sold me this gave me everything he used for this tank over a two year period and there are no ferts and the lights are the same. Maybe there's less sunlight in the room they are in now? Are there ferts I should be adding? Are there particular ones that are shrimp safe?

Can I reseal it without taking everything out? I seem to get mixed answers when I search it.

I've got a small leak at the top corner of my juwel rio 240. I've lowered the water level and it seems to have stopped. What should I do next?! It's going to worry me all the time now :(

Gh is now at 7 :) However... Some of the moss seems to be dying off, got some yellow/brown patches. Something I'm missing? And getting some brown algae on what was a completely green wall before. Should I be adding ferts or co2 without killing off the shrimp?! It has two clip on led...

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Yeah they do a funny little wiggle when they swim. Okay, there have only been about 10 in the last few days so I'm not worried, thought I'd mention it incase I've missed something! I have to say, I find myself in front of the shrimp tank way more often than my fish tank now, feeling a little...

Righto ill do that now and report back :p also found some tiny white worms crawling around on the glass but they're so small I can't tell what they are so I've just been sucking them out with a pipette...

Would the gh lower if I added more ro water? The water levels about 2 and a half inches from the top of the tank so I could probably add another inch.

Thanks fishfur :) wasn't sure if I wanted to keep them or not, some things I read sounded complicated before but I'm understanding now that I'm all started. Plus they're cute and the babies are tiny!