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I did a 50% water change couple hours ago and retested and it's showing 0 ammonia now, the skinny molly wasn't well this morning she was actually laying at the front of the tank so I didn't think she was going to last much longer and there's not been a ballon that's latest longer than a month in...

I've been dosing several of their products for around 4 months same as running co2, ph is normally always 7.0 I've adjusted the dosage slightly as and when it's needed it but I will add a imagine of the chart I started off using I only dose the green highlighted products. Yes it is the tank...

Thanks for the advice, I use seachems fertilizers daily and they have grown my plants really well yeah I bought 2 balloons 4 months ago when I got into fish keeping they latest a month then a member told me don't buy them, so I said I wouldn't but my sons face said different when he saw one...

I blame my son for that ballon molly 😒 I won't be buying more.. I use tetra aquasafe conditioner

Done 2 tests first was around 0.2 so tested again to double check and second test is different 😒 although they don't show the colour very well on the image

Hello, just home from work and notice a dead ballon molly and a half dead molly, the molly which as looked poorly after delivering some fry a week ago, the ballon molly had been fine was only put I the tank a few weeks ago, tested my water parameters and ammonia is reading 0.2, nitrite/nirate...

I've had pest snails in my tank from about the first month of setting it up they came in on a plant, they don't seem to cause any problems what so ever they don't seem to be multiplying rapidly either I remove a few here and there during a water changes normally drop them into my fry tanks 🤷‍♂️

Some of the other mollies fins were so long I was like shocked.. looked so cool when the fish were swimming around in the water never even seen a pic of a mollie with long fins I just know I had to get a pair to go with my others 😝😜

What is with the pelvic fins though they almost looked ornamental on some of the other mollies in the shop I didn't choose the ones with the longer pelvic fins incase my other mollies and platys started to fin nip them

So this morning I 'just' went for a look round a fish shop.. but I saw some mollies that caught my eye lyre tail mollies but they had fancy pelvic fins some had really long pelvic fins almost 5 times as long as this male has almost betta style I'm not any fish expert by all means but I couldn't...

Me asking stupid questions gets some bloody good answers on here 👌👍 again thanks for all the replies hopefully this might answer some other people's questions in time

I cleaned my filter out tonight I was absolutely stock at how dirty the media was, the filter must of been only working at half power I actually have so much more flow again now.. the otos are acting how they used to shoaling and racing about the tank, I'm sure that filter has only been in the...

This is the sort of thing I'm talking about couple of otos on the bottom look perfectly fine no rapid breathing or anything the others are dotted around on the glass or on the val maybe im thinking into it to much but I never remember them laying on the bottom is that normal behaviour maybe its...

I believe the molly that died due to another fish attacking it possibly the other male in the tank looked like 1 of his anal fins had been attacked looked as if he could or use 1 side of his body anal fin was sticking out to the side, was more worried about the otos more than anything I...

my co2 comes on 3 hours before my lights come on and goes off an hour before lights go off my ph is generally around 7.0 > as I say the platys/mollies don't show any signs what so ever they are always happy as Larry, just that slight change in the otos worried me, this morning they looked fine...

Tank is 130lt (32 us gallons) Tanks around 3 and a half months out I'm using a fluval u3 filter, medium size sponge filter, as of yesterdays water test 0 ammonia, nitrite and nitrate, gh is 16, kh is 12, I have 11 platys, 12 otocinclus catfish, 3 shrimp, fairly well planted with co2 injection...

Does anyone measure dissolved oxygen levels in their aquarium.. ive recently lost 2 amano shrimp and a molly I'm pretty sure the molly had been in a fight with another, fins had been attacked overnight I separated him after seeing something had happened and he wasn't feeding with the others...

I was also knew to the hobby a few months back, my first cycle was long winded nightmare it just takes time.. i didnt use any kind of bacteria just used good old time gave me a chance to research other things like plants, fish etc, but the help from the forum @Essjay (never spoken to me since...

I've been reading online, I worried I'm overstocked ive more of less had since the start so I can't see it being the issue, only thing I've changed within the last month or so is the filter from the aqua one which came with the tank which had a rather strong flow which I thought was possibly not...

@Stan510 yesterday i added 3ml of iron, water didnt cloud up today I've added 3ml again and the water has a very slight cloudy white colour to it, 3ml was originally what I was adding before I started to add alot more iron I have followed the same dosing for the past 2 months and for some reason...

I have 6 otocinclus mariaes and wanted to add more but my local stores doesn't know when they will have some in but they have the dwarf suckers which to me looked very similar just a little smaller it just made me think what their reactions would be to one another if I was to add 6 of them along...

A random post but something that came into my head and I wanted to know was will different species of otocinclus's shoal together or will they only shoal with their own 🤔

@AdoraBelle Dearheart Yeah im learning that livebearer are certainly kean breeders 🤣 I have 2 grow out tanks with my fry in now, was tempted to buy more tanks but im really am having to hold myself back i dont know when it will end 😂 im a man I don't think with my head 🤦‍♂️ some of them fry look...

Cheers for the reply I will adjust the levels and keep an eye on the results much appreciated

I can only assume its due to the iron as nothing else has changed the extra iron has certainly done what you said and the other plants have grown crazy, is it a case of just dropping the iron ml as I'm dosing 4 of the 6 days I use ferts Sunday is no ferts and maintance day admitting only...

@AdoraBelle Dearheart I've tried to get a decent picture they just won't stay still even when I ask them nicely best I have got is this one you can really see the males colours on the left can wait to see what the fry will look like as they grow

@Stan510 hello bud I've slowly been raising my iron ml the last couple of times I've add 5ml my water has turned a cloudy white/blueish colour not really cloudy but you can clearly see its not normal slowly fades throughout the day, is that a sign I'm adding to much? Or just an imbalance as I'm...

I will send you a picture when I'm home from fishing in a couple of days they are awesome looking!

I have bought a couple of small glass cups which stick on the aquarium glass which I was planning on trying to grow something in the cup and letting it grow downwards out of the cup is there a plant that has the kind of effect.. if that makes any sense 😅😅

I have a pair of green calico neon platys that I could swear are inseparable, you dont see 1 without the other by its side I mean touching each other me and my partner laughed when we got them about month and a half ago it's like looking in mirror they don't leave each others sides and the best...

Thanks.. wasnt expecting that reaction from people I'm always playing with stuff I'm never happy always think I can add something or make something look better to be fair I have to give credit to @Essjay she talked me through the whole cycling the tank and I have literally hounded her with...