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Hi I have a 180litre tank with 1 small royal pleco, 1 platty, 1 kuhli loach, 3 mollys, 2 pearl gourmai. Since adding the new fish the 3 mollys and the 2 gourmai the ammonia levels have settled down to 0 after doing 10% water changes daily. I was just wondering how often I should clean the gravel...

Hi my water readings have changed since adding 5 more fish to my aquarium yesterday, my ammonia reading came back as between 0.3 and 0.6 and my no3 came back as 10 and no2 came back as 1. Is this normal because my filter needs to just catch up and accomidate new bacteria to handle waste from...

Hi I have a 180litre aquarium, I had a royal pleco a platty and a loach and today I got three mollys and two pear gourmai the tank seems pretty bare still, what other fish would be suitible to go with all the fish I have at the moment? And how many fish would it be ok to keep in a 180litre tank...

Hi I have a small 28litre tank with a small royal pleco and a platty, I've got a new 180litre tank set up today, how can I transfer my fish to my new tank without having to cycle for months? If I put my old filter into my new tank would that work? I don't want to transfer any gravel or ornaments...

Hi I have a small 28litre tank with a small royal pleco and a platty, I've got a new 180litre tank set up today, how can I transfer my fish to my new tank without having to cycle for months? If I put my old filter into my new tank would that work? I don't want to transfer any gravel or ornaments...

Hi I've been battling ich for around 2 months now, I've tried everything I can apart from using salt because I have scaless fish such as my pleco and loach. I've tried esha exit and esha 2000 I got through both bottles and there was still ich I have had the temperature turned up for weeks and...

Hi I've been battling ich for around 2 months now, I've tried everything I can apart from using salt because I have scaless fish such as my pleco and loach. I've tried esha exit and esha 2000 I got through both bottles and there was still ich I have had the temperature turned up for weeks and...

Hi my fish had ich I have been using esha exit and esha 2000 for 5 days now but on the box it says to use for 3 days! The ich of most of my fish has totally gone but there is a white spot on my platty and guppy that won't go! Do I need to keep treating or should I wait until the white spot comes...

Hi a few days ago I noticed my fish had white spots, I was recommended to us esha exit and esha 2000 I done the 3 day treatment and just checked my fish today some of the ich white spots had gone but there were new ones on the same fishes but in different places! I have been recommended to do a...

Hi a few days ago I noticed my fish had white spots, I was recommended to us esha exit and esha 2000 I done the 3 day treatment and just checked my fish today some of the ich white spots had gone but there were new ones on the same fishes but in different places! I have been recommended to do a...

Hi I noticed some white spots on my fish so u was recommended to use esha exit and esha 2000 last nite was the last day of the 3 day treatment and today I've noticed a new white spot on my plattys tail! And the spots that were on my royal pleco are not all gone! Is this normal? Some one please...

Hi how can I handtame my royal pleco I want to be able to feed him out of my hand in the water, do they bite? His teeth look pretty Sharp lol I've seen videos on YouTube of people feeding plecos out of their hand, I want mine to be tame like it Sent from my Desire HD using Aquarium

Hi I have guppies and plattys but I'm worried my plattys are not getting enough food! When I put flake food in the guppies eat it off the top and when bits are floating down to the bottom the plattys go for it, they suck it into their mouth bit spit it back out as if they don't like it! I bought...

Hi I have a royal pleco he eats cucumber and lettuce and algae tablets, I'm not sure what else he can eat! He always seems hungry, if I put a large piece of cucumber in the tank its gone by the morning! How often should I be feeding him and what other things could I feed him? Sent from my...

Hi I have a external fluval 205 I have washed it twice since I've had it, I rinse off the foam pads and everything else with water out of my tank, I know I'm not supposed to change the foam pads for 6-12 months but I'm not sure if I have to replace any of the other stuff or if I just keep...

Hi I noticed a small white spot on my platty and also a part of his tail missing he was also acting very strange he was wobbleing side to side and hiding a lot, I removed him from my 180 litre and have put him on his own in another tank so the other fish don't Chase him or catch what he has...

Hi since I bought some live plants for my aquarium the ammonia went up from 0 to 3.7! I removed the plants as soon as I done the test but eversince my ammonia readings have been between 2.4 and 3.7 I have been told to do 20% water changes everyday which I have done but the ammonia remains the...

Hi I have a 180 litre tropical aquarium with one 200 watt heater, I want to put another heater in the tank set at a slightly lower temperature just incase 1 heater fails or breaks! Would it be ok to add another 200 watt heater or would I need to get rid of my 200 watt heater and buy two 100 watt...