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Yeah thats makes sense, I understand what you’re saying. Obviously im probably never going to be able to see it, but i’m guessing the rock would very slowly, over a very long period of time, shrink in size, due to the minerals in the rock dissolving. Yeah 100% i was going to leave the buckets...

I think i’m starting to understand it better now, but correct me if i’m wrong. So looking up ‘calcareous’ it says this ‘Calcareous (/kælˈkɛəriəs/) is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.’ and I do remember my...

Well hopefully i will have the official answer next weekend when I test the waters again. Thanks for the input, I wasn’t aware that different rocks caused your pH levels to change

The rock is a grey colour all over. some parts slightly lighter in colour than the rest. No seashells or dried corals

Thanks for the suggestion Essjay. I can confirm that the water that has stood for 24hrs is still the same reading as yesterday at 6.8/7.0 So I have set up 3 seperate containers, one with just water, one with sand & water and the third with the rock & water. I have tested all of them to start...

I have sand as my substrate, I have 1 rock and 1 ornament. I will give that a go then, and see what the difference is to testing it straight out of the tap. Thanks

So i’ve done a pH test on my tank water and on my tap water, and they are different. What causes the pH levels in my tank to be higher compared to the water out of my tap ?

Im reading it under a fluorescent bulb. So maybe thats why I’m seeing a greenish colour. I will do another water test tomorrow and try and read it in the daylight. Hopefully it shows it to be 0ppm! Thanks for the input 👍🏻😀

Yeah, I was unsure if its 0 or 0.25ppm. to me it looks like it has a slight look of the green. Yeah i'm certain I am shaking the bottle like mad

@Slaphppy7 @Fishmanic @Byron @Essjay @WhistlingBadger @JuiceBox52 Can any of you suggest what I could do to bring my Ammonia levels back down to 0 ? Or would you say I’m reading it incorrectly and they are at 0. Thanks

There doesn’t seem to be much change after the water change I did yesterday. Please see attached photos, which I have marked up. (after taking the picture of the Ammonia Tests, I was unsure which was the before and after) I am going to do another water change later on today when I get home...

Following on…. When I first emptied the tank, I moved the filter, heater and the water into a second aquarium for the fish to love temporarily. The sand and the plants and aquarium water went into a bucket. They was all there for approx 72hrs. While i built the custom filter into my tank. After...

So since my last post about the problems I had with my internal filter. I was undecided on what filter to go for next. I really liked the idea of how the Fluval flex tanks had the filter built into the back of the tank. Its discrete, allows you to hide the heater and has plenty of space for...

Yeah every where I have read has been between 5 and 10. Yeah agreed internal filters don’t have much space inside. I have once tried a sponge filter, but with the tank being in my bedroom and the pump being external to the tank, the noise of the pump wasn’t the best on a night time. Have you got...

Well I have neon tetras which aren’t very active, and I have dwarf corys which can be quite active at times. my tank is 48 litres. Does the aquaball filter have to be removed from the tank to access the sponges ?

I’m considering changing my internal filter. I’ve tried the Interpret CF filter. I really liked this filter as the filter can be easily lifted out if needed and the sponges can easily be removed without removing the filter. Only problem I had was that the bracket for the filter kept falling off...

I have a 48 litre tank. So I fill up two buckets of water (12 litres each) and try my best to get it to the same temperature as my tank. I add the water conditioner into the buckets. I then leave the buckets to sit for a bit, whilst I clean the tank. I start off by trimming off the plants, doing...

Thank you all for the input. I definitely will try and block up that cable section with some sponge or filter floss to prevent the same thing happening again. I will be sending an email to the manufacturer with the picture attached. Hopefully they can improve there products with the next range...

Thanks for the help. I did try and use some pliers to pry it open but unfortunately it didn’t work. The plastic on the filter just wasn’t opening at all. So I put the filter back in the tank and left him for a while to give him another chance to try and come out. When I came back to check on...

no thats just an air bubble. Its a fluval U1 filter. and im not sure if i can dismantle it anymore. Unless the black part comes away from the blue part. but even so, i don’t know if that would help

I could try that, but there isn’t any room for me to get anything in to pry the filter open

The fish is still stuck, in the same position. it is alive because its mouth is moving

I’ll give that a go. Hopefully he can free himself. Thanks!

My otto is stuck in my filter. the part where the cable is supposed to sit. I only noticed it as i took my filter out the tank to clean the sponges. I tried to get it him/her out but its body is a bit to big. So i have put the filter back in the water to see if it comes out on its own. he/she...

im rather surprised its Nerite snail eggs, as the snail went months ago. do you know how long can the eggs can last for ? I know they wont hatch as I think I’m right in saying nerites need brackish water hatch ? Tbh the snail wasn’t that good at clearing up the algea, I had in the tank. and...