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Yes that is very suitable thanks. Do you think it would be safe for use with fish? I guess anything to do with insects might be stocked near insecticides which is a bit of a worry.

I cannot find anything at those places which is why I posted here.

I am looking for a large piece of netting with the same size holes that you would expect to see in an aquarium net with a handle that is used to catch fish. I just need the netting itself, not the handle. The netting would need to be about 20cm by 60cm. Where could I source something like this?

I will cautiously add back some bogwood and plants. You may recall that I added bogwood to the aquarium which caused low-oxygen conditions which ultimately lead to the discus becoming sick. I had moved the plants to get a better view because the 2 fish were hiding behind them. The fish last had...

I would get an API Master Test Kit and test your ammonia and nitrite with that. Post the readings here. If they are above 0 ppm then I recommend a 80% water change and reduction of feeding. You don't need to worry about nitrates; I personally keep Discus in nitrates of 10-25 ppm and they have...

Without a clearer photo I’m not sure what is wrong with it. I would guess that the corydoras and other bottom-dwellers has disturbed something in that substrate which has then upset the Apistogramma. What is your ammonia, nitrite, pH and temperature readings? How often do you do water changes?

I have been putting bloodworm in and frozen brineshrimp which looks as though it is alive because of the water flow moving it. One of the fish has recovered and is eating both but the other has only nipped at the food for a solid 6 days. It now looks very pale and wafer thin. I do not know what...

White stringy poo appears when the fish has had a motion but there are no solids to expel so it passes just mucous. More often than not fish will not eat when conditions are not appropriate such as being chased, wrong temperature/pH or a build up of bacteria from rotting food. I would recommend...

UPDATE: One of the fish in the quarantine tank is continuing to eat bloodworms to a greater extent, however it is not taking crisps or other formulated food which I guess can sometimes happen with fish. The other fish in the tank is nipping at more pieces of bloodworm but is still largely...

Welcome. The compact design of the tank looks very nice!

I always quarantine new plants but not new fish. In retrospect I should have quarantined the 3 new discus on finding that the dispatcher (I bought them online) had not packed them with a heater so this would have knocked their immune system a bit. I have had the 2 sick Discus in a 20 litre...

I would recommend indian almond leaves. Take note that if you add something that lowers the pH you are still working with tap water with the higher pH so any water exchanges you do will have to be smaller so there are not huge swings in the pH level. I personally used co2 injection to lower my...

Hi there. I was tagged into this thread. If your ammonia and nitrite are elevated the fish will not eat. At 0.1 ppm you will see them approach the food and turn away a bit like a person with stomach pain would react If offered food. I recommend taking all of the fish out of the aquarium into a...

I suspect the cloudy water is a bacterial bloom from the over feeding that you say you have an issue with. Perhaps do not feed the fish while the water is so cloudy as you will not be able to see if the food is being eaten or not. If it Is not eaten it will be perpetuating the cloudiness. Fish...

No none of them are burn’t. Theres clearly some difference as the large piece dries a lot quicker. Other than that and the theory that the right-side piece has toxins in it which i cant test for, I really am stumped (no pun intended) as to why this ‘ aquarium‘ bog wood is deadly when placed in...

It is a high light aquarium and so the Vallis is requiring this particular macro-nutrient. Whenever I have issues with fish health the antecedent is always that I have added new stock which are inflicted with a disease which then just persists while they are in my care. The 2x sick discus, for...

I thought I would post the following photo in regards to the bogwood. The problem bogwood is on the right and has dried out very quick and a piece that has never caused any issues is still wet. Should I deduce anything from this?

pH is 6.5. I cant remove the nitrates as the plants require it to grow as they would in any other environment. I have removed the 2 non-eating fish and put them in a separate tank. I’m slowly upping the temperature 34 degrees C. As they are flicking off of objects occasionally I have put...

In some situations I may need to add aquarium salt to my tank, such as when treating disease or when settling down need fauna. I would like to know what concentration of salt Vallisneria spiralis is able to survive? Also, how graduated must the increase/decrease of salt be?

I am attempting to breed discus. The pair I have spawned around 15 times around 1 year ago and then they have suddenly stopped. Back then there was no obvious reason why they decided to spawn but I would like to find out that reason by trying different changes to their environment. How often...

If I had septicaemia I would not be eating. I think as the fish is eating it will recover without imposing changes.

I would get a tall object and use it to create a divider so the other fish does not chase it. It could be that the fish got injured while being chased. If it is eating I would not add the salt but perhaps do a succession of small water changes. Don’t do big water changes as this could cause it...

I have kept fish in hospital tanks that are non-cycled. The answer as to what amount of water you would change in a non-cycled aquarium is 100% daily. Without this you get the gradual ammonia poisoning (even with goldfish) and a bacterial bloom that can be hypoxic.

On a separate note, if your nitrate was too high, the fish would be darting around due to irritation. I take it is not doing this?

Is the fish still eating? Is the affected gill moving? If so you may wish to prioritise it when feeding as food will help it recover faster. If not do a large water change and consider salt treatment to soothe the bacterial infection that it appears to have.

There is no such thing as cycling the water, its the nitrogen cycle that you have to prime for a period of 6-8 weeks. If you primed such as a cycle for 1 week you would have a small colony of nitrosomonas bacteria that would make a feeble attempt at taking up the ammonia excretions AT BEST.

Switching fish from an aquarium with aged water to a new aquarium solely can kill a fish in some circumstances if there is a huge disparity in PH, carbonate hardness and general hardness of the water. In terms of cycling, this is done using the fishless method on any new tank. It involves...

In the context of encouraging spawning how effective/beneficial would it be to temporarily shut the aquarium heater off for a short period of time? My heater is plugged into a smart plug so it is possible to schedule a power off for certain periods of time so was thinking that I could try...

I think you are increasing the likelihood of the fish contracting a bacterial infection if you were to continue not to vacuum the gravel. I would do a superficial vacuum of the top of the substrate and not heavily disturb any pockets of gas that may have built up. Also, when you fill the tank...

No, never really had snails/shrimp with them being incompatible with a lot of treatments. I’ll bear that in mind - thanks!

Yes I felt It defeated the object too. I was a bit concerned that the leaf may have other things in it that needed removing prior to safe use, hence the mention of activated carbon.

On the back of the packet for the catappa leaves it is recommending rinsing, boiling and soaking in a bucket of water containing activated carbon. What is the meaning behind using activated carbon in this context?

The bogwood I used was sourced from a LFS where they keep them in the hot sun on a dry pallet. I’ve never seen any sap or anything liquid for that matter on their pieces. If I had saw this I would also not have bought it.

I provide website hosting on Linux systems and it is definitely not a standard thing for a system to restart every 24 hours. Any potential slow downs in a web server can be limited by limiting the swap partition space on the drive and setting resource limits In PHP. It sounds a lot like the...

I often order from Aqua Essentials but I’m not sure if they ship to the USA.

Ok thats great. As they break down can fungus or bacteria get attached to them?

Sorry, I meant do the remaining fish have pop eye?