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I'm not sure why putting salt into your tank would help with this problem. If you do decide to go down that route, don't just dump it in, add it very gradually.

It really depends on whether you want it in your tank. If you do I'd recommend picking it out of your hairgrass and trying to establish it where you want it, ie on driftwood as you suggest. Just noticed you live in Edinburgh, like my daughter.

Welcome, tank is looking good. What do you mean by poorly composed lava rock?

She is my favourite fish youtuber. I like Corvus Oscen too for plants. Dustin is ok but he's a bit to "HIP" for me.

Handsome fish.

I didn't realise moss balls were so good at removing nitrates. I thought they were just an aid for producing hair algae. I binned mine.

These look like Virginiae corries, but with a shorter body. Nice pic.

I'd go for agassizi

Not sure about Corries but I believe there is an expedition planned to search for new tetra species in the Kelvin in the next few months. Would love to see pics of your CW045's. Corries are my favourite fish. I'm lucky that in Dundee my local LFS usually has at least 12 different types at...

I used to be a judge at fish shows, the last thing to be considered (actually not considered at all) in judging a fish was whether the fish, or owner had won previously.

It will clear itself over the next day or two, its a common thing with newly set up tanks.

I could be wrong but I think there is a time constraint as to how soon you can re-enter a tank.

This may be it.

I'm sure I've seen something like that one one of Rachel O'Leary's videos.

I trim mine regularly or it just ends up as a straggly mess, the problem is getting the trimmed bits out of the tank as they don't float. The trimmed bits won't rot, they will just keep growing where they land.

You can often find pirhana for sale here. They aren't rewarding fish to keep IMO. DOA = Dead on arrival

This was years ago. It was one of a pair of juvenile pirhana that had bitten through the bag and were DOA at my house.

I tried that once but it ended up as a mass of bubbles. Was it the fish decomposing or the air in the epoxy? My other hobby is making things from scrap wood and I use epoxy in that occasionally.

They do eat bloodworms, but usually the fish will grab them from them.

I think you would need a very heavily planted tank to cut down sightlines, even then I'd be dubious as to whether it would work out well. I have tried this with 2 apisto males of different species (Cacatuoides and Aggasizi) and I had to move one of them. This was in a well planted 55gal.

I think the "fluffy green stuff" your are referring to are mossballs.

Mine grows great in sand, I am forever pulling out new plants. You could use root tabs in a new set up but other than that they won't need anything extra.

Anomalochromis Thomasi This guy is from the original pair that I got about 7 years ago. His grandfather still lives downstairs, hes getting on a bit now. But hes on a Youtube video I made so hes kind of immortal.

Cyanobacteria is sometimes known as blue/green algae. It grows on rocks, plants, substrate, everything basically. It comes of very easily and has a kind of organic smell. It isn't actually an algae. If you google it you will get much more info than I can give you. I get it quite a lot in various...

Vallisneria spiralis sounds like it would do the job, it grows well in sand and moderate light. Bristlenoses wont be a problem for val but the firemouth might enjoy digging them up.

Sounds like cyanobacteria.

I changed from fish to mostly shrimp a few years ago, I'm going back to fish. Most of my neo's are now in a 3 foot tank together so they will eventually end up as wild types I think. I still have one tank of PBL Caradinia, but TBH I've kinda lost interest in shrimp.

Where is North Woods? If its anywhere near The East coast of Scotland, I could start you off with a colony. Cherry or Diamond Blue.

Carnoustie, Scotland.

The tabs should make up for any deficiencies in your substrate. You can cut the leaves off without any problem. Best do it as near to the bottom as you can for aesthetics. They ARE amazon swords btw. Amazon swords can get very large, and you will probably find one gets bigger than the others...

He (or more likely she) just looks like an enthuiastic eater. I don't think she's overfat.

Great fish combo too. Duplicarus are one of the most attractive corries IMO. Could maybe put a few more in?

That's his natural colour. I have another that has more colourful fins but I haven't got a good pic of him yet.

I really hope they aren't producing balloon corries :no:

One of my males wearing his dancing shoes. .

Please get a bigger tank for all these goldfish, and for sure get rid of the sharks.

Room looks great. Get your hubby to build you a rack next, or DIY.

When fish have swim bladder problems, they have difficulty in staying the right way up and controlling their buoyancy, and have to swim constantly to do this. Some fish will struggle not to float upwards and others may sink to the bottom. Feeding shelled peas is a commonly used remedy as it...