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Hi need some advice I have been struggling for the past two months with my water ,at one point my kh was sky high 20 then I have gradually got it down to 8 ( this week) but now my phosphate as starting to rise .i have nearly killed all my coral and 3 fish and 1 shrimp . Aquarium nano reef...

Hi this green thing started to grow a month or so ago and seems to be growing I have spent over a hundred pound on coral that as died the only thing that as lasted is the torch coral and this that's spreading to other parts of my tank!and can anybody tell me if this other coral is ok or is it on...

Hi I am new to marine ,everything was fine up until this week. I have had my tank since end of December fish and corals doing fine in the last two weeks I have lost two shrimp 1 cleaner (no sign of it anywhere) and then yesterday I found my peppermint shrimp dead .my corals have all shrunk back...

This is my first attempt at keeping nano reef.

Hi I am new to saltwater and was wondering if there is anything wrong with my hammer coral it as two heads but only one seems to open is this normal ?

Hi my nano tank was quit noisy so I replaced the impellers on the two motors in my tank and it is a lot better except there is a loud noise from my skimmer .i have the aqua one 36 .can I turn off the skimmer when I am in the room watching tv .or do I have to try and replace the skimmer or are...

Hi please can you help me I have three of these two females and a male when I got him he was really dark compared to the other males who add a lot more yellow on them than him .the females are just stripped.thanks

Hi I have recently started keeping cichlids I know my tank is to small 70lts=15gns but all my fish are juveniles 3/4 cm the largest and at present are behaving (no aggression ) to each other. My intention is to buy a new tank within a couple of months .but have just seen one at my lfs that I can...

Hi just purchased a aquaone nano 36 working tank from my lfs with living rock and some coral and I bought some frags so it was stripped down and put back a few hrs later but the frags and coral don't seam to be opening up will they in time or have I killed them messing around with them?

Hi and merry Christmas. I have a yellow lab (juvenile) )that is just sitting in quite area of my tank its been doing yhis for 3 days now. His it ill? I had a couple of plants in my tank but the fish have cut them back to starks so I have had to remove them , do cichlids need plants in the...

hi at present i am a proud owner of a jewel 700 rekord which is stocked with cichlids.i want to venture down the saltwater path.and was wondering if a nano tank would be a good starting point .cheers

hi i have been sold some cichlids but dont know they are called they are all young fish ,only 4/5 cm each

Hi I am new to keeping cichlids and where wondering how I can tell the the age they range from 3 cm to the largest at about 5 cm.

I just started down the cichlids route ,I have been reading on the net about making the tank more like there habitat ,I have a couple of live plants in there at the present should I take them out and make more hide holes?

Are there any ciclids that are good community fish or are they all killers! Been to 2 lfs and getting conflicting views ,one shop sold me 2 rams and 2 golden Mbuna saying they will be ok because they are young and will get on with my other fish ,sunset platys 1 redtail shark 1 Pleco and a couple...

Have just started keeping fish and have now got my water level right and just had my first bout of ich,or white spot see catching on with the fish chat! Lol but now my plants are stating to go brown on the edges is that normal ,they are getting bigger so do I chop them back ?i have no idea what...

Hi only been keeping fish for about four weeks still cycling my tank .but I am trying to understand the fish I have because sometimes there behaviour is a bit bizarre they seem to go to one corner of the tank and swim up then dive down is that normal ?

His morning in my tank I had 4 cardinal tetras and this evening I have 3 and no sign of the other ! As he been abducted by aliens!

I my tank as been fish in cycling for three weeks know and I have just left it to do its own thing had a problem trying to keep the ammonia down but that seems to be dropping a little(didn't help that my tank had been running for two weeks with the plastic bags still on the filters !)so my...

Well where do I start I have been posting on here for nearly two weeks trying to keep my fish alive doing water changes every day or what ever anybody else recommend me to try to get my cycle moving .i was given a friends old filter to put in mine and when I started to take out my old filter I...

Know one told me it was going to be this hard to get the water right !

Hi I am struggling to get my water right I don't want to harm the fish .tank as been cycling for over 10 days and the ammonia is rising have done two water changes and yesterday had 10lt of old tank water from my wife's friend who have told me to stop checking it and just let the cycle run.here...

I please can someone help I have just purchased a rekord 700 (first tank) the airflow out of the pump doesn't seem very powerful I have read the manual to see if I can turn it up but I can't find any info on it. I have seen on YouTube a led bubble wand do they work or is it a gimmick ? Cheers

Hi only add fish in my tank for a week and over the past few days I have noticed that when I feed the fish 1 of the balloon Molly's starts chasing the other Molly's like he is bullying them .and sometimes it happens with the two pear gourami the bigger one will chase the other away .is this...