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I use that dilbert, and my Cherry Shrimp are all okay (I've had them for 3 months or so). Kes

Hello, I know the problem, I've used Sera (liquid) Nitrate Test, Nutrafin (liquid) Nitrate test and API test sticks. I'm fairly convinced that my Nitrate is at or below 50, but the difference in colours has driven me mad too. I tested my tap water and again, I'm only fairly sure that my tap &...

brayer, I've got nitrate in the tap water same as littlest, mines about 10-20ppm, so I just do normal water changes and try to keep it at/below 40ppm. Kes

Will, I'll just cut and paste this from another thread, I've got gravel with no substrate, though I have stuck a root tab in it under the Crypt Limnophila Sessiliflora (sold to me as Ambulia) for my tank (Juwel 60 with standard light) 3 weeks ago and its growing well - I'm going to have to...

DiscusLova, I bought some Limnophila Sessiliflora (sold to me as Ambulia) for my tank (Juwel 60 with standard light) 3 weeks ago and its growing well - I'm going to have to trim it soon, after only 3 weeks. I've also got Elodea Densa, Vallisneria Spiralis, a Java Fern, some Java Moss and an...

I'd go with Birchwood Aquatics in Swanley (by the old Deja Vu nightclub), its got another branch in Wyevale Garden center on Oakley Road in Bromley if as well. Which Maidenhead Aquatics did you go to? Polhill? They always seem good, but a couple of times, maybe when too many people are on...

Yes, the tank's been up and running for over 5 months now, the 2 guppies were the last fish I added, I guess 3 months or so ago. That's what I suspected about small fish, I was just wondering if there were any others like guppies that don't seem too bothered about being kept singly (though they...

Cheers Doresy, I've just done a water change, and they look pretty good - no Ammonia/Nitrite - Nitrate is still high at about 20-40ppm. After visiting a LFS last week I found out I'd been over-feeding and the Nitrate's dropping down slowly now I'm feeding less. May also be being helped by a...

Can anyone help? We've, (me and my 2 sons - 5 & 2) have got a Juwel 60, moderately planted, with : 2 Leopard Cories 4 Harlequin Rasboras 6 Cardinal Tetras 6 Cherry Shrimp 2 Apple Snails (and stowaway little snails :angry: ) The water's pretty bloody hard & pH about 7.5 Until Tuesday I...

Can't vouch for the others in your mix, but my two Apple Snails, two Guppies and Shrimp like Brocolli I'd guess they'd eat the others, just defrost & blanch them and try it, I can't see that it would do any harm. Kes

Oh well, here's a random guess from me £78.36 :lol Have a nice time in Portugal !!

Cheers for the reply Loachman, I'll try and see if I've got room for 2, but I think it may be pushing my tank/filter too far :( For the OP - Cucumber doesn't work in mine for the little snails, though the Apple Snails love it, but the same LFS recommended trying potato instead, so I'll give...

Don't want to hijack this, but one LFS recommended a Dwarf Chain Loach, because I've only got a small (Juwel 60) tank. But I've got a couple or so questions: Will my 2 (much bigger) Apple snails be okay, or will the loaches harass them to death (as I read somewhere else)? How much will they...

I've got just 2 leopard cories running around the bottom (and everywhere else!!) of my tank and they seem happy going off separately then 'meeting up' and swimming together for a bit. Oh, and be prepared for the cory 'am I dead or just resting' trick, it took me weeks to get used to and I still...

Harlequin Rasboras - my LFS recommended them or Zebra Danios as 'hardy' fish, but I'd read elsewhere that the Zebras like plenty of simming space so I got 3 Harlequins as my first fish (in a 54L tank). Be ultra careful that you don't overfeed, cos only 2 or 3 will need very, very little food.

I've had a couple of Golden Apple Snails for about a month..... Are they dirty? A bit, but they clean as they go, so, IMHO, they make up for it. Can u feed them algae wafers? No idea, I have sunk blanched cucumber and courgette for them though. Are they harmful to your fish? Not that I know. Do...

Barney whereabouts in Kent are you? I bought half a dozen cherry shrimp from Maidenhead Aquatics in Polhill Garden Centre about 3 weeks ago. They had both cherries & amano to choose from. Kes

Warning - noob here, but for what it's worth: I picked Cherries because I preferred the look of them. I've got a fairly new tank with 6 Cherries in with 4 Harlequins, 6 Cardinal Tetras, 2 Guppies & 2 Leopard Cories (and 2 Apple snails & ??? ramshorn stowaways that I'm trying to eliminate)...

Bear in mind I'm a complete noob at this, but I'd scrub it off with an old toothbrush, and then boil it before I put it in, that'd probably clear it up. Hopefully someone with more experience can come and confirm if this is a good/bad idea.

I'd recommend Cardinals too - you can see a lovely bright slash of colour from them. I just added 6 at the weekend and at a distance you can't really see my Harlequins or Corys, but the blue line on the top shines. I'm a complete noob at this fishkeeping lark, but they seem happy with their...

Don't want to hijack, but it sounds like you've got exactly the same as me, and mine is a new tank, only 4 weeks old. It's on the glass, gravel, and one on one of the (real) plant's leaves. But it's not growing nearthe back of the tank or near my Vallis plants - are they keeping it away...

Rabbut, if it hadn't worked that was what I was going to do next, but I like the sound of the splashing water (the wife's not too keen, she keeps thinking we have a real water leak). With the pipe pushing the water along the back of the tank it looks like there's a good movement of water that...

Plonker alert!!!! I don't know why my pump wouldn't push water out sideways when I first put it together (and I tried more than once!) but I've just pulled the right angle pipe out, turned it through 90 degrees and the water's happily pumping out right to left across the back of the tank. It...

Yes, I bought it from a local garden centre so it all came together (with the stand). The pump is almost right at the front in the housing, with the right angled pipe in it and pointing forwards, over the wall of the housing. Cheers for looking by the way, I'd swear the little harlequins I've...

Hiya Caino, cheers for the reply. I've got that right-angled pipe pointing towards the front of the tank, it looked like it was going to splash out the back when I pointed it towards the back - ironic since that's what it's doing now at the front. I tried pointing it sideways, but for some...

I've bought a Juwel 60 for my son (honest), but I've got a problem - here's hoping someone can help. I've fitted it all up and got it going, but I keep getting water 'seeping' under the hood at the front and dripping down. It looks like the pipe from the pump is pushing the water at the front...