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Does anybody know if it is necessary to sit the tank on polystyrene to stop the base of the tank from cracking? Fluval say that you don't but iv had experience of bases cracking thru not sitting them on polystyrene Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Will my Hygrophila polysperma survive in the water column like this (see pic.) my geo's keep uprooting them and they end up getting tangled around my bog wood but I think I quite like it? Scruffy looking. But will they survive like this?

I'm setting a 8gallon betta tank up and iv put my filter that I'm using for the betta tank into my 30G to try and get the bacteria I need to grow in the media, but what I want to know is how long does this process normally take?

Hi Guys Iv got the opportunity to grab some GBR at a good price locally, now all im wondering is how many (If any) would u think would go in my tank? I have 30G which is 40" long with a few caves, lots of bogwood and lots of live plants and my stock list is currently 2 Bolivian Rams, 1 female...

Has anybody ever seen this before? My female swordtail is twisting her head to the left and it's effecting the way she swims. It looks like her spine is bent. The photo isn't the best but u can kind of see wt I mean

Hi all, 3 weeks ago I got 1 male apisto and 4 females for my 30G community tank and for some reason the male constantly harasses 1 specific female and leaves the rest alone! Is this normal behaviour or should it concern me?

Hi guys, a friend of mine has a gold fish that he's had for around 5 years now that now he's a bit concerned about as he has a black lining along 1 of his gills. The guy at the lfs has told him its ammonia poisoning but then sold him some nutrafin cycle for some reason? (I'm almost sure that's...

Hi Guys n Gals, Does anybody have any tips on seeding a fluval fx5? iv got a 30G community tank at the mo, but iv got everything to set my 100G up except substrate. I want to start seeding the filter media on the fx5 but i dont want to set the fx5 up on the 30G. Any Tips? Cheers peeps

Hi guys Iv jus got home from wrk tonight and my pleco isn't moving too well and seems to b gasping for air! Iv just done a 30-40% water change and tested the water 1st with a Hagen liquid test kit and the ammo is 0 nitRITe is 0 and the niTRATe is aprox 10 (it's hard to determine) the tank is...

Iv just noticed over the last couple of days that 1 of my black skirt tetras has lost a lot of weight and when I'm watching him try to eat he doesn't appear to b able to open his mouth to take the food, he's trying his hardest but he can't get food in his mouth! What's the matter with the...

Hi guys 1 of my female swordtails has wedged herself nose down between 2 moss balls, when I moved 1 of the moss balls she went and wedged herself between another moss ball and a log and she hasn't moved since which is a little concerning, my water parameters are ammo 0 nitrIte 0 nitrAte 10 using...

I'm slowly but surely building my 100g freshwater tank, I hav the tank 72"x18"x18", the lights and a stand, just need heaters, substrate and filter. Now I can decide weather to go with 1 fluval fx5 or 2 fluval 406's??? Can anybody tell me the pro's and cons of running either 1 huge filter or 2...

Is this lighting system suitable for a fresh water planted tank? Arcadia professional pendant luminaire system series 1 in very good condition 4 foot twin 150w fitted with 1 10000k and 1 20000k bulbs

Hi guy's recently I bought a 6ft 100g tank and I'm in the middle of building a stand and sorting the lights out for it. I was looking for some advice on the lights as I have a 4ft lighting unit with 4 x 54w tubes in that I would like to use and was looking to save money by using this along side...

So iv go 4 black skirt tetras that iv had from day 1! My tank has been up n running 2years and my black skirts hav been in since the beginning. Now I'm aware they show aggression and tend to nip between themselves but apart from the odd scuffle here and there they have lived peacefully together...

Over recent weeks/months iv read a lot ppl talking about minimum tank sizes for certain species mainly a common pleco and everybody seems to b in agreement that a common pleco needs 125g minimum, but I was wondering, wouldn't for example a 6ft 100g be better than say a 4 ft 125g or in other...

Iv jus been looking on YouTube at heavily planted Dutch style tanks, now iv got a lightly planted tank but iv often wondered how would you clean such a heavily planted tank (gravel vacuuming) or do the plants feed on the fish poop so it's just a case of a simple water change with out vacuuming?

I hav a black Molly who breaks out in White spots 80% of the time the day after I do a pwc! None of the other fish ever seem to be affected until last week when I lost a different Molly! Now after the last outbreak I treated with interpet anti White spot and every time it's cleared up the black...

I have a pregnant swordtail, and tonight she's swimming quite franticly nose down towards the substrate! Is this normal or does anybody know wt this means?

Hi guys iv got a 30g community with 2 mollys 6 swordtails 7 rummy noses 4 black skirt tetras and a pleco, I do a pwc every wk without fail but I'd say 70% of the time a day after the pwc my black sailfin Molly comes out covered in White spots, iv got some meds that clear the White spots up with...

Last night my girlfriend noticed a slight tear in 1 of out swordtails fins so tonight I gravel vac'd my tank changing around 50% of the water jus in case it was a case of fin rot and just out of interest I tested the water immediately after the PWC (I normally do it a few days after a PWC) but...

I hav jus tested the water in my freshwater tank and in my yellow belly turtle tank and in my freshwater tank the ph is 7 where as my yellow belly turtle tank waters ph is 5.5. But the water is from the same tap I hav the same substrate in both tanks with a few fake ornaments/plants in both...

Hi guys, Iv aquired a 7 gallon tank that im going to use for my office at work but iv only ever dealt with 30G and over so i was looking for some stocking tips please. My only thought is i dont really want to take the betta route. cheers dudes n dudettes :p

Hi folks, I hav a 100g tank waiting to be set up and iv decided on my filter (fluval fx5) and I hav been scouting around for a heater and iv found a 600w heater with external controls by Atman only problem is iv never heard of Atman and I don't want to go buying junk that is going to fail on me...

Around about 6 wks ago now we bought a betta and put him in our community tank, I was unaware that my black skirt tetras would nip his fins but seen as tho they did we put him in his own 4.5g tank and he's been fine since but since the nipping his fins has been sort of stuck together and they...