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:) The whole ten day water change was only ever while I was replacing the existing tank water/tap water with the high nitrates with small amounts of the new RO water so as not to stress the existing fish to much! I will do much more regular water changes if/when I get discus. At the moment I...

Shame that you want to take that attitude, most people on here seem to want to help. I asked for advice and opinions not a lecture. Where are the random water changes? Every week I do water changes and for your info in our area the water comes out of the tap at 40 for the nitrates, hence the...

I all and thanks for the replies, I managed to get the test kit for kh and gh at the weekend and have just done the test. If i am reading it right the gh was 220 (i had to add 11 drops to get it to turn to the colour needed) and the kh was 80-90 (cant remember if I added 8 or nine drops how...

Fair enough but I have had these 3 albino cories for about 3 years! They have moved tanks 3 times as we went from a cube tank to a 120l to a 300l, never had a problem with them, I wont be adjusting the temp for the discus as it is already at around the 30 mark

Thanks for all the advice so far. With regard to keeping more than 2 would I not have a problem with the stocking in my tank? if not, great, more the merrier!! The temp is already at around 30c and the albino corys seem fine, always active and feeding. thanks again

Hi everyone, I have a 300l tank that has been running for about a year and I want to freshen it up a bit. I thought about converting it and trying out marine but it would be a shame to rehome all the existing fish we have. So I thought it would be an idea to try discus. I have been doing a bit...

3 dead now, all apistos. The one survivor was laying on the bottom of the tank, very dark but not colourful if you follow. Was going to get it out but it swam off. As long as it can swim and isnt struggling for breath I dont really want to top it. Every other fish is fine. All very active and...

Sorry for the short reply but I am replying on my phone from work, another apisto has died. Yes the are laying on the bottom on their sides and hiding out the way. No flicking or rubbing and breathing seems fine. All other fish are healthy (prays it stays that way)

Please help, we have a 300l tank with 3 mascara barbs, 6 red line torpedo barbs, 3 albino corys, 6 cardinals, 1 rainbow shark and 4 apistos (the one begining cautic.....) which are all male. We have had them for about 4 months with no problems. All tests came back 0 except nitrate which was 40...

Hi everyone, we currently have a bullnose plec in our 300l tank which is my 3 year old sons pride and joy. Without fail its the first thing he looks for every morning so this fish has to stay. But, its not the best algae eater by any means, devours wafers but barely touches the algae. We have 3...

cheers for the replies, I may have to have a rethink as I dont really want to have to take back the apisto's but at the same time I dont want to cause stress to them by getting a bigger cichlid in there. Shame, they really are stunning fish. Back to the drawing board i suppose.

Thanks for the replies, the tank is 300litres 1200 long, 300 deep and 700 high. Before the ich it was all ok with ammo and nitrite at 0 and nitrate between 20 & 40 as that's what it leaves the tap at. The cardinals will go provided I can convince the wife that sevs are the way to go but won't be...

What stunning fish they are! Just found this thread on my phone whilst at work so please forgive me if its a really stupid question as I have not had much time to research so thought I would ask away. I currently have a rena aqaulife 300 with 6 redline torpedo barbs (2 inch at the minute) 3...

Yes mate looks a lot like the pic of a golden chinese algae eater, does the siamese version look similar? Sorry, I am accessing this via my phone as I can't get to pc at the minute, thanks for the replies so far. They are trying to catch it at the minute to take back but in 450l anted tank its...

Yes that's the one!! Is a golden sucking loach the same thing? Is there not an orange one they could get that won't savage the other fish? Its definatly the one in your pic, what can they expect if they keep it? They want to take it back but its proving hard to catch at the minute!

lethal? Just googled golden sucking loach and it brings up a very similar picture, grows to 12 inchs and gets aggressive when older, well theirs is 2 inches and claim 2 gouramis already!!

Hi all, wonder if you can help me out. I read a thread the other day (cant find it now) about an algae eater that grows quite quickly and gets large and is fond of sucking a hole in other fish. Ring any bells? Come to my mums this weekend and she tells me her new sucking loach has more than...

Thanks for the replies, glad to hear of some success stories with it. Did you just carry on dosing every 3 days? Yes I have the temp up to 30. Other than the spots the fish are active and feeding well. When you used it did the tank clear within 2 hours? I wasn't sure if maybe the filter was...

hi, added the second dose yesterday but as yet its showing no signs of clearing up. Its got worse if anything. The cardinals are quite covered and my torpedo barbs have a few more on them. All fish behaving normally though. Anyone know how long before it starts to clear up? After 2 doses I...

