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Hi I have an established 75g tank with some gouramis, tetras and few discus. All fish have been and still do seem very healthy. EXCEPT my blue three spot gourami who is the oldest in the tank has over the last 2 days had "fits" of crazyness. Like he's trying to bust out of the tank. Smashing...

Hi One week ago I added a new discus to our tank of tetras, loaches and discus. The new discus I have added is in fact the biggest discus in the tank. The other 4 discus have their chain of command but get on fine. The biggest of the old 4 is the boss, but the others don't really let his...

Hi I have a 300l tank with discus etc Aiming for a ph of 6.5. My issue is that the tap water is very soft (which is good for discus apparently) and has PH of 7.0/7.2. So whenever I do my weekly 25% water change I have the PH getting back to 7.0 etc. To date I have just used "PH down" each...

How long should I leave it before a water change? or do i keep doing the 20% weekly? Is this somehting that can take months??? Or will it likelty clear in weeks? Thanks

Ok, thanks for the suggestions. I don't think the filter needs any help (stress zyme etc) as I haven't had any ammonia or nitrite present for weeks. Sounds like I am left with the option of letting it run its course??? So you think it will get worse (as it is currently doing) and then slowly...

Hi I have a 300l tank which is 8 weeks old. It was started with the filter media from my old 130l tank so the cylcing never really showed any spike at all. But the water is cloudy and no one seems to be able to help me fix it!!! The LFS hasn't helped with any of their suggestions. I am...

Thanks for that. They were so healthy for the whole time so it is strange. The gouramis are all staying at top corner behind the pump filter which is also strange. Its hard when all the water readings seem perfect AND the seemingly tough to look after discuss are also going well????? Cheers...

5 weeks - but the filter media and fish came from my old 130l tank.

I have a big piece of drift wood in the tank. And I have bio chem zorb pouches to keep the tannin low

Hi I have a 300l tank with discus, gouramis, and loaches. Water Nirite = 0 Ammonia = 0 PH = 6.5 temp = 29 cel Nitrate = <10ppm The discus are doing really well. Eating well and growing. Swimming near the fron of tank mostly. The Gouramis are generally at the top of tank near filter most...

Hi............ I have been using clarity to keep the tank clear but the cloudyness comes back within 24 hours??????????????// Any ideas?

Thanks. Any other comments appreciated.

Hi 1 month ago I upgraded to a 75g tank and started it off with stability & the filter media from my established 30g tank. Over the next 10 days i transferred ALL my fish with stability used aling the way and other than a few very very small amonia and nitrite spikes it was fine. Neither...

Hi I have a 300L tank with 4 x discus, cardinals, loaches and gouramis in. I know some say don't have gouramis with Discus but mine all live in harmony so either I am lucky OR its not a huge problem. The LFS said it would be fine to have the discus with them and he has been proven correct in...

Get some "Prime" Itis fantastic for these situations. Claims to detoxify nitrite and from my experience does a pretty good job!!!

Hi I have a discus which is spitting food out. He seems to be trying to eat the same piece several times and spitting out each time. This is the case for granules which are slow sinking for discus, flake food, and freeze dried blood worms. He does seem to sometimes not spit the food...

Hi Any suggestions for discus food and how often to feed? There are so many conflicting things I have read. Thanks

Hi I have 1 discus in my 300L tank. Along with tetras, loaches etc. It is doing really well and looks great. I have just added 1 more smaller discus and he is being bullied by the orignal one who is a bit bigger. Now I understand from reading here that often 4+ is recommended to a) give...

How likely is it that it is the substrate? I just don't want to leave it if the problem won't be fixed till it change that.

Hi I have just got a new tank. 280L. I have however got a cloudy water prpblem.............And can't workout why. I have added water.........added substrate pebbles.....a piece of drift wood........and some of the filter media from my current tank. Other than that only some "Stability"...

Hi My PH has at 6.0 and some PH lower was added in error instead of PH increase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no PH increase and it is 9 hours before shops open. Any home style suggestions to raise PH?? Cheers

Hi I have a 33 gallon tank with 3 x three spot gouramis, 10 neons, 3 clown loaches (small approx 2.5 inches), 2 bristle noses. Water temp raised to 29 celcius. Amonia = 0, Nitrite = 0 I have been fighthing whitespot for a while now using meds. Only the loaches and a few of the tetras are...

Hi all yes he does look like a pinecone from above...........what does this tell me and what should I do? And i also agree hat i haven't ssen him excrete recently so maybe constipated..... Also what is dwarf gourami virus? Thanks again

Hi I have a neon dwarf gourami which now has a VERY bloated stomach and is not eating. My tank is 35 Gallons. PH = 6.8 Temp 29 celcius Amonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 0 The tank is currently being treated for white spot which is on the clown loaches. The treatment was added 6 days ago and...

Hi All I know this is a common question however I can't seem to get any consistency when searching the forum. It would be fantastic if a few of you Discus experts could let me know the following from your knowledge? Tank Size for Discuss? (non breeding pairs only) Best tank mates if any...

Hi Ed Tank has been running only 8 weeks. Fish other than initial tetras been in there for 6 weeks. Started with tetras and slowly built up after cycle. Had a Nitrite prob when loaches were added which then caused the White Spot (I think). Water perfect now (Zero Ammonia, Zero Nitrite, PH =...

Hi Everyone... Thanks for all the advice. Especially to Underwurlde for the PM assistance. The end result has been............ 2 clown loach deaths............ Nitrite now zero - After 8 days of 1-2ppm Ammonia now zero. - it dropped after 2-3 days PH 6.9 Temp 28 Other fish are looking...

Hi I had a nitrite and amonia problem 8 days ago. Which then quickly led to whitespot for 80% of my fish. I added salt to assist with the white spot and reduced feeding etc to help get the bio filter back to requirements. The end result has been the 2 clown loaches have died - and now the...

Thanks for your help. The amoni has reduced to below 0.25 but the nitrite is up to 1 mg/l. AND the Whitespot is EVERYWHERE now. 80% of fish. I have been told by the LFS to stop ANY water changes till the water gets better. Because the canges will prevent the bacteria building up. HOWEVER...

Thanks for all the advice. In summary it looks like I can just keep going with the water changes and the bio filter will catch up. Should I really raise the temp to 37 degrees??? As John said? Also the guy at the LFS said it may be the "gravel" leeching ammonia back to the tank - in which...

Hi I have a relatively new tank. 6 weeks old now. The fish were added slowly in line with what the LFS was telling me. It appears that the most recent addition of 2 clown loaches has tipped the scale and the biological filter is NOT keeping up. Nitrite is 0.50 mg/l and Ammonia 0.40 mg/l I...