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Deeper gravel (3-4 inches), as mentioned by the others. The cloudy water is from the substrate. You should check the ammonia levels regularly because some substrates can release ammonia for months after it's been added to the aquarium. Unless you want to grow plants like Echinodorus...

Maybe the tank with the lower temperature has issues with its heater and or thermometer. Is there ducted air-conditioning in the house? If yes, air might be coming out of that and onto one of the tanks.

Last week we had temperatures around the mid to low 20s (21-24) Celsius. This week it's up to the mid to high 30s (35-37) Celsius. It's spring and we don't normally get 30+ C temps at this time of year. The really weird part is we are getting southerly winds, which come from the Antarctic and...

It's not just Tetra air pumps, it's virtually all of them. Most pumps have a lot of back pressure, which reduces the life of the rubber diaphragm in them. Add lots of heat from the coil in the pump, and movement from the L shaped arm on the diaphragm, and they break. I always went for bigger...

Air line, they don’t make it like they used to… Yeah back in the old day you could hang someone with the old airline. It was strong and lasted for years (wasn't biodegradable). The new stuff has to break down in the environment so it degrades a lot faster and you have to keep buying more. It's...

Most common plecos grow to 18+ inches and need a bigger tank. Anything smaller will probably get eaten. Oscars are territorial ambush predators that don't like tank mates with the exception of a partner that they choose. If the Oscars were 2-3 inches you could add other fish and hope they get...

The stringy algae would be filamentous algae and is a true algae, whereas blue green algae is a photosynthetic bacteria (bacteria that can photosynthesise like a plant). If it's getting worse euthanise it. It will be painful for the fish if it's growing.

Good quality reverse osmosis units will remove nitrates but you need to monitor them because the filters eventually clog up and then you get chemicals and nitrates and minerals in the water.

And I'm horrified they allow any ammonia, nitrite or nitrate in tap water because they all cause cancer :(

Have you thought about making a solar water heater for the outdoor ponds? Get a black box and put 50-100 meters of black poly pipe (irrigation tubing) in it. Put a sheet of glass or black metal on top of the box. Attach a small water pump to one end of the poly pipe. The pump sits in the pond...

On the back of your shirt you could have another logo that describes you. I can't stop buying fish. :)

Make sure they have hard water. Lake Malawi where they come from has a GH of around 300-350ppm and a pH above 7.6.

We don't have tanks with frames in Australia. Our tanks are just glass rectangles and we put them on foam all the time. Putting the foam between the frame and top of the stand won't help. You could put some cardboard under the edges that are too high/ low. It isn't as thick as wood but...

And don't buy anymore fish while you are there :) We all know that's not going to happen but someone had to say it. :)

1/2 to 1 inch thick polystyrene foam under the entire aquarium including the rim. Extend the foam out 1/2 inch from each side. The foam will compress and should fill the gaps without putting undue pressure on the glass. The other option is putting thin bits of wood under the areas that aren't...

Give me all your money while you're at it. Go on, hand it over. Of course they are going to say use it all the time. They want you to keep buying it so they can put their kids through college or buy a new boat. They are the same type of companies that sell filter media and say replace it...

Too hard to tell due to blurry footage. But if the spine isn't straight, it's probably a bad mutation and the fish would get eaten in the wild. In captivity it will probably be fine but don't breed from it or you pass the bad genes onto their offspring.

If there is any gaps between the bottom of the aquarium and the stand, it can cause the tank to break. I would put a 1 to 2 inch thick piece of polystyrene foam under the tank (between tank and stand) to remove the unevenness. The side of the plywood stand that is splitting concerns me unless...

You shouldn't need an algicide to keep algae under control in aquariums. Algae grows when there is an imbalance in in the algae triangle (light, nutrients, plants). If one of these items is missing or out of balance with the other two, you get algae. Most of the time it is too much light and too...

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One AquaClear HOB filter should provide sufficient current for danios in that tank. You don't want the fish to swim into currents continuously. They don't do it in the wild and shouldn't be forced to do it in captivity. In the wild they have strong moving water they go through to get to calmer...

Where are the censors when you need them. Come on, put an 18+ thing on it.

You can't control MTS snails. They are pure evil and not something you want in your tank.

Deworming medications do not harm bacteria. If you are deworming fish, treat them once a week for 3-4 weeks. This makes sure you kill any baby worms that hatch from eggs. You should do a huge (75-90%) water change and gravel clean the substrate 24-48 hours after each treatment. Clean the...

still looks like a leech. I went into the King River in Albany some years back and came out covered in leeches. Awful things.

I was going to ask why the heck you would want snails. Then you mentioned food for puffers so I will let it go :) Ramshorn and pond snails will live in cold or warm water and breed prolifically if well fed. I fed mine each day with a bit of flake or pellet food. have the light on for 16 hours a...

When are you going to breed these fish so you can sell them and use the money to buy more fish?

I thought you lot had recycled sewerage water? They mentioned wanting to use it here and it was a no go. Massive backlash to anything like that here.

Stringy white poop when the fish is eating well is caused by intestinal worms. Guppies are Asia are always infested with worms. Section 3 of the following link has info on worms in fish. https://www.fishforums.net/threads/what-to-do-if-your-fish-has-stringy-white-poop.466276/

They will be fine with temperatures ranging from 18-30C and 22-24C is ideal for all but the gourami who would like it a touch warmer (25-26C). I would leave it as is.

Is its body normally white like that? if not then it's either a microsporidian infection or a bad bacterial infection. Add salt to the tank (2 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres of water. Keep the salt in there for 2 weeks).

What sort of fish are in the tank? I used to set my heaters on 18C and let the temperature drop to that in winter, and it would go up naturally to 30C in summer.

Test the tap water for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. The UK regularly uses recycled water and nitrates can be 40-50ppm out of the tap. If you have high nitrates in the tap water, you can get filters to remove it or put the water in a container with lots of floating plants and let them use the...

If it hasn't come off with the hose, I wouldn't worry about it unless you don't like the look of it. High pressure sprayers can be used. Just make sure it doesn't have any soap residue from previous uses. I think it looks like the tree is wearing a short blonde toupee' :)

Be careful googling potassium nitrate too. You might get a visit from the authorities.

Post pictures of the fish that isn't looking right. What is the GH (general hardness), KH (carbonate hardness) and pH of your water supply? This information can usually be obtained from your water supply company's website (Water Analysis Report) or by telephoning them. If they can't help you...

Green terrors are called that because they are angry fish when mature. She won't change and having lots of fish in the tank will usually lead to lots of bodies. The best thing to do is give her lots of room or get rid of her. The hybrid offspring should be euthanised or kept in a tank at your...

Repot them into plastic icecream containers. Have an inch or two of gravel in the bottom. Put a thin layer of granulated garden fertiliser on top of the gravel. Cover that with a 1/4 inch layer of crushed/ powdered red clay. Cover with gravel. Plant the plant into the gravel and as it grows, the...

Males have longer more pointed dorsal (top) fins and bigger anal (bottom) fins. The males usually have more colour and regularly get filaments on the anal fin. Females have shorter more rounded dorsal fins and smaller anal fins. The pictures from left to right. Top row. 1st pic is female. 2nd...

Normally you use potassium to encourage terrestrial plants to produce more fruits and flowers. Most aquatic plants don't flower and don't really need potassium.