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I think I'll do that through the week then, I'll soak it in the bleach mix for a few hours, boil it for an hour and then soak in dechlorinated water before letting it air dry. Thanks for the advice.   Although not to deter anyone else from giving a definite answer on what the stuff actually is haha

Yeah I can't tilt the ornament, if it isn't placed in the substrate firmly it tips over >.< I'll sort that as soon I can either get hold of a drill or just replace the damn thing lol   As for the algae, I read about bleaching the fake plants/ornaments in 1 part bleach to 19 parts water along...

The tank has been set up for roughly 6 months. I did a 30% water change on Wednesday. The 0.25ppm of ammonia isn't anything to worry about, I know why it's there. Basically I have a large hollow ornament in the tank which is quite heavy and causes the sand to impact, also with it being hollow...

Hey all,   some black stuff I can't identify has started growing in my tank. I've googled all sorts of "black algae" but it looks nothing like any of the pictures that come up.   It started just on the fake plants, although it was isolated to the green parts (it doesn't grow on any of the...

Hey all, My 100L tank currently contains:   4 platys 10 neon tetras 4 bronze corydoras 1 bristlenose pleco 2 assassin snails (were introduced simply to take care of a pest snail problem I had) 1 betta   Basically as the tetras have grown they have started to nip on the bettas tail so I've...

  Oh ok, yeah I wasn't worried about the 0.25 ammonia, it was the low nitrate that concerned me really. Thanks for clearing that up :)

Hey all, A few weeks back I posted about how to change filter as my previous one had gotten extremely loud to the point it could be heard in other rooms. Anyway I bought a new filter (Fluval U2) and did as instructed with changing. I took the media from the old filter and packed every bit of it...

I change 2 of the 4 cartridges every 3-4 weeks and clean the rest of the filter (casing etc) about every 6 weeks. However, I know this isn't anything to do with it being dirty because the noise started the last time I disassembled it for cleaning :P I'm assuming I've been heavy handed with it...

These are the cartridges in my current filter: http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-7800634t300x300.jpg   As you can see (a little in the pic), they have plastic running through them so can't really be cut to shape into other filters >.<

Hey guys and gals,   Basically my filter is driving me bonkers with the noise. When we bought it (it came with the tank) we had read that it could be a little loud but at first that wasn't our experience as it was so silent, however now it's horrifically loud. The tank is in our bedroom and is...

Yeah my girlfriend was reading about them yesterday and mentioned they burrow a lot for purposes of sleeping and hunting under the substrate. We have sand rather than gravel though :)

I don't know if it applies to ghost shrimp but I had red cherry shrimp and my betta ate all of them >.<

Hey guys, read all your posts and yesterday we were by PetsAtHome so we picked up a couple of Assassin Snails :), they were more expensive in PaH than I would have preferred to pay but I was nowhere near the cheaper LFS. They look pretty awesome tbh, but I read it's pretty normal for them to...

Hey guys, So about 7 weeks ago we bought some new plants for our tank and in one of the plants we discovered a stowaway in the form of a snail (no idea what type). Anyway, we didn't think much of it as it was just the one snail, but now there are at least 8 that we have counted with new ones...

  It's not a case of the fish dying due to ammonia or anything. It is an established pond and he would fit in great there. The problem is the temp change. The fish would be going from a constant 25oC water to a maximum of 10oC through the day and colder at night so even a long acclimation would...

Hey all, About 5 years ago I got a goldfish in a 25L tank at first he was fine etc. About 18 months ago I finished university and went travelling so I gave the tank and the fish to my grandparents. Today I've just been to visit my grandparents and the fish is huge! Like stupidly big compared to...

What bacteria causes this exactly? And how does it end up in ones tank?

Melafix was the product, but when I got to the store he said exactly what you said about how it helps with fin rot but doesn't kill the bacteria. Instead he suggested a different product called "eSHa 2000" which is what I'm using now.    Thanks :)

Hey all,   So 2 of the corys are fine now. However the other 2 appear to have developed fin rot. As we established before, they were all stressed due to the ammonia spike but now the 2 that are fine are the larger and stronger of the cory group and it's the smaller 2 that are affected by this...

  I asked in the LFS about that and I told I had nothing to tie it to and he said he has them in his tanks all year round just in the substrate? If it does rot how long will that take? I don't wanna take it out but currently I have nothing to tie it to so I'm wondering what I can get to tie it...

