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I recently had a bit of a catastrophe with my fish tank where I lost a lot of livestock and had to give the remaining fish/shrimp away. The tank is currently sitting empty and dry. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/ammonia-spike-cloudy-water-and-white-critters.457068/ I'm trying to figure out...

Unfortunately, I've thrown in the towel. I did another water change at 1am but it didn't help, shrimp dying and fish gasping. Did the only thing I could do, saved who ever I could and took them to the local fish shop. Tanks now completely empty. I just wish I knew what caused it all, I tested...

Tanks been up and running for 6 months. Fish have been in there for 4 months.

I have a 55l nano planted tank. Stock is: 10 Green Neon Tetras 3 Amano Shrimp An army of Cherry Red Shrimp 2 Nerite snails Today my tank is very cloudy and has diatomes on the glass. Also 1 dead cherry shrimp, an adult female. I did an ammonia test and got a reading of 0.25ppm. I've...

Weird thing is, been at home again today due to illness and the tanks a hive of activity. Only thing I did yesterday was a water change and trim back the background plants.

I'm not running CO2.

Thank you for all the replies. Green neons were recommended to me by several people, but I did no research. The focus of my tank is the plants and shrimp, so I don't really want to use dimmer lights or add floating plants. I am actually giving the tank away to a friend, I'm upgrading, so I...

I have a 55l planted tank. An AquaOne Aqua Nano 40 with all the stock equiptment. The current stock: 10 Green Neon Tetras 3 Amano Shrimp An army of Cherry Red Shrimp 2 Nerite snails The tanks been setup for just 6 months, fish have been in there for 4. My problem is that the tetras seem to...

Thanks for the reply, was rather encouraging to hear, and yes I'm in the UK, Kent to be precise :shifty:

I'd like to start a fish tank, more specifically, a planted tank Fish wise I was mainly looking at small community fish with maybe 1 or 2 centre piece fish. For the tank, I was looking at a 3ft, 30-40 gallons. However I have a bit of a problem with my water Nitrate 12.5 mg/l PH 7.0-7.5 (I...