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Hey guys, I used to post on here 3 or 4 years ago and loved the site, but I found a local (Australian) forum that took over. Now I have a question that I thought you guys could help me with :) I have had my planted 4 ft tank with the same stock for about 4 years. Now my beautiful odessa barbs...

Hey all! I have a number of different plants tanks, some with ADA Aquasoil and some with plain gravel. The gravel ones obviously need some supplmentation, so I was wondering what you would recommend as the best root tablets on the market. I have used the Seachem ones in the past with some...

I have recently purchased a tiny peacock spiny eel (the first I've ever seen around here! v. cool). He is quarantining at the moment in a 2ft tank but is destined to go into my 4ft (50gal). Currently in the 4ft I have 4 yoyo loaches, 9 odessa barbs, 2 bristlenoses and a SAE. I have read they...

Hi! :) I have an Eheim 2215 canister on my 50gal tank and am thinking of upgrading to a 2217. I am not overstocked, but my fish are only going to get bigger and messier and I'd rather overfiltrate sooner than have problems later. I am planning on getting a 50cm cube (33gal) soon and move the...

Today I lost one of my sparkling gouramis, one of my favourite fish, so I am very upset. I had noticed a surface wound in her side a couple of weeks ago, but had initially put it down to a scrape or injury. It didn't look infected or red, just like she had scraped herself against something sharp...

I have a group of 4 sparkling gouramis in a (heavily planted) 28gal tank. I would like to add a pair of honey gouramis. Is this a bad idea?

I need to flea bomb my house :/ How do I ensure the fish are safe? Will covering the tops with towels be enough, or do I need to make the tanks air-tight? What about air pumps (and filters run by air pumps)? Thanks.

My yoyos are always greyed out, not bold black and white. One of them is so grey as to be nearly a single-coloured fish with no markings, and when he gets excited, he turns into a inverted yoyo, with white markings on a grey background. My ph and temperature are within their preferences, my...

I have a group of corydoras habrosus - one of my favourite fish! Unfortunately one of the little guys appears to have developed a swim-bladder problem. He is eating and is otherwise healthy, but can't figure out which way is up. He spirals when trying to swim straight, and pretends he's an...

Hello! I haven't been around in a long time! :) I have a 50gal tank with 2 yoyo loaches, 2 bristlenoses, 1 SAE, 9 odessa barbs and a handful of guppies. I have an Eheim 2215 and do 50% water changes every 2 weeks. How stocked am I? I would like to add another loach - I've just found one of...

I have a 4 ft tank with 3 yoyo loaches, 2 SAEs, 2 bristlenoses and 6 odessa barbs. I have just found someone who will sell me a senegal bichir (they're not legal to import here so are incredibly rare). My question is - will the bichir eat my other fish? The loaches are 7-10cm now, but are long...

My 4ft, 50gal tank is nearing completion regarding the plant and fish stocking. I've got a lovely low light setup with DIY CO2, swords, lots of crypts, java fern, val, etc. I'm really happy with it. I am now looking to add a final fish or two to finish it off. Currently I have: 3x yoyo loaches...

I lost a honey blue-eye about a week ago. The only symptoms were hanging close to the surface like he wasn't getting enough oxygen, and a slight pine-coning of the scales (if you looked carefully). He wasn't bloated, didn't gain or lose weight, and the symptoms lasted about 3 days before he...

My guppy population has been dwindling lately so I decided to get some more adults to add to the genetic diversity. And found some absolutely stunners!! As you can imagine they are impossible to photograph, some moreso than others... Albino female (zomg albino guppies!) Albino male (so...

I have recently (2-3 weeks ago) added odessa barbs to my 50gal tank. I originally got 4 - 2 males and 2 females - then went back and got another pair. Shortly after I added the last 2, one of the original females disappeared. No body, no sickness beforehand, nothing. Just gone. It was about a...

This stuff is in one of my tanks. It started in one discrete spot, growing on a bit of driftwood in a clump and I thought it was an algae. It didn't seem to be invasive and wasn't unattractive, so I left it alone. I've since removed that bit of wood, and in the process seem to have strewn...

Not sure if this has been posted or is known about - just came across an interesting article concerning corals and their life-giving symbiotic relationship with an interesting organism. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070830165013.htm

I have a deficiency in one of my tanks. The ozelot sword displays very mild signs - some yellowing along the veins of old leaves, and some brown spots/patches. The spiral val just seems to be losing old leaves faster than new leaves are formed. They go yellow, then brown, then transparent...

I haven't bought new fish for ages, and on the weekend my boyfriend took me fish shopping! YEY!! We had previously bought 4 pepper cories for our 28gal, but our big old mean CAE killed 3 of them (we think). So, off he went to a friend's big-fish tank, and we got 3 more peppers. Also got a...

My trilineatus cories have laid eggs! Huzzah! I saw the big female with one of the little ones (males!) doing the dance and the t-position last night. And today, we have 5, individually-laid eggs, stuck to the glass. I plan on moving them into the safety of a net before they hatch, as I'm sure...

I have a male peppermint bristlenose and a female albino bristlenose - both reaching sexual maturity. Is it possible they will breed, and if so, what colour would the babies be? I assume albino is recessive like most other animals, so they wouldn't be albino - but is peppermint a colour...

I have decided to use EI dosing. I have DIY CO2 via mist method and get results of around 45ppm, so even with room for error I should be above 30ppm. I have 1.5wpg, and am reasonably heavily planted with low to medium light plants. One tank is 50gal, and one is 28gal. I have KNO3 for N, KH2PO4...

Is there a natural, stable way of increasing KH? In my 50gal, I have a pleasant KH of 4, but in the 28gal it's <1. At least, the solution turns yellow on the first drop. I don't understand why they are different, I do everything the same in both, they both have plants and driftwood and...

Ok, so my CO2 is back up and running, but I haven't started dosing yet. I wanted to do 1 thing at a time. The result is: cyano on the surface of the water. At least, I think it's cyano. It's not in a clump, but rather in tiny little spots all over the surface. If I run a white net through it, it...

Ok. I have been neglecting my tank a bit of late as my CO2 diffusor (powerhead for mist) broke and I have simply not had the time to make another one. I also slacked off on ferts. I think I am incredibly lucky that the only algae I have developed is a little bit of BBA on the underside (?!) of...