Thanks for that, so there's no need to water change before day 4 then?

Hi all, I have a thread going in fish emergencies about my flicking themselves on the gravel, turns out to be whitespot. I have been advised to start a thread in here for advice on the above product. I am either missing a booklet or the instructions are not great. I have read on the internet...

The instruction booklet is next to useless. No mention of water change, may be missing booklet I think as it is more of a description of all their products as opposed to instructions. Its a 300l tanl to required 30ml which I put in, the tank went greeny/blue for about 2 hours at most then...

cheers for that. Day one was sat so day four would be tuesday, should i water change just before? Thought thats what I read on here but it dont say so in the instructions. Also the fish are starting to behave poorlynow, swimming at funny angles, a few are gasping and more spots have appeared...

Hi Gills look ok, but on closer inspection a few neons have quite a few white spots on them, more so than any of the other fish. My pride and joy (6 torpedo barbs) only one has a spot on it but a couple have what looks like a spot on their fins. I decided to play it safe and went to the lfs...

I have a horrible feeling it may be whitespot/ich. Just done a water change and noticed a couple of tiny pots on a few fish. Going to have another look in a couple of hours when tank calms down after change just in case it is tiny bubbles but I think I'm being really hopeful there.

Evening all hopefully you can put my mind at rest. Our fish, well mainly the black spot barbs and the redline torpedo barbs keep flicking themselves against the gravel. No fish in the tank are sshowing any white spots or signs of ill health. Ammo and nitrIte are 0 and nitrate is around 40 ppm as...

Thanks for all the replies. I aimed the nozzle at the side of the tank and turned half the spray bar round and down so it aims at the back wall, the other half rippling the top and normal service has resumed. Maybe it was just coincedence but those barbs definatley turned into jaws for 20 minutes!

I added it yesterday but have been messing about with it to try and get it right, As well as the spray bar there was a bell type nozzle that fans the water out but that did create quite a current so I opted for the spray bar, although in the manual it says the spray bar can be bad for plants...

The 2 intakes are at one end and the spray bar and nozzle are at the opposite end. Do you mean aim the spray bar at the glass at the front of tank (as it is) or behind itself to the back wall? Sorry if its a lot of questions but I really want the tank to run as near to perfect as possible, I...

No the fins seem fine, I can turn the flow down, that wont harm the filter will it? I would rather remove one than risk them burning out? One has a spray bar and the other has the jet nozzle, would it make any difference do you think if I were to aim the spraybar straight down? Oh and thanks...

The new filter was added, the old one is running as well. No, they dont seem pale how do you mean "fins clamped"? They look normal but I'm not too sure what i'm looking for.

We have a rena 300l tank with the xp2 filter. Yesterday I added a jbl e1500 external filter which has added a lot more movement/flow in the tank. Which I believed to be a good idea for our 6 torpedo barbs. We also have 2 dwarf rainbows, 3 black spot (mascara?) barbs, 1 bull nose plec, 3 albino...

Just got back from swallow aquatics and have been advised to maybe start using RO water when I do the water change. They suggested getting a 25l container and get that filled weekly with RO water. With a 300l tank I am asuming I would need more than that though. Any thoughts or opinions on...

Has nobody got any experience with the rena xp2 filter? Could it be that having the biochem bag and the nitrazorb bag squeezed in the same chamber together is making it not work properly? I was thinking of getting some ottos but have read they dont like nitrAte above 5ppm and with mine leaving...

We usually put the lights on about 13.00 and turn them off at 22.00, is this too long?

Ok I will wait for a few more weeks then before spending anymore on extra filters, its been up and running probably 3 weeks now but only been in the last 5-7 days the brown algea has appeared Thanks for the advice

Yes its a new tank but one filter got moved across with the same sponges and the other filter has existing media put in with the new. The tank is not in direct sunlight really, its at the front of the house where the sun is always up in the back garden. I thought it may have been due to the...

Thanks for the reply, am sure its the brown algea but is says its caused by ammonia and filter not being mature? Used the api master kit and it shows ammonia at 0ppm. Also one of the filter was already running in the old tank and I put the old sponges from the other filter in the old tank in...

Evening all, as the title says really, have recently bought a rena 300 tank with the xp2 filter and transferred my fish and pf2 internal filter across, all stats at zero except nitrAte wich is at 40ppm, although that's aso what it comes out the tap at. In the xp2 external filter have the course...

Thanks for the replies, tried to find out a bit more about the rena xp3 external filter that comes with the new tank, anyone had any experience with them?