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I have a corner temperate tank with no fresh plant, but it has suddenly become infested with snails. I bought the tank complete with gravel almost a year ago, but can only assume the snails were dormant in the gravel. Any advice how to get rid of them without having to resort to emptying the...

We have a 170L tropical tank. The test strips are showing: NO3 - too high; GH - too high; PH - slightly low, the remainder are fine. The fish appear to be okay but we want to add more fish. Any suggestions what to treat the tank with?:fish2::fish1:

Has anyone had problems with cherry shrimp in the same tank as platys, rainbow shiners and zebra danios, all in a temperate 190L tank. Want to get Cherry shrimp but have been told they will be eaten by the other fish?

Is it better to add more fish before or after a water change?

Hi, I am sort of new to fish keeping. Had tanks many years ago but only had our two for about 18months. The smaller one was infested with snails and weeds, decided to start from scratch so emptied it out and disinfected everything. Now looking good but then discovered both heaters had gone...