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Also, The filter & pump are in a sump under the tank. The water collects via an overflow filter chamber, drips then rises through three types of filter medium, then gets sucked up through a pump and back into the tank. I clean the first filter media (white spongy filter) at every water...

Thanks Colin. I'll take photos tomorrow when the lights are on again. The new fish (which admittedly I bought all at the same time) were 5 peppered cory catfish, 2 blond bristlenose and 2 clown loaches. The existing fish prior were 5 julii cory catfish, 5 black bristlenose, 1 clown loach, 1...

Hi Byron! It's a 200L tank. At the moment I have four livebearers, seven young bristlenose catfish, three clown loaches, and it looks like only two remaining corydoras catfish. Since the new fish were introduced, it's only the corys that have suddenly been dying, including the juliis that...

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Hello! I've had 5 Julii corydora cat fish for at least a year in my tank, as well as livebearers. Over time I've also brought in some bristlenose catfish and a clown loach. More recently I introduced 5 peppered cory catfish, a couple of extra bristlenose catfish and 2 more clown fish. Since...

You've got me thinking now. When I bought my guppies, there were a few little boys with yellow and orange that looked rather Endler-like to me. I asked the LFS person if it was possible that they were interbred, but he said something about them being a particular type of guppy. I didn't think he...

Hi! I'm new to this too, but I've noticed that my guppy fry tend to swim up really high in the tank most of the time, and only sometimes venture down through the mid-height section. They tend to stay where the plants are. I've got elodea & blue stricta through the back of the tank, and that's...

Thanks EA. I have no idea why the female guppy died. They all looked active when we arrived home, but she was dead by the next morning. So strange. She was very pregnant; perhaps something went wrong with that? The others all look active and fine. I can't see anything sluggish or off-colour...

FYI: After twelve days away, I returned and found all the fish swimming happily, except for one male who had completely disappeared. This has happened before; fish can get sucked into the overflow chamber (he wasn't in there) and, if they're very unlucky, into the plumbing that leads to the...

Thank you, Byron. Thank you, Byron. It's autumn here, and a sunny day today, so it was easy to find some fallen, dry leaves that I've popped in the tank. I didn't have time to dry them further, and I wasn't sure how many to put in or how soon they'd be worthwhile for the fish. So, although I...

Thank you, Byron! I didn't know that. The guppies always seem so hungry, and I worry about underfeeding them if there are fry in the tank (worry that they'll seek out the fry to eat, in their hunger). I'm still working out the volumes to feed them. If I put in one 'pinch' of flake food, it's...

Thanks Jen! It looked like a jungle until I trimmed that elodea & took the hairgrass out this afternoon. I hope the fishies don't get all stressed with the extra open white spaces now. It is a little reassuring for me being able to actually see everywhere in there now, but I worry about the...

Oh! My water parameters from last night, which was five days after a 70L water change: Temp 26C pH 7.8* Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10ppm** KH 6dH GH 11dH *pH is, I believe, somewhere between 7.6 & 7.8. It's always constant, whatever it is ** Nitrate orange colours were hard to read, but it...

Hello all. I haven't been in here much in the past few weeks. In that time I've bought some guppies (M & F) and julii cory catfish for my 220L planted tank. In a few days I'll be going away for 10 days. I've bought some Vitalis brand '7 day freshwater holiday grazers'. I'm meant to stick them...

I need a better camera, but here is my tank. Today I took out the hairgrass, as it turned brown no matter where it was in the tank. I trimmed back a lot of the elodea, and replanted the cut stems where the hairgrass used to be. I can see much more in there now, but I'm afraid I've taken away...

Aw. Thanks Jen. I'm feeling very guilty, for having bought fish sooner than I intended, and more than I intended, and females when I wasn't going to. I did see your post a few days ago about your recent discovery about your water. I'll have to go back to catch up. How's it panning out? I...

Oh, and some of the fish started intermittently 'flashing', and my smallest boy had slightly clamped fins for a couple of days but now doesn't, but now my smallest girl has very clamped fins. Her tail comes to a point now. The LFS said they're the first signs of white spot (is that the same...

FYI I decided to go with guppies & julii corydoras. I let myself be talked into getting both M & F guppies from the LFS. This was not my intention, and I shouldn't be so impulsive with such things. However, they assured me that they would accept donations of any fish I breed if I can't keep them...

Thank you Steven. I decided not to play with things further. I still haven't invested in a Hanna Industries pH checker yet, so I'm not entirely confident that I actually know what the precise pH of my tank water is, but I am confident that it is constant. No matter what the GH or KH or anything...

