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Ok, I'm on my 3rd one on a year... After 3-4 months they have about a third of their power. I clean the pads and do a 30% water change every week. Rather than buy a 4th, is there a cleaning tip I'm missing out on? Any suggestions? Thanks! Henry

Hi, My two German Blue Rams have white spots on fins and tail. I first thought it was "white spot" and used interpet 6 to treat in the past so used it again. It hasn't cured them. Furthermore I have two clown loaches amongst other fish and no other fish have symptoms and I'm sure if I had...

Hi, I have a fluval U2 filter and I has a Venturi which pumps bubbles into the water. I read online that the water surface needs to be broken for oxygen to get into the water and fish to breathe. The problem is the Venturi pumps our a lot of bubbles. It has 2 other options, one where the...

Hi, I have a 130L aquarium with 2 bolivians and 2 GBRs and a male Betta. I was wondering if an Angle fish would be ok with them? Thanks Henry

Hi all, I am thinking of changing my substrate from gravel to sand (i have white gravel and I'm fed up of vacuuming the gravel when it turns a bit brown) also I have a school of corys who (so I'm told) prefer sand. How do I go about switching? I was thinking of draining 50% of the water...

Hi All, I have a 90L tank, with the following: 4 x Platy 1 x Pleco (although this is going back to the LFS as it's grown to about 4") 3 x Cory 2 x Bolivian Ram 6 x Neon Tetras 1 x Male Betta I am doing 30% water changes once a week and the levels all look fine, but some of the platys and...

Hi, My Fluval U2 filter has an option which blows bubbles. I was told this option was preferred as it puts oxygen into the water. However, I have a male betta and was told they don't like bubbles as they breath from the surface. Will putting the filter on normal mode (i.e. with no...

Hi All, I'm moving house next week and wasn't sure how best to move the tank. Its a 29G, i'm only moving about 5 mins down the road (but not close enough to walk!) I was thinking of draining 80% of the water and putting fish and filter in a bucket with tank water. Then putting the tank (and...

Hi all, I had 2 Bolivian rams (I think two females, although it's hard to tell with juveniles), anyway, one died last month so I got a replacement (pretty sure it's a boy as even as a juvenile it has all the signs). However, he is smaller than the female (as I bought him 3 months afterwards)...

Hi All, I am looking to buy another couple of fish for my tank (after a couple of disasters in previous months) I had some pretty bad advice from the LFS: 1) a Dwarf Gourami will be fine with my Betta (resulting in the Gourami dying) 2) Clown loaches only grow to 4" and will be fine with...

Hi All, My black lyre tail molly doesn't look well. He's lost a bit of weight (I think) and his scales are all raised (by that i mean they have a feathery look). Water Parameters: Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 10ppm Ammonia: 0ppm PH: 7.5 Can't get a good enough pic of him on my iphone...

Hi All, Over the past 3 weeks, the behavior of some of my fish has changed: One of my Mollies started nipping and chasing my Platy (the molly then went missing and was found floating on the surface 2 days later) My other Molly started chasing the Platy My male Betta is now chasing both of...

Hi all, I have a male betta and was wondering if this is safe with Tetras (if so which tetras are most suitable?) Also how many is the minimum number of tetras required for them to school (i was thinking of 4 or 5) Thanks! H.

I'm very confused! I went away for the weekend, and when I came home, one of my mollies has vanished! It's a 25g tank, I emptied the ornaments out thinking she must be hiding, but she's gone! I've even fed the others and no sign of her! Is I possible that she died and the other fish ate the...

Ok, so I've had 2 mollies for about 3 months... I added a platy 2 weeks later and 3 weeks later I added a male betta... They have been getting along fine until today, now one of the mollies (female) is chasing and fin nipping the male platy and Molly a lot! It's so bad I'm thinking of taking...

Hi all, So i asked my LFS for some advice (stupid i know!) on which fish would suit my community tank including my betta splenden, he suggested a Dwarf Gourami. At first the betta flared up a bit but nothing more, and now on very rare occasion they have a bit of a showy stand off. However...

Hi All, I have a 29g with the following: 1 x Common Pleco 1 x Hoplo Catfish 1 x Cory Catfish 2 x Bolivian Rams 1 x Molly 1 x Platy 1 x Betta 1 x Dwarf Gourami The LFS told me a common pleco would be fine in my 29g, however, 4 months later and it's too big! so was wondering what alternative...

Hi all, One of my mollies has developed a faint patch on its back... its very faint, but ive noticed it looks like its lost weight also. All the other fish are fine and his behavior is the same as normal... Any ideas what it could be?

Hi all, I have a Fluval U2 filter and was wondering about filter maintenance. Specifically; how often should i clean the filter? I was told by the LFS to clean one side at a time (so as not to lose all my BB) in tank water from a PWC. How often should i do this? Also I have biomax tablets...

Hi all, I noticed the other day that my betta and my platy have nips out of their fins (the betta has lots of tiny nips and the platy has one massive one) i have been studying the other fish's behaviour and none of them are harassing each other or nipping that i can see... Its not fin rot...

Hi All, I have an algae scraper already, but noticed you can get Algae Magnet s which supposidly do the same thing. I'm pretty sure they can't be as good as an algae scraper with a blade in it, however are they any good at all? (they look much easier than using my algae scraper and i...

Hi All, My nitrate level has spiked in the past week. Ammo: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 40ppm It was 20ppm last week. I've done a 40% water change this morning, so will retest again later on tonight, however i was wondering if there is anything else i can do to reduce this nitrate...

Hi all, Some of my plants have built up some algae on the leaves - what's the best way to clean them? (will I have to remove them from the tank to do so?) Thanks! Henry

Hi All, Sadly one of my Platies died yesterday. Not sure of the cause - he had no sign of disease, and all the other fish seem happy and fine. He wasn't very active since i bought him 3 weeks ago... He died yesterday, and I wasn't sure how long i need to leave it before getting a...

Hi all, I have had a couple of Platies for 3 weeks now, and whilst one is very active and swims around the whole tank, the other one just sits in the same spot under a plant, or in the top corner of the tank by the filter, not moving. It moves between these two spots every few hours, but...