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SJM I'm not a pro yet but if you put a lettuce leaf in the tank overnight the snails will collect on the leaf. Remove the leaf in the morning and repeat every night until you gain control. About the algea problem, control the amount of light your tank recieves, direct sunlight is bad and...

Hi there! I've been trying to do a lot of research on spawning and the breeding of fish and I keep comming upon the phrase " in the breeding season". None of my resources actually tells me when the breeding season is. Is it also in spring like the rest of the animals or does it depend on the...

Thank you guys for all the good advice, I really appreciate it! Oldman ,great thanx to that usefull piece of info on Daphnia, now I now where to look.(I live in an area with lots of wild rivers ,dams,ponds and streams-lucky me!) And the rest of you guys, great thanks!!I think most importanedly...

Hi there Waterdrop. I've managed to measure the tank today and it appears to be a 250 L tank( not sure how much gallons that is) and did a 50% waterchange as well as a light blackout and I must admit that the tank is responding very well. The previous owner did not have any filters at all, only...

Thanx guys! Unfortunately I cannot do a fishlesscycle because of the fish I got it with. The tank doesn't get direct sunlight but is in a room that allows for a good amount of light to enter the room but not directly on the tank. I am trying to compensate for the amount of light it gets by...

Can anybody give me some advice? I recently got an old settled tank from a friend. After I replaced all the water and washed the gravel the water turned a bright green colour . The only other thing I did was installing a box filter and sponge filter. The tank did not previously had any filters...