Thank you, Steven. I worked out that if I add the recommended amount to change the volume of water being added from the existing ~3dH GH (my tap water) up to the desired GH, that works. The KH takes longer to hit the desired amount (overnight, then it stays fairly stable, with a very slow rise...

My apologies for going so long without a response. I'll try to write as quick as possible an update below. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thanks for posting the update. I've just been reading through this, as your fish seemed to be doing similar things to what I'm observing with a couple of my fish. So, you just did lots of big water changes and ensured there was nothing stressful / no changes etc.? You didn't do the salt & high...

Thanks Byron. I recall you saying this about Flourish, but I didn't realise that ECO Complete was similar. Jacqui Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thank you Byron! Okay - you've alleviated some of my frustration & confusion regarding the websites. I realise now that I haven't taken an indepth a look at other parts of the SF website which probably hold more info regarding the site creators. There are just so many things to take in in a...

Thank you. perhaps I might need to buy some tests to test for the other potential deficiencies. I'll also observe it over the next few days, now that I've realized the mistake of adding Flourish at the same time as Prime. I won't make that mistake again.

I have to admit that currently one of my biggest difficulties is reconciling the contradictory information from different websites regarding the needs of different fish species. I can see that the Seriously Fish site offers, for example, a source for the Guppy information, but it's a German...

Hi EaglesAquarium! The water readings last night were: My readings last night were: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10-20 (I need to do more water changes from the cycling - I've still only managed to do that one big water change) pH 7.8 KH 6dH / 107ppm GH 12 dH / 214ppm I haven't added ammonia...

Since Ill now be adding Replenish to bring the GH higher, at each water change, do I add the amount for the volume of new water to get to the target GH, or lower because the aragonite and coral sand will push it the rest of the way? Or, will the aragonite & coral sand only push the GH to around...

Thanks everyone. I'm going to try to catch up, starting with the more recent posts: I'm not sure whether anything could have made its way in there. As far as chemicals go, we don't have many at all in our house. Buying ammonia (for the cycle) and then bleach (to clean out the other old tank -...

Hi Byron! I noticed some of the plants struggling a little since the 70% water change (e.g. hairgrass turning yellow, after previously being a lovely healthy green). Yesterday I noticed lots of off-white growth on anubia leaves (especially on one of the plants - similar to what was happening...

Sorry I haven't responded specifically yet, Byron & Steven. I'm a teensy bit overwhelmed at present. I'll get there! Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Quick update: for three days following the water change, the parameters stayed settled at pH 7.8 KH 89.5ppm/5dH GH 107.4ppm/6dH GH not high enough for livebearers. Dosed Replenish to raise GH (aiming for 12dH this dose, but not sure if I put slightly too much in - not accounting for reduced...

Absolutely! At the time, the pictures of the fish everyone named that suited my water looked rather dull compared to livebearers, but I'm starting to understand & appreciate things a little better now, I think. I'm open to exploring the possibility of changing the fish species. I am hoping...

Thank you, Steven. That may have mostly gone over my head, lol, but I'm going to read your two new posts again when I don't have a 7yo boy, two dogs and two cats all vying for my attention. I almost missed the first one, as we're posting at the same time. One gist I think I gathered, although...

Today's water parameters, 45 hours after 70% water change: pH 7.8 KH 89.5ppm/5dH GH 107.4ppm/6dH (Unchanged since yesterday.) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thanks Byron. I'm trying to find something very different as well to have in the tank with the livebearers, just for a little difference. I've mostly been looking at a site AquariumIndustries.com.au, which has recommended parameters for different fish types. However, I'm aware of some...

Thank you Steven. Yes - I just shook it, and it was all bubbly/frothy up top. The last ammonia dose (#3) was six days ago. The ammonia reading two days after the dose (and again four days after) was zero. Okay. I let some tap water sit in a covered jug (so the cat didn't contaminate it!)...

Hi SJN. I also recently purchased an Aqua One tank and it had a tiny piece of the plumbing missing (it was a display model, and I think that one piece just went walkabout). I telephoned Aqua One and they were fantastic. They sent the missing piece by express post and charged it to the store I...

Hi everyone! I've just cycled my new 220L tank. My water is extremely soft, but I hope to keep livebearers, so I've used aragonite sand (10kg) and coral sand (20kg) as substrate, to raise the pH, KH & GH without adding chemicals. I've got lots of plants (elodea, blue stricta, filigree milfoil...

Many thanks everyone. The plants are doing really well since I reduced the number of hours of light. They seem to be happy with seven hours. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk