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    Kribensis mouth rot / hole in the head

    At the moment it’s not eating, (bit of frozen bloodworm next to it) maybe stressed from the move and suddenly being somewhere new and alone. I will try flake tomorrow. I wish I had picked up the one with gill damage too but it seemed a lot more sprightly and was impossible to catch in the short...
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    Kribensis mouth rot / hole in the head

    Hi all. Spent the weekend at the in laws house and a couple of the fish were pretty sick. I did a big water change for them as they ‘top up the evaporated water regularly’! (Difficult as it’s the brother in laws tank but he no longer lives there) and scrubbed the algae off of the glass and...
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    plants dying

    Dwarf baby tears need high light and CO2, but most carpeting plants have the same requirements. You will be better with a substrate like fluval stratum than root tabs for carpeting, you will need a lot of root tabs! I recall that there is a type of rotalla that carpets. Or grows horizontally...
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    Think I have Blue-Green Algae

    Thanks for the info on the java fern, I’ll look for some api leaf zone
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    Think I have Blue-Green Algae

    Thanks, I will definitely look into a different light, really not sure why I have ended up with a marine one. It’s odd it’s been fine for 6-9 months, then suddenly BOOM! I built the filter housing and waterfall into the aquarium, it houses the heater also. It creates a nice feature but means...
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    20 gallon lonng dwarf gourami tank?

    Yeah iridovirus. You want to avoid that. There’s some suggestion that all dwarf Gourami carry it in some form. You could try honey Gourami in the same ratio, they are a lot harder to sex when young though.
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    plants dying

    FYI, when you write in capitals you are implying others are stupid for getting it wrong, also you stated nitrates at the same time as my post, they all came through at the same time so my response was not to your most recent one. Are you suggesting that melafix seeded your filter, because...
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    plants dying

    Ok, you said ‘nitrites were 1 in my old tank when we tested the water, it should be fine now cuz we just got 2 new fish’ If you’ve got a new filter is it seeded, or did you just ditch the old one with all of the bacteria in it? There’s no need for attitude when people are trying to help.
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    Foam Under Acrylic

    I put it under all of my tanks glass or acrylic. I had some laminate flooring underlay, 3mm thick. I don’t think it really matters too much what you use so long as it is dense enough and doesn’t just completely squash flat.
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    20 gallon lonng dwarf gourami tank?

    Personally I would go for a 1:3 ratio and then stock something else that will swim in the mid and low tiers, neon tetra and Pygmy corydoras but do you want a community or species tank?
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    plants dying

    Nitrites at 1 is high. If anything getting new fish will increase this. How long has the tank been cycled, your beneficial bacteria should be converting nitrites to nitrates.
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    Anything I can add to my planted 52 gallon community tank?

    I think you mean GH as the guppies prefer harder water.
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    Think I have Blue-Green Algae

    Thanks, the Java fern wasn’t the best when I got it and I’ve struggled to keep it healthy in the past. I also dose seachem flourish. I had salvinia but it all melted, I’ve got some frogbit floating in there now. It’s a sham because it’s a lovely tank, probably my favourite one actually, I just...
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    Think I have Blue-Green Algae

    Thanks for the replies, this is the light that I have on the tank: https://www.allpetsolutions.co.uk/small-nano-led/?kk=a4c6365-176d9079d93-50a371&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI59Kbq_yH7gIVG-3tCh2Ztgt3EAQYASABEgJpaPD_BwE&utm_source=kelkoouk&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=kelkooclick There’s no dry food going...
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    Think I have Blue-Green Algae

    As the title really, can anyone help me to identify this algae and suggest how to treat it. I think it’s Cyanobacteria but how can I remove it? It began in small areas on java moss which I removed, then it was on some of the guppy grass, which I also removed. In 2 days it has bloomed and is now...
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    Tank filled to the brim with tiny white worms.

    They are looking for food, you’ve had a bloom of them for some reason (have you put food in to cycle?) and now they are out and about. You could try and bait a trap, leave it in there for a couple of days and then take it out and freeze them. They are harmless but rarely will you find fish who...
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    Salvinia help?

    Mine never really took off which is a shame as I think it looks great. I don’t understand why though as the guppy grass, java moss, Anubis and hygrophilia all seem to thrive in the same tank. Maybe there just wasn’t enough nutrients for them all to survive and they were outcompeted but I dose...
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    Camallanus worms?

    Wow Colin once again you have all of the knowledge! Thanks for the info, unfortunately both the Gourami and the endler have died today, probably not helped by the stress of trying to treat them. I guess that the panacur-c won’t work because it is fenbendazole? I have cherry shrimp in one tank...
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    Camallanus worms?

    Hi all. Just looking for some help. My Honey Gourami has been acting strangely for a week or 2 now, I thought he was stressed by other tank mates so I moved him to another tank. This morning he was sat on his side on the bottom of the tank and he had these red worms protruding from his anus. He...
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    Good Tropical Algae Eaters?

    Amano shrimp smashed through most of my algae.
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    Corydora-Melafix

    This is not correct, maybe you were thinking that Gourami were labyrinth fish? Corys are known for going up to the surface to gulp air but they don’t have a labyrinth organ.
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    Thinking of starting a cichlid tank... In a 100 litre?

    All that I know is that there are a lot of recommendations to overstock cichlids to control aggression, as well as territories and hiding places and breaking up lines of sight. With a tank that size all of this would probably be quite difficult to achieve.
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    Can anyone identify what these are?

    I am not sure if they would always grow fungus or not but turning opaque is an indicator that they are not fertile is it not? It’s hard to get an idea of scale, are they about 1mm?
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    Can anyone identify what these are?

    Could be cory eggs They often lay them like that and stick them to the glass or decor. Whip them out into a breeding box before the tetra find them
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    Is my shrimp pregnant?

    Don’t be alarmed if she drops her eggs, if you see them stuck to the side of the aquarium or a plant leaf. It is common for them to drop eggs if they are her first time. I’ve had some carried and born and I’ve had some dropped. There is a way to keep them alive if they’re dropped but I’ve never...
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    Can I keep filter media outside of the filter?

    It will at least keep the B.B. alive (as long as it’s not dried out already). It will still be able to convert ammonia and nitrite however it will not be as efficient without all of the water flowing through it so put it a high flow area if you can. The B.B. will actually be on many other...
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    Female Betta in community tank

    Thanks essjay, you have been very helpful once again, I was a little skeptical about the pillow and how it works! I will definitely be looking into going down the RO route. Just need to see if it is best to buy a filter or buy the water from LFS.
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    Female Betta in community tank

    That’s not bad, I thought that they were in the region of £200! I guess the question is how do you calculate it!
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    Female Betta in community tank

    I have seen the API softener pillow, but it has very mixed reviews. Does anyone have any experience with this, maybe RO would be easier to use. I am concerned that it may lower the pH and how would I go about acclimating the fish? Would I need to do the first W/C with just RO water or would I...
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    Female Betta in community tank

    Damn, I hadn’t realised that my water was so hard and it was hurting my fish. I will speak to a few stores near me to see if I can get some RO water. Is it going to affect any other parameters?
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    Female Betta in community tank

    Well, I never thought that they would publish all of that information so I’ve never even thought to look for it! I guess it is 14dH then?!
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