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Tank is nearly a year old. And the anubias I bought in the shop at the same time. Only a few weeks ago it looked amazing with the flower and everything. Something has gone down the swanny in the tank anyway. Green spot algae and this white stuff. Haven't a clue what's going on. Thanks for your...

Hi, I have a lot of tanks. All have been running fine for months. Some heavily planted. 2 planted tanks have just turned upside down and have no idea why. 1 had only green spot algae and I just removed the plant it was affecting before dosing with phosphate to fix this. The second tank had...

Thanks everyone for the great advice. Finally managed to cycle it. Just did 2 90% WC back to back and waited 2 days to redose Ammonia to 1 to 2ppm waited 2 days again after it reached 0ppm in the 24hrs so I wouldn't spike nitirite again. Continued this for a few days and gradually shortened the...

Hi thanks for the lengthy reply. From the article you suggested I seem to have pretty much already done that nearly the same. I dosed between 3 and 4ppm household ammonia without surfactants added. It was closer to 3ppm than 4ppm. Waited till the ammonia dropped to 1ppm to dose it back to...

Hi, I am cycling my sump for my Betta rack system. I am using the API Freshwater Kit. I shake the living daylights out of all the bottles before use to avoid the crystallisation. I have cycled 5 tanks previous to this with the fish food method and had no issues whatsoever. This time I decided...