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Did your dad put the plant upside down on purpose? :D

Alright, before I lose it and go back to keeping rodents instead of fish... Water parameters still absolutely fine. Nitrites spike sometimes due to my anorectic bala and extra frozen daphnia for that bad boi, but I battle that with water changes, cleaning filter sponges and vacuuming the sand...

Same boat here, just get the long hose one and drain the water outside of the house if you can (garden/drain in the ground) and then use python or other similar device to re-fill the tank :) I do it and I find it nice and easy

Can I somehow trigger the hatching? They do require salty water I believe? I wonder if I could maybe set up a spare little tank for them and just move the entire piece of wood but then not too sure what they would eat 😂 I can just clean them when I do tank maintenance. Thank god they are not...

Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 (was on 0.25 last night but i did a WC No issues with water, some fish fighting ich so temperature currently on 30 A few days ago I spotted those tiny white dots on my Co2 dispenser but didn't think much of them and just cleaned them. Today I noticed more, on the glass, on...

I was using buckets and now I'm using python, I drain the water directly into the garden as the tap pump wastes water so no point in using it, really. I do refill my tank using tap water, I make sure the temperature matches my fish tank and I add conditioners to the tank. As I add water I make...

I also second this, I have the same problem especially when feeding bloodworm, I usually drag some with the long tweezers into other areas of the tank. And for my rummy nose tetras I usually make sure to sink their food straight away, if I let it float other fish are eating it in no time. You...

QUICK SALE, ONLY £100, anyone? I'm bothered, too early for this 😂

FISHES! It actually bothers me too, glad to know I am not the only grammar nerd here 😂 I am now very tempted to look at Gumtree or whatever it is in UK that's used to rehome animals and see what gems I can find..

Tells a lot about me because when I saw the 'full moon' that was indeed the first emoji I was thinking about 😂

Absolutely agree, I can pimp my tank for a photo and it will be absolutely spotless just to have it all wrecked in a day or two by fish, algae and breaking plants

Oh come on, just get another tank ;)

I actually did try to read it, but it's not easy and it's hard to focus. You're asking a lot of not always related questions, I suggest you split it into separate posts and place them accordingly on the forum. Some of your questions are about the equipment, cleaning and hygiene. I'm sure that...

I would: - start with sand straight away instead of replacing the substrate a few months in - do a research about the fish instead of trusting people in Pets @ Home. Anyone wants 2 Chinese Algae Eaters that are according to P@H peaceful and great for a community tank? ANYONE?! - NOT buy...

on Earth, can't you see? ;) I will see myself out now! :fish:

I can't comment on how likely it is to happen again because I simply don't know but I did have to re-plant my aquarium due to my clown loaches digging through soil and changing it all into a mud puddle. It's not a Walstad tank but I imagine the technicalities of plants repotting/cleaning will...

I find pinching to be easy but absolutely HATE the feel of it on my skin, reminds me of spiders which I am really scared of so I'm not a fan of this cleaning method :D Let's see if there is anything better we can do :)

For greenspot I actually just wipe it off the glass and I got some Nerite snails for it. Tried to battle it but lost due to the amount of light my living room gets For staghorn I needed to introduce Co2 to reduce it, I got API algae removal which didn't do much, now I just pinch the algae of...

Thank you. When you say 'ween him off of it' - is there a method I need to follow or is it okay that I slowly introduce other bits of food into his pipette? At the moment daphnia works best, I asked my LFS to get me some live foods too and I started adding other food today starting with...

I recently moved homes and not long after replaced my gravel with sand (mainly because vacuuming a 150L tank with gravel was a pain in the butt). 4 days ago I noticed that 1 of my bala sharks stopped eating. He got skinny and just chilled by the filter a lot. I ain't no pro but I decided to...

That's wonderful thank you very much. I will give it a go for now just so I can fight the ich in the tank and will start looking around for a decent upgrade as well. I will look into Eheim Jager ones as well

So at the moment I have a 30cm long 300W SuperFish heater and I do have a spare one as well. I wonder if maybe I should just use both on two ends of the tank? I want to buy a proper heater but as a temporary measure until I get the upgrade would this be okay?

I didn't know there are pre-set heaters! I assumed every single one of them will allow me to change the temp. I shall keep that in mind and I will go nd search for the one you mentioned

I have a 150L tank that I need to bring up to 30 degrees because of ich. The heater in it was included when I bought the tank, it's a SuperFish one. Unfortunately I can't get higher than 28 degrees. Tank is now insulated on the bottom, back and 2 sides, lid on top. Heater placed by the filter so...

Will that not create even more stress? I have huge clear 65L plexis, they are brand new ready for me to use for storage but I can use them for fish first. I just wonder if that is not going to cause more problems as the water will not be cycled, it will be the catching into nets, moving etc...

It's 19L, what harm will it do if you replace the water to make it free of toxic chemicals? None. What harm will it do IF it does poison or kill your fish? I have 150L and I can assure you I would clean it all, although I do have livestock in so my situation is different to yours. I watched both...

most likely not enough of it to affect the test but the contaminated water is literally a poison for fish. Some chemicals are absorbed by live plants too, it's known for example for plants to kill shrimps and snails because they were treated with copper. The same goes for all other chemicals...

Wonderful, thank you. I will be picking up insulation sheets today and will add them to the bottom and sides, I do have a spare heater too so if I still struggle to keep it at 30 I will add the 2nd one in. I need to replace the gravel (potentially today) as well so they will all go into a clean...

Rummy nose tetras are very sensitive. Did you acclimatise them slowly? How many did you get? How long is your tank running for? Is it cycled? What other fish do you have? What are your water parameters?

Please read my post to the end, they are getting a bigger tank. They are less than 2 inches each, so at the moment 150L is absolutely fine. I am not a fan of adding chemicals to the tank so I didn't add it yet, I had it because it was given to me as a starter pack. I am more than happy to not...

The King British white spot medication says I should use half dose every 48h, should I stick to that for now and see if it gets better? Or do big water changes and medicate daily? It's the loaches that are the worst so the half dosage doesn't bother me as the rest of the fish are doing fine atm...

I have an air stone in at all times and fluval U4 with the air bubbles on (can't remember the name of that function of the filter, literally a snorkel blowing air bubbles in and disturbing the surface of the water) This might sound silly but if I replace let's say 10L of water when I vacuum the...

I am getting very annoyed and rather disheartened now. 150L ammonia 0ppm nitr 0ppm pH 7.5 ish temp 30 degrees Celsius live plants, bogwood and resin rocks, all in gravel (changing into sand next week). Part of the plants and decor removed to make vacuuming easier without having to disturb...