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Yep it's happened again, i changed my floating fern 2 water lettauce because my fern was growing too well, and now i have the same problem with my lettauce!!!!!!:D , so for those of you are interested I have water lettauce available free to a good home, just pm me, and i'll send you my address...

hi, have you tried or seen this site:http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html its very helpful HