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Hi Brian, Lucky man with seahorse aquariums on your doorstep, Co Tipp man here with no fish store for 40 miles. :) Welcome.

Yes When I got the fish I checked and found that the recommended temp for her was a couple degrees above my constant 25c. No way to pass her on, I actually considered to humanely euthanize her, but after a few days, as I saw how she was settling into the tank so well, getting on with the corys...

I am wondering if I should get male partners for my female german ram and my dwarf powder blue gourami. But just a bit worried that it might upset the calmness of my community tank. I have 10 cardinal tetras, 8 endlers, 5 zebra danios, 6 corydora, 1 female dwarf gourami, 1 female german ram, 1...

Hi fellow Irishman. Welcome. Fairly new to the forum myself, and learning something new every day. pleasant and helpful members. Hope the lockdown and shop closures does not curtail your new hobby.

Yes I put a bag of it in my canister filter. And it is still there, working away. Not sure how long it will last, but "SilicatEx Rapid" is supposed to bind up to 30,000 mg of Si02 before it is depleted. That should last me a few months. If I test over 1 or 2ppm, then I will get another bag. Had...

Yes I had 6 to 7ppm Silicates in my tap water, and it seems that brown algae I had, is diatoms, and are as a result of high silicates . The brown algae on my plants was slightly rough to the touch, rather than smooth and slimy. apparently this is a feature of diatoms, I'm not sure if this is the...

Excuse my previous mistaken post. As a nube I am reluctant to advise, but as I mentioned in a previous post, I had a huge problem with brown ajgae in my tank, after some research I found that it was diatoms, because of very high Si02. I used SilicatEx to remove the silicate and Phosphorus...

Hi Henry.ager. I must say I feel your pain. I'm a fairly nube at this hobby,, and Just spent the last 3 weeks in torture trying to get rid of brown algae.. Diatoms. Cleaning the tank every day, big water changes every couple of days. It was unbelievable the speed it grew back. I Filled my...