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It's a 240L Fluval Roma, currently with ten corys, five black phantom tetras, eight harlequin rasboras, six rummynoses, one Bolivian ram, one bristlenose plec, and one raphael catfish.

Today, I caught a rummynose tetras hassling the longfin bristlenose pleco and nipping at its fins. The pleco is usually out and about but is now hiding to avoid hassle. We've had the rummynoses for a while and the bristlenose for about a month, and up until this morning, the rummys have been...

The ram has resumed his normal, peaceful behaviour and not chasing tankmates. In hindsight, I think he was defending the remnants of an algae wafer. He goes nuts for the things.

As per my other threads, I upgraded to a 240L tank a couple days ago. Tonight, the Bolivian ram has staked out a territory and tried to pick fights with the raphael catfish. The catfish would rather not have a fight and swims away. So far, he's not shown aggression towards his other tankmates...

With the Aquasky and the ones recommended by seangee, do you only need one lighting strip, or do you need two (like the original light has two tubes)?

I successfully moved everyone from the 125L to the 240L, and while they appreciate the space, I don't appreciate the fluorescent tube lights that came with the aquarium. They get really warm and make it difficult to control temperature and do stuff in the tank and not singe yourself. What...

This must be one of the wettest places on Earth, so I'm not that worried about wasting water. :)

In the very near future, I'm going to upgrade my 125L tank to a Fluval Roma 240L. The Fluval is sitting in the living room, waiting for me to have time and no horse drama. How do you manage water changes on large tanks? Using my current system (a cheap siphon/gravel cleaner into buckets)...

Growing algae on rocks is a bit of a lost cause in the West of Scotland at this time of year due to there being either no direct sun, or sun for a only couple hours of day if you're lucky (we're at a higher lattitude than Moscow and parts of Alaska). I've had some rocks sitting in water -- as...

When feeding your bristlenose plecos cucumbers, do you (a) leave a slice of cucumber available in the tank for the pleco to graze ad lib on, obviously replacing old ones with fresh ones daily, as you would with other grazing animals, like horses, or (b) leave a cucumber in for a day, and then...

Yeah, I am in the UK. Any other suggestions?

Aren't shrimp likely to become lunch for the raphael catfish? I've read they really like crustaceans.

I've had to relocate my cherry barbs from my 125L to my 80L tank (only shared with otos) because they got a taste for the fins of the longfin pleco I got last week. The 125L tank has a lot of grey fish, so looking to add a wee bit of colour. It needs to be a fairly easy-going community fish...

Just curious, really, as linebreeding other animals for certain traits can (but not always) affect health and longevity. Does anyone have any data on whether or not albino, longfinned, etc. bristlenose plecos have a reduced lifespan or more health problems than the 'standard' grey ones?

Our raphael is 4" and the tank is 3ft. It's about four years old (we inherited it with the tank -- the previous owner was moving to Canada). She hasn't tried to eat any of her tankmates, and the others have got used to her. But the otos seemed to increasingly cower in one corner. I shifted...

All other fish are bright and lively (including rummynoses, which are pretty sensitive to water quality). What else is there to test for? One of the otos never seemed 100% since getting it from the shop, but the others have only recently gone into hiding. They just stay in one corner...

I had six otocinclus but now five, as I pulled a dead one out of the tank this morning (poor wee guy). I've had them for about a month. I'm aware attrition rates are high with these guys, but their behaviour has changed over the past few days. They used to be out and about on the tank glass...

Following some Googling, I believe this is the light I have: https://www.completeaquatics.co.uk/juwel-helialux-led-800-28-watt.

I was away at the weekend, and the hair algae is enthusiastically taking over the plants. The tank is a 125L Jewel Rio. It has the light that came with it, but other than it being an LED light, I don't know what it is, since we got the tank second-hand. It's on for ten hours per day. The...

I'm mainly double checking my approach to treating a hair algae infestation and some slightly sorry looking plants. It's a 125L planted tank, about three and half months old. It being my first tank, I was unaware that you needed to provide nutrients and potentially CO2 for the plants until I...

He seems fine at the moment. As we had a bit of space opened up in the tank, we got three more otocinclus. Our existing three otos will probably appreciate the company more than the ram appreciated the company of his own species.

Well, the small ram has gone to live a life of luxury in a 300L tank. The remaining ram is doing a lot of swimming up and down the glass but who knows if this behaviour is related to suddenly being the only ram in the tank or just a coincidence.

Knowing the science and how these fish behave and interact in the wild would be ideal, but as you probably know, there's a lot of anecdotes on forums and not a lot of science out there. For instance, I was told they were social fish and having only one would stress it out, hence buying the...

Thanks for the advice. Looking into rehoming him, although he seems perkier today and the other one isn't hassling him as much. There's so much contradictory information on the web regarding the best way to keep Bolivian rams and all of it is anecdotal. Should you keep one or two or six...

First time fish and cichlid keeper here... This is a learning curve. I have two Bolivian rams in a 125L tank, along with some tetras, corys, otos, cherry barbs, and a raphael catfish. One of the rams is definitely a male, and when I got the other a few weeks later, I intended to buy a female...