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Hi there, two weeks ago i did a 25% pwc for my 60g, all seemed well till afew days after when my fish started becoming lerthargic and staying motionless in the water, i wondered what the **** it was ran all tests, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, nitrate 20 nothing wrong so i tested the pH and it was off...

Hey about 4 weeks ago i noticed one of my clown loaches had a white spot on it caused by ich, i also noticed other fish flashing in the sand, rocks and plants so i did some reading and have increased my tempreture to 30c it seemed to work at first, after 16 days there was no sign of it anywhere...

Some strange things are happening in my 60g tropical. Some of my fish have started dying recently, i bought 5 danios and 2 guppies 1M 1F the other day. Within 24 hours the female guppy had died, i put this down to stress from being moved. However today one of my Rams has died found it floating...

What test kits would you guys go for? Ive got the Nutrafin Master test kit cost £50 and comes with pH, pH Wide, Carbonate Hardness, General Hardness, Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Iron But i hear people talking alout about the API test kits there about £25 here and only come with pH, pH Wide...

I was looking at a website that deleivers fish and inverts around the UK looking for some more shrimp for my shrimp tank. I stumbled across this Red Crystal Shrimp, supposedly a breed of bee shrimp. I liked the look of it then i scrolled down the the price £15!!! ($25) for 1 shrimp thats no...

I am very very tempted to invest about £2500 on a full marine setup that totals 340g. The dimensions of the tank are 7x2.5x2 (WxHxD in feet) and was wanting to have a nice selection of soft corals and commuinity marine fish any ideas on how many fish i can keep in this tank before i fork out the...

Has anybody out there got any better methods for getting my freezing cold (5 degrees c) tapwater to 26 degrees for my pwc? I currently use the kettle after being told hot tap water is a big no no and being that our hot tap water is very cloudy anyway i dont really want to use that. But the...

Anybody got any nice pics of some rarer plecos? Heres my L081 Gold Nugget not super rare but a very pretty fish quite a hard fish to get a snap of as everytime i go near the tank he zooms off into his rock cave :) Sorry about pic qual the camera died and i have to use my phone.

I really dont know whats wrong with my rameriez fish. Yesterday i noticed that one out the 4 has reduced activity, hes either hiding in plants, at the bottom in the corner not moving or just staying in the same place. My Ammonia is 0, nitrite 0 and nitrite about 20ppm. The fish looks think and...

Hi there I was thinking of eventually investing in a marine reef system for my home. I was checking this website out where this company will make you a custom marine aquarium, bring it to your house and set everything up for you. They also state on their website that you don't need to change...

Hi there i was reading around on here and i noticed some people were saying that having bags of activated carbon and ammonia crystals in the external filter can be more damaging than benificial i was wondering how true this was? Would I be better off taking the ammonia bags and carbon bags out...

I was wondering if cleaning my filter during the weekly water change is too much? Every week when i change 60l from my 240l tank i turn off the filter, wash the foam pads in the siphoned water, give the ammonia bags and activated carbon bags a wash in the water too. I was wondering if this is a...

I have a 240l tank that has been set up now for about 3 months ammonia 0, nirite about .1ppm and nirate at about .15ppm I have recently just finished treating my tank for Ich with the salt and higher tempreture method changed the water of friday after the 10 days. I currently have in the tank: 5...

As soon as i turn my tank lights out all the fish in the tank start to chase each other. Whats going on here are they stressed? The tank is quite large and all water tests show no problems with the water..

Would it be wise to put my betta in a seperate tank with some bumblebee shrimp. When i got the shrimp they were smaller than expected so ive had to put them in a breeding trap so they don't get eaten by the other fish, however i don't think their too keen on it and dont seem too happy. On the...

My male fighting fish is exhibiting some quite strange behaviour. We got him yesterday and he seems to have settled in, eating food, swimming around. But earlier it came to my attention that when a certain black female mollie gets close to the fighting fish he displays his gills and takes up...

Hi there, I have just become a member of this forum so i could get a little advice about a few problems in and with my fish tank. This may take awhile to get through so bare with me. Firstly I Have a 240l (52 (UK) Gallon) tank with a fluval 305 ext. filter, Fluval M Class 300w Heater, Tetratec...