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I recently decided to put live plants in my 27l tank, and of course a pest snail hitched a ride and now I have an infestation in my tank. I heard assassin snails eat them however I'm not sure it could keep up with them. Does anyone have any solutions to these? My fish won't eat them i have...

Good Afternoon all, Not sure if there is much more I can do but about a week and half ago I had a ammonia and a nitrate spike. Ammonia is 0.25 Nitrate is about 60 Nitrite is 0 At the moment I'm doing 50% WC everyday to try and get the nitrate back down. My ammonia is always around the 0.25...

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone has ever had any problems with platys and guppies being aggressive? I have 4 male guppies which I recently added to my tank and they seem to do nothing but chase the platys round and what looks like they are nipping at their fins, not sure if this is playful...

Hey guys I've had my tank got over a year now and I keep replacing the carbon cartridges that it came with. Are these any good or should I start using something else? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Hi guys having a bit of trouble with an ammonia spike in my tank. It's a 30l tank that's been established over a year now currently stocked with 2 cardinals and 4 platys. I changed the gravel 100% around 2 weeks ago which saw a spike in ammonia and nitrite so I was doing my water changes etc...

So I've had this Betta about 9 months now and he's had a very up and down life with his fins as he keeps losing them and growing them back. This morning I woke up and he was stuck in the side of the filter I presume because he's too weak to swim away. When I released him he dropped to the...

So I've come back from my holiday I used a tetra holiday block to feed the fish and had someone doing water changes every other day. Now my ammonia won't drop below 1.0 and nitrite is at 0.5 and no matter how many water changes I do it just won't drop. There is no waste on the bottom of the...

So had my betta around 3 weeks now absolutely fine, I noticed today he's lost a bit of his fin, he's in there with 2 cardinals and has been from the start. Any ideas what could of happened as far as I'm aware cardinals aren't fin nippers. He often sits on top on the filter not sure if it's...

So I've had my tank up and running with fish for around 3 weeks. It's fully cycled etc and readings are currently normal. When I first set up the tank I was told to stock tank which wasn't cycled. I lost 2 fish as they got sucked into the back of the filter (not both at the same time) I was...

Hey I have a small tank it's only 30 litres which is about 7-8 gallons would my tank benefit from one of these or would it be a waste of time? If not which one would you guys recommend for me. Thank You Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have a couple of questions about my set up as I'm a newbie to all this... I have a 30litre tank no live plants a heater a filter a light and some decorations, I have also put dechlorinator in the tank. In the cycle I'm currently at 0.25ppm ammonia, 4.0ppm nitrite, 5.0ppm nitrate. Ive had...