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Hey I'm thinking of getting a Echinodorus ozelot but am pretty inexperienced with this plant. I don't want it to grow too huge. I was wondering whether it has to be fed fertiliser via the substrate. Will it still grow with out extra food?

I am thinking of getting some Amazonian Frogbit but having trouble finding it in several of my LFS. Does anyone know of a good place to get this from in the UK? I am based in London. Cheers

Where I live we have crazy heavy water. Also a pH of 8.2. I have just purchased my first fluval 206 and am considering adding peat to get both the hardness and pH down. Does anyone have any advice on how to do this? Is there a special "aquarium" peat to use? Are the changes it creates stable and...

Hi After having an outbreak of camallanus worm last year I am just wondering what everyone has used to treat this? I want to get some more meds incase these nasty beggars ever come back. I have used chanaverm with some success. Des anyone know if anything is available that actually kills all...

Does anyone else have problems with the API nitrate test from the master test kit? My nitrate test always seems to be either 40ppm or 80ppm. Yes, I do bang the 2nd bottle well, give it a good shake. I ran a separate test using a Tetra liquid test and it seemed to show around 25ppm. Now I know...

Hi there, I was just wondering whether anyone had any experience with water wisteria? I bought a couple of bunches from my LFS on Thursday. I gave them a reasonably thorough washing and planted them. Now I am finding that leaves, both whole and parts, are coming off and floating. I know they...

Hi there, New to African cichlids and just received my first group of cynotilapia afra. Although still juvenile I know two are definitely males. I have noticed some interesting behaviour and assume it is the submissive male displaying to the dominant. Whenever the two males are side by side the...

So today I went out and bought some lava rock and a couple of java fern for my SA cichlid tank that I am setting up. After walking home about 30 mins with 25 kilo of rock I couldn't be bothered to start aquascaping. I put the plants into the tank ready for tomorrow's big push at making a home...

Hi there, I have recently inherited a practically new 130 litre long aquarium and would like to set up a African cichlid tank...my water is very hard and has a pH of 8.2. I realise this tank is a small tank measuring 36" x 14" x 16" high but was thinking it might be suitable for a small group...

I am trying to think of a colourful fish to add to my community tank. I currently have 2 pretty chilled Bolivians, 8 celebes rainbows and a couple of Corys. I was thinking of a doing a betta but am aware of the potential for aggression. Would a betta be ok with Bolivians and the celebes? My rams...

Hi everyone. I am considering setting up a second tank in the near future. I would like another community tank and have a couple of GBRs in there once it is well established. I understand their needs regarding general parameters but I have the problem of having high pH of 8.2 and hard water. I...

I came back from a week away yesterday and noticed that one of my Bolivian rams had a very thin red protrusion from its vent. After some quick research I thought it could possibly be camallanus worm. I have now noticed a similar thing in my other ram this morning. I can't get a good picture of...

Hi all I have pretty much finished fish stocking now in my 130 litre and would like some of your advice on some inverts for both algae/left over fod scavaging as well as something that's not aggressive, fairly colourful and interesting to watch. I currently have 2 Bolivian rams, 2 dwarf...

Ok, so I have had my Bolivian rams for a few weeks now. One is almost definitely male, the other probably make although still a juvenile I think. The larger male seems to have a bit of a complex. When they were first added the larger ram was following closely behind his fellow tank mate. As he...

Can anyone recommend a decent sinking pellet suitable for South American dwarf cichlid that is available in the UK? I am currently using some small (around 1mm before going into the aquarium) "semi floating" granules which float for ages and end up getting lost in the gravel so am looking for...

Hi all. I am now having regrets about the gravel I am using in my aquarium. It has been set up for around 5 weeks now, fully cycled with 2 rams and 10 neons. I am thinking of getting some cories and understand that they prefer sand. I am also thinking that sand might be easier on the rams as...

Hey all. So after having settled my Bolivian Rams and soon moving my guppies to a seperate tank I am now trying to decide on some more fish for my main tank. The only occupants will be my 2 Bolivians Rams. I really need some ditherers but my pH is at 8.2 and I know I have hard water...

Well today, after having had stable water conditions following my cycle I decided that I would go out and purchase the two Bolivian Rams that I promised myself over a month ago. My LFS stock was low...down to only 3 (were 9 this time last week), but I managed to watch these guys for a while and...

Hi all, OK, so this is a long story which I will try to keep short. I purchased a brand new aquarium 3 weeks ago, 130 litre Aquaone. I decided that I would do a fish-in cycle, having had success with this method before. I filled that tank with gravel and plants (fake) and let it sit for a...

Having just come back from the LFS to check up on their Bolivian Ram stocks, I have just fallen in love with another fish...the Celees Rainbowfish. Absolutely amazing little guys. Having never kept anything like this before (apart from Neon Tetra - which I guess are not similar at all :)) I was...

Hi, I was just wondering whether keeping Amano shrimps has any effect on water hardness. I have kept them before and am now wondering whether their shed exoskeleton adds to water hardness if it is not removed immediately. Any thoughts? Cheers

Hi everyone, Having just moved into my first "proper" house - big enough for a good size aquarium anyway, I decided to start an aquarium. I have had several small ones in the past but this is the biggest I have had and have been thinking of what to stock it with. I came across Bolivian rams...