Hey all, just figured I'd update you all. We went today and got some plants. We mostly got bunched plants because they didn't have many rooted plants in stock so the bunched ones will do for now until we get some rooted ones (although we did get one rooted one). I can't remember the names of the...

Hey guys, another little update. I went to my LFS store today to buy some plants for the tank and when I got back before I put the plants in the corys are a little livelier again :D. They are still occasionally doing the jumping and sitting for a while but they are moving around a lot more than...

The fish store is just run by 2 brothers and they are the only ones that work there. The thing I love about the fish store they are customer reputation driven compared to chain stores which are just profit based driven so when I've asked about things like fish food, etc they don't try to push...

Not for a few weeks.   I read through the post but couldn't find anything about what you said.   I can't remember the brand as I threw the bottle away, but it was called TapSafe or something along those lines.     I went to the store that I purchased the corries from and had them test the water...

Nah I definitely didn't forget dechlorinator, I know because I used the last of the bottle and I need to go by more. I'll do another water change tomorrow if there is still no change. They are bronze corys so maybe that's what is happening in that they went crazy for a month and then just...

Nah the temp hasn't changed, I have a regulating heater which only turns on when the temp drops and the weather has been nowhere near hot enough to raise the temp of the tank (it's currently 2 quilt weather haha).   Well i had a very heavy ornament in the tank which was causing a dead spot in...

26oC

But why would their be a problem with aeration now? I've had them for about 4-6 weeks or so now and they have never done this until this last 24 hours? I'm not saying you're wrong or anything by the way, I just want to understand this.

Ok, thank you very much for the advice :D

Hey all, So I have some Bronze Corydoras and for the past 24 hours their behavior has completely changed and I can't figure out why?   Normally my they are EXTREMELY lively, constantly swimming round turning over sand, looking for food or just being generally chirpy.   Yesterday I did my regular...

Ok, sounds good.   Other questions, how does one go about taking care of these plants? Do they need any particular food or is it as simple as the consume fish waste? Ignoring the ones that need rock/wood do you just root them into the sand?   Thanks for the reply =]

Hey all. So about 3 months ago I setup a freshwater tank and with it being my very first tank I wanted to concentrate on keeping the fish alive and not having to worry about keeping plants alive too.   However, recently it came to my attention that one of my ornaments was too heavy for the sand...

Hey all, So it came to my attention recently that fish can eat many different types of food than just those bought from pet stores. I discovered this because I was reading up on plecos and read a couple of articles saying that they enjoy certain fresh vegetables such as lettuce or cucumber.   My...

I have a 95L tank an inside it has a betta with 10 neon tetras... I was worried about the tetras nipping at his fins but this hasn't happened at all, I may have lucked out however, One thing I ensure though was that the store I bought the betta from would take him back if there was an issue so...

Sorry I feel you may have misunderstood me because what was said is true for almost any animal. I know some plecs are carnivorous but considering I'm looking for one that eats vegetation I don't see how they are relevant. And when I say it's true for almost any animal it is. If your cat isn't...

Clowns seem to fit the bill very well. I asked my LFS store about what you said about not eating much algae and the guy said that all plecos will eat a lot of algae unless they are overfed outside products by the owner such as algae flakes etc. Dunno if that's true and/or could help you :)  ...

Hey all, So basically a couple of months ago we setup a new tank and have slowly but surely been stocking the tank once we got it cycled.    Tank details: 95L (25US gallon, 22IMP gallon) W80 x D30 x H40cm pH ~7.3 Temp: 24oC   Current stock: 10 Neon Tetras 4 Platys 5 Red Cherry Shrimp 4 Bronze...

I had read that on various threads on here but the numbers varied between like 5/6/7/8 etc depending on the specific breed of the cory so I assumed it was different for every variation and when the store was selling them at 4 for £10 I figured that's what the "default" number should be for that...

Hey again all, been busy lately so haven't had time to update this   So 2 weeks ago we got our red cherry shrimp!   They are very cool, the only problem is that they spend around 23.5 hours a day hiding so we very very rarely see them   Then a couple of days ago our LFS finally got in some...

Lol don't take my response as a dismissal of your reply, it wasn't meant that way! I just wanted to make sure this isn't going to cause an issue lol   That's what baffled me, there is nothing anywhere else in the tank, not one piece anywhere lol   Well that's what I assumed at first because it's...