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Or if you don't like the thought to weighing the amounts out yourself you can get pre weighed bags from ebay which are decent for the price.    If you don't want to dose...

True, fry do need to be fed often. You could add some moss for the fry to pick at whilst you starve the greedy adults    Or crush up some flake food in to a powder and use a pipette to squirt it towards the fry.

    To add to what has already been said I would say you need to up the amount of water you are changing, I would say aim for 50% each week. You want to keep to a regular regime and try not to miss any weeks.   My tap water is also very high in nitrates but I use it in my community tank and...

Well the bigger the better, and if budget allows get an adjustable pump so you can then set the air flow to your liking.    You could get a powerful single outlet pump and just use a spliter to run both the sponge filters or get a pump with 2 outlets.    How much are you looking to spend? 

If I were you I would skip feeding your fish for a few days.    And in the future just feed the blood worm gradually so that you can save what ever is left over to feed again a couple of days later, just store what blood worm you have left in the fridge. You can add some fresh water to their bag...

Nothing worse than algae outbreaks in planted tanks, even more so when it destroys your plants! I feel for you.    Can I ask what your water change regime is? 

Sorry to hear the bad news.

If you want to share the mature media between your new tank and your old tank the bacteria will need to time to build back up in each filter to the level that is required to support the bio load created by each tank.   In this time just check your ammonia/nitrite levels every day and if required...

Eco Complete now comes in a fine version, I have been using it for a while now and my Corry's are doing fine, they even dig around in it to find food. No problems with their barbels.

If your not wanting to grow plants your best bet is to get a cheap LED strip or clip on LED light from Ebay.    There are lots of different colors to choose from. 

Your filter is processing the ammonia and Nitrite that is being produced so no problems there. If you are using the API test kit to read the NitrAte level it is more than likely giving a wrong reading.    You need to bash/shake bottle 2 of the NitrAte test for ages to make sure the test result...

You can put the fish straight in, use fresh dechlorinated water.   Add the mature filter media along with what came with the new filter, you may have to remove some of the new media so the mature media fits in. Then over a short period of time the bacteria will spread over the new media. 

  I am selling Grade A CRS for £3.50 each 

Just remove the media from the filter in the 10 and put that dirty (cycled) media in the filter that you are using in the 20.    You can also swap the gravel, but using new gravel should not cause any issues. The majority of bacteria lives in the filter.  Just watch your water stats for a week...

Looking great, I must say I am a big fan of stem plants. Not only are there so many different types and colors the speed they grow works wonders with keeping algae at bay.   Give it a few weeks and your tank is going to look even more emense  

I would recommend going with water changes. just be careful not to suck the fry up. When raising fry you always want to keep water as clean as possible to minimize losses.    You could use a net to keep the fry away from the pipe when removing water. 

  If you have a new filter with your 20g you can remove the media from the filter in the 10g and put it in the new filter for your 20g, you will then have a instantly cycled filter. But bear in mind the filter will only be able to process the same size bio load that was being produced in your...

  It costs more for the package to be guaranteed delivered before midday, heat pack is £1.50 and box £1 so around £12 all together. 

  Not really, just need to go in a decent size box with a heat pack, and I would only post them next day delivery AM so that the shrimp get to the buyer ASAP.

Hello, I have a load but am a fair distance away from you.    If you cant find any local I can always post some to you, would be the usual next day delivery/packaging charge tho £12-£15 on top of the shrimp cost. 

  There are lots of options but just bear in mind that 55L is not a very big tank, so you wont be able to keep some of that larger types of fish. What fish do you like? and is your tank cycled?   If you are unsure on what I mean by cycled have a look through the beginners Resource...

Looking nice,    You have Java Fern at each side of the rock on the right hand side, you need to pull this out of the substrate otherwise it will rot. Attach it to either the wood or stone because the rhizome (root) needs to be above the substrate.  Also I cant tell from the picture but it looks...

Plants: Amazon Frogbit Quantity for sale: 3 lots (I will send 10+ plants with each order) Delivery or Collection: Either Sales price: £5 Postage & Packaging: Included in price Location: Bristol UK Photograph: I am sure you all know what this plant looks like, if not google is your friend. All...

  Well I will be re scaping that tank in a few weeks so will be able to send then.   That was the only plant I had you would be interested in and I am sure you will still have some hair grass in a few weeks so all is good. 

Well the trident will be coming out of my Arc tank when I re scape it so it will be about a third of what you can see.    I guess you have plenty of hair grass so just send me what ever you think is fair 

  How about some Java Fern Trident 

  Any thing in particular you are looking for Mike?

  Cheers Mike, I will re rescaping this tank in the near future so the HC will be pulled out split up and re planted.  It is Java Fern Trident on the left 

  I have had a browse through my spares tank, apart from the common stems that arnt that sought after I have some Polygonum sp. sao paulo if your interested?

I got a fair few stems spare, I will let you know what I have later when I get home from work.   Dont know the names of the top of my head, got some unusual ones you might be interested in.

  Interested in some of this.   What you after in return?

Should be fine, just don't turn it upside down...

The filter should not leak at all, so it sounds like the seal is not seated correctly.    I would take the lid off and make sure the seal is straight when you fit the lid back on, make sure the lid is square with the canister so when you push it on the seal stays straight, you can even use a...

The way I would do the change is to remove the fantails and put them in a decent size bucket of their tank water, remove the heater from your large tank and put it in the smaller tank and top it back up with warm/hot water, in the time it takes the heater to heat the smaller tank up to the...

You don't need bubbles, as long as the surface is being agitated your fish will be fine. You could even move the end that is higher causing the surface to break down a bit if you like.    Also your intake pipe position is fine but if you wanted you could put it on the same side as the spray bar...

Looking at the video the flow looks fine to me, definitely not to much IMO. Also the spray bar placement looks fine, the surface of the water is being disturbed sufficiently.    I would put the death of the Tetra down to coincidence 

Pics?