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Thanks both. Other than a weekly dose of Easy Life Profito ferts, no other additives. Seachem Safe as dechlorinator. I've done some more digging around the Internet and it sounds like others have encountered similar things when dosing iron (mainly Seachem) in tanks with high phosphate...

Morning all, I noticed some signs of iron deficiency in some of the plants in my 200 gallon, so I ordered an iron supplement (Easy Life Ferro - I use their ferts without issue). It's phosphate and nitrate free. I added just under the recommended amount and within a couple of minutes the water...

Thanks. Not to my knowledge. I hadn't used air freshener out there (they're in my garden office) and haven't polished in there for a while (don't tell my wife!). Certainly not conscious of having had soap or anything on my hands. I have four tanks running at the moment so am almost always doing...

Not really after advice. Just venting. Went out to feed the tanks this morning and one of my Boesemani Rainbows had died. Not nice but I wasn't too worried. There were no outward signs of anything being wrong, the other fish looked happy and parameters were ok (I tested the water after removing...

I see you're in the UK. You can get those guards for £10 (see here). Not good on Juwel's part but should at least save your future fish

I don't have a Bioflow Filter but Juwel are already aware - they sell a filter guard for them (for an extra cost of course) to prevent precisely this problem. https://www.juwel-aquarium.de/en/Products/Filtering/FilterGrid/

Thanks all. Bought the shop vac last night and it's worked a treat mucking out three old tanks 👍

Good to know, thanks. I'll drain the tank as much as possible first anyway, but more out of interest then anything would the siphon issue remain the case if it has a float valve? The one I'm looking at does. I'm guessing that just cuts off the electronic suction but the siphon action would...

That's really helpful, thanks. I'll give it a go. I can get a small one for £35 which I'll keep in the shed for future tank use only - so no major issues with cleaning it before using for general hoovering (although it'll be cleaned anyway for the smell!). Thanks.

Afternoon all, Anyone have any experience of using a wet & dry vac (I think more commonly called shop vacs in the US) to drain and suck up small gravel and muck from old fish tanks? I have a few old tanks that I need to drain/clear and that seems the easiest way if it works. I've downloaded...

Thanks. No bubbles apart from the initial purge when you plug it in. Just the whining/vibrating.# I took it all apart, cleaned out the impeller (which was spotless). Put it all back and the same thing. It's brand new, yes. I`ve since trimmed a little bit of excess hose off of the inlet as...

Afternoon everyone, I set up my FX6 on my new 193 gallon a couple of days ago. It's been running without issue since then, until the last hour when the filter itself is making a whining sound and the output hose is "shuddering" for want of a better word. It`s almost like it`s convulsing and...

I'm just wondering if anyone has any lived experience of keeping Tiger Barbs with Amano shrimp (rather than general thoughts or conjecture)? The tiger barbs will be in a school of 25 minimum, so any aggression beyond their own hierarchical squabbling is likely to be limited and will be in a 193...

Thanks. Yes, I have SAEs in a different tank. I'll consider them if I need to, but I prefer to have different things in my different tanks where possible, albeit that gives way to necessity and fish welfare where they come into play. I found my SAEs to be good at algae when they were younger but...

For anyone here interested, the new 193 gallon is set up and running (having been replaced after the first attempt arrived leaking pre-Christmas). I've started a journal on it here.

Finished planting the tank last night and now up and running Thank you :) Thanks. The wood came from Ashby Pet and Aquatics. I got it through their eBay store (they have individual photographed pieces for sale with measurements etc, rather than generic "buy wood by weight"). I think...

So my custom sized.193 (us gallon/731 litre) tank arrived on Friday, for the second time. It first arrived the week before Christmas but they'd damaged one corner during delivery and it leaked. Collected with argument, replaced over Christmas and now delivered once more. Manhandled through an...

Nifty, thanks 👍 I'm surprised too!

This morning I discovered a cherry shrimp in my ranchu tank. I have absolutely zero idea how it got there. I have five tanks, two in the house and three in my garden office. The only tank with cherry shrimp is in the house and the ranchu tank is in the office. The ranchu tank is pretty bare...

And I've just noticed the "in the US" bit so I may not have helped! Not sure Aquael is available in the US. They're a Polish company and even availability in the UK can sometimes be limited...

I have an Aquael Flow 500w (See here) on my 450l. If I'm honest I'm not sure how effective it is - I have a 300w Fluval E Series in the tank too as I put it in as a backup ages ago incase the inline failed, so impossible to know how the Aquael would fair single handed without turning the Fluval...

It looks like Severn Trent do sometimes use different reservoirs and depending on which one they use, they sometimes use chloramine (See here). I'd still be really surprised if it was enough to give a 4ppm reading though. I've used NT Labs test kits before and always found them decent but (and...

Could be the result of chloramine in the tap water. Some water companies use chlorine. The dechlorinator deals with that, no problem. Other water companies use chloramine, which is chlorine bound with ammonia. A dechlorinator breaks down and neutralises the chlorine, leaving ammonia in the...

To answer the question directly, there are no in-line heaters compatible with an FX6 (or an FX4 for that matter). Even Fluval's own in-line products (like their "UV clarifier") don't fit the FX range. I have seen a couple of posts on the internet where people have tried to splice together...

I'll avoid the question as to whether it's needed or not (I have co2 and non-co2 tanks depending on setup) and just comment on the Fluval one. I've used the Fluval kit on a 20 gallon before and wouldn't again. I found it to be largely useless and on occasion dangerous. The Co2 cannisters are...