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Hello. I'm would like to hear opinions on my community tank stocking. Whether I've got capacity, and if so, ideas on what to put in? 33g, 125 litres Juwel filtration (don't know the precise power but the same as comes with the 63g model) Planted Amm 0 nitr 0 nitr 5-10 Ph 7.5 Hardness - don't...

I've been reading up on live foods for my small community freshwater tank - glowlight and neon tetras essentially. Everywhere says how good it is to feed them daphnia, bloodworms, blood shrimps etc, but every website also adds the warning that they can introduce disease. I'm in the process of...

I have a 38L planted with nearly 2 wpg. stocking includes 8 glowlight tetras. they look more washed out than i would like and i'm planning on adding some extra dimmer light to have on at the end of the photo period so i can enjoy the glowlights more fully. does anyone know if blue "moonlight"...

i have a 38g freshwater set up, running for 2-3 months, cycled, planted and partially stocked. it's my pride and joy. i came home from work yesterday and to my horror found about 8 thin very shallow chips in the front pane. i can only assume my 3 yr old daughter has been giving it a good whack...

I'm trying to fishless cycle a 38g tank It's effectively my first (had a tank for 1 yr approx1985) It's a rio 125 with factory lighting which I think works out as middle level medium intensity light. It have 7-8 cm Eco complete. It's planted with 12 different species of plant, and they are all...

i'm fishless cycling my first tank. i had some gravel from a lfs to kickstart things and have had several unwanted hitchhikers (hydra, 2 types snails, planaria, nematodes so far). now i've seen 2 more and wondered if anyone knew what they were and whether i need to be concerned. firstly i've...

I think my 33g is almost fishless cycled. The nitrites are falling after about 4 weeks. How much of my final stocking can I put in when it's cycled? Would 8 glowlight tetras be too much? Or those AND a pair of Bolivian rams? It's a juwel rio 125 with factory filter and lighting, ecocomplete and...

has any body tried seeding a fishless cycle and then when the nitrite builds up doing a second seeding? my thinking is that we keep feeding ammonia to keep the first lot of bacteria alive while waiting for the second stage to start, but during that first stage there is no nitrite for the...

hi. i'm just setting up my first tank for 25 yrs (i can't think whats kept me away, i'm obsessed already and i haven't even got any fish yet!). i'm doing a fishless cycle (stuck with obsurd nitrIte levels but thats another story). I set the tank up 2 1/2 weeks ago and got seeding gravel from...