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Sorry for the thread hi-jack, I have lost a couple of blue three spot gouramis this weekend and I am at a loss as to the reason.   I bought five just after Christmas and lost one within three days that I put down to stress. I have since done a couple of 25% water changes and tested the water...

I have this problem too with my Fluvel 205, after a bit of internet digging to looks like it could be down to debris clogging up the hoses and the area around the impellor. Have read of this thread http://forum.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41965 I'll try tomorrow to give my...

I've just started re-scaping my tank and ordered an 80 plant collection from Plants Alive. Should I be quarantine the plants in a second tank before introducing them to the large tank to avoid/reduce snail infestation?

Ok thanks Can anyone help on this one? I have had a tour of the dealers in my area yesterday and apart form the Jewel backgrounds I can't find anything that looks remotely realistic like Steds.

Hi sted, I have the same tank as you and I am planning a make-over, any chance of a link to where I can get that background? Cheers Ian

I hope it was just a coincidence and I did buy them as a pair, I think i will wait a while and then replace the dead one. I set the tank up with water and gravel from an old tank and then cycled it with regular water changes but had to put fish in straight away and hence I have had quite a few...

I guess if it's an algae it shouldn't harm the fish, maybe the shark dying could have been down to stress after the water changes. I have been testing with a multi test strip and the last test a few minutes ago showed the following results, pH - 6.8, KH - 3, GH - 7, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate 25mg/l...

Advice needed please. My tank is still quite new; about three months old but in the last week has gone really cloudy. My nitrate level is quite high so over the weekend i have done two 30% water changes and the cloudyness returns. On Saturday I cleaned the foam filter in my canister filter...