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So I'm having some issues with a female Betta of mine. For about a week now she has been swimming at breakneck speeds, skimming the surface of the water. Some of her colour is fading and the rapid swimming is happening more and more often. The other day she jumped out of the tank, I have a...

Thanks! I’ll try some of that. while I’m on the topic of betta fry, I’ve got a few that are a bit bigger and seem to be showing a bit of colour already. I’ve just seen one chasing another smaller fry, is it not too early for them to be showing colour/aggression? Should I jar that one or leave...

Hi all, I know this has been covered a lot so sorry if it’s a repeat but I’m looking for specific info. I recently bred my mustard gas half moon betta. Things have been going well so far, I only got about 15 fry hatch (which is ideal for a first attempt as it’s not too many) and they are 3...

thanks for the response. The hood has space for two more of the same light so adding more would be fairly easy. Ideally id be able to find a light in similar form factor with more lumens but im not sure they exist!

Hi all, Im looking for help with my aquarium lighting. I currently have a Juwel primo 70L (20gal) aquarium with the out of the box light and aquarium hood. The light is an LED tube (Juwel NovoLux LED 60) but it is very low wattage (8w) so I cant grow plants (all my attempts so far have ended...

Hi, been researching quarantine meds online but I can’t seem to find much that relates to the UK. US based Aquarium Co-op recommends treating new fish with three meds, an antibiotic, ICH-X and a dewormer. None of these brands or any with the same active ingredients are available in the UK. In...

Hi, I woke up today to find one of my Mollies dead. Over the past two days this molly has seemed lethargic, just sitting at the bottom of the tank although he would still swim around and eat at feeding time. I am really at a loss to say why he died and am worried that it could be something...

They are on for approx 12 hours a day but turned off in the middle of the day as I want to see the fish in the evening when it’s dark

Hi, I’m still pretty new to the aquarium hobby. I have a 70L (18 gallon) tank that’s been running for 4 weeks. I was a told by my local fish store to do a fish in cycle (a mistake I have since found out) so I am currently nearing the end of that (I think). Recently there has been a load of...

Its now been 3 and a half weeks since I started my fish in cycle and I think that it my have nearly completed. Is this normal as this seems quite quick when most guides say 6-8 weeks for a tank to cycle. I should say that I am doing a fish in cycle but have been using Seachem prime to detoxify...

apologies, i should have mentioned that the tank is a primo 70. I don't think a HOB filter would fit either. I wanted the option for carbon filtration as I have driftwood in the tank so id like to use it to clear the water up. Also I read that if my tank gets diseased in the future, carbon...

Hi, although I am still new this hobby and my aquarium 70l (19 gallon) tropical aquarium is mid cycle, I am putting thought into getting a new filter. I currently have the juwel bioflow one which is quite bulky, has poor surface agitation and only allows for regular mechanical filtration (no...

I just did another water change, this time around 75% and the nitrites are now reading between 0-0.25ppm. Thats my bad, I meant 40 ppm for the nitrates not 0.4.

So I measured my parameters again today and I record the following results: Ammonia: 0.25 ppm Nitrite: 2.0 ppm Nitrate: 0.4 ppm Clearly the nitrite is way too high so I immediately did a 40% water change to bring it down. My tetras are still swimming around fine but are sticking mostly to the...

Sorry I misread it, it gave the amount of calcium as 78 mg/l and the dGH as 10.85

Thanks for the reply! I did not use any bacterial starter etc. I tested the tap water and it seems some of my readings are coming from that: Ammonia: 0.25 ppm Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20-40 ppm I also looked at the hardness report which says that they add ammonia to the water and the average...

Hi, I am completely new to this hobby so sorry if I've made some mistakes! I recently purchased a 70L (19 gallon) tank and set it up with some live plants in it. On the advice of my local fish shop I then added 6 cardinal tetras after 4 days, after doing my own research I realise that this was...