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Hello all, thanks for your input. I can be a bit erratic with the timing of my replies, it's one of those when I get a few spare minutes sit down and write a reply sort of thing. It's been a few weeks since my last post and the tank is still going quite well. I've added another Cory to keep the...

OK, it's been a few weeks now and my tank seems to be going well. I tested the water last week just before a water change and all the results are basically unchanged. I'm feeling confident enough that I bought a couple of Corydoras to keep my original Cory company and they seem happy enough...

I mainly rely on the inbuilt filter pads in the top of the tank to do the tank filtering, the sponge filter was given to me by someone who said to install it so as to have somewhere else for bio-filter bacteria to grow. The filtration that it does is just a bonus. My intention is to buy an...

I've taken a clip of my Neons but I'm wondering the best way to post video clips on the forum. I did see someone who had their video clips on their YouTube channel and then embedded them in their post. Is that the best way? The clip I have is about 33Mb so is probably too big to be putting...

Thanks for replying so quickly. I'll try get a clip of them tonight and post it back here. This is all a bit frustrating, I've gotten quite a bit of good advice here which I'm trying to implement but different issues keep appearing.

I've got a bubbler stone in a sponge in the tank and there is water movement judging by the way the plants sway.

I've just done a water change today and have seen one of the neons is unwell. It's mainly lying on the bottom and occasionally tries to swim up, it also looks to be gasping with its mouth and gills. I've taken a picture of it. Could this be a lack of oxygen in the water?

Hello DoubleDutch, I'm feeding them Sera Tropical Flakes.

OK, thanks everyone for their input so far. Oblio asked a question about my tank water hardness earlier in this thread so I went a purchased an API hardness test kit. I've tested both my tank water and my tap water and the results are - Tank water KH 89.5ppm GH 161.1ppm Tap water KH...

I'll go back to giving my filter pads a clean every few weeks as per your advice. As to replacing them with a sponge, the pads I'm using have carbon pellets in them. My understanding is that the carbon absorbs impurities from the water so how would I still get that benefit if I replace the pads...

I use a 20 litre bucket for the new water so I'll get another one and have them both filled and treated beforehand and then I can do the whole change at once. I've got a spare air compressor so I'll use that to aerate the buckets. Using a hose would certainly be more convenient then the bucket...

Hello Oblio and Colin, thank you both for your replies. Oblio, I don't know what my GH and KH values are (I had to look up what they were first!) so I guess I better find that out. It seems that I can buy test strips for that? As for the water temp, from a bit of research a good range for the...

Hello all, I’m after some advice about my tank set up because I suspect something isn’t quite right. I have an Aqua One 127 litre tank which was given to me by someone who couldn’t keep it any more. Prior to that I didn't have any experience keeping fish so I've been trying to educate myself...