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Three of the tiger barbs have been gradually losing their tail fins.I think it’s more the green barbs have been pecking at them as I’ve seen them,but I thought I would give esha a go “just in case”

I added this to the tank today and when the water turned green all the barbs shoaled together.The corys,even the ones who normally hide under the bog wood in daylight came out to feed,As did the rainbow shark and that too is saying something. They must think the light has been dimmed down:D...

A 75% water change is for an emergency,not a weekly affair and you need to follow it up with 50% water changes daily until you get a master test kit. Some fish are hardier than others,but all fish eventually succumb to ammonia. Since you don’t have a test kit you are stabbing in the dark,so...

If the fish are lethargic or nose down it could be an ammonia spike,but you won’t know til you get a test kit. Get straight into water changes,first one 75% like Colin mentioned and 50% daily. Hopefully you can stop the domino effect with I’ll fish.

20% won’t be enough.Try 50% per day water changes until you get a test kit

It’s an interped bubble wand.The light can be removed from the bubbler which I did and placed it on the lid.

Ok Colin,thanks ?

Thanks for the sound advice Colin? can you name a good iron based fertiliser? these plants have been in the tank for a few months now and they have got worse over the past 3 weeks or so.

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I was never completely happy with the scape in this tank and I always wanted a good sized bit of bog wood.I finally managed to find the right size piece of wood and I’m now settled on this scape,a good job considering the size and weight of the wood. Looking at the photo it’s hard to believe...

I tried that Barry,it isn’t coming off.I notice there’s a split on the leaf in the photo. The new(ish)sessiliflora stems and throngs are green,but the older ones are brown with only the new offshoots being green.

I haven’t tested the KH or GH yet,but I live in a soft water area. pH is 6.4

My area has very soft water,can this be the cause of brown leaves,as it’s all my plants from Anubis to sessiliflora?

I really like the new light,it looks like moonlight coming through in rays

Black cory Julie Sterba Pandas Gold laser Albino

I have 3 plecostomus of different species,zebra,snowball and sultan. The sultan is my favourite,it’s white tips on the fins look great.I rescaped the tank a couple of weeks ago and I’ve not seen the snowball since. the sultan plec

I didn’t think so pheonixkingz,probably it has been the pruning I’ve did lately.Had to ask?

Moss can make an aquarium look very nice,but it can be hard work tweaking it and nudging along its propagation,basically a double edged sword.Most videos showing moss depict a beautiful tight knit carpet on wood or rock.Apart from the odd video where it genuinely has been left to spread over...

Ok,so I know co2 is helpful in plant growth,but what about bubblers?when I had my bubble wand in the tank my plants were green and lush but now,after a couple of weeks after I removed it my plants aren’t growing as fast or lush and green. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks for posting the thread Naughts.After looking at the egg photo I would now say they were corys.

I don’t have snails in the tank,and never have.The only source I can think of is a plant I put in a couple of weeks ago.It was a tropica plant in one of those blister packs,but I had a look online and the pictures of the infertile Cory eggs are a close match.They were perfectly round in shape...

They are maybe slightly more light in the photo essjay,but not by much.I would say they were just off white,like a sort of apple white. stock is 15 tigers barbs 15 green barbs 10 pentazona barbs 1 rainbow shark 1 albino rainbow 1 yo-yo loach 1 zebra pleco 1 sultan pleco 15 mixed corys. Two of...

ok I’m no expert but these look like eggs to me,can this be confirmed please? Unfortunately they didn’t last long and they disappeared within a couple of hours,presumably eaten,if they were eggs. I noticed them while doing a partial wc yesterday and I only noticed while cleaning the glass,but...

Thanks for that Essjay,and yes your right it does have one along the back. Ian

Can’t really make it out,but it has a glass strip running along the inside. Might as well ask what that’s for while I’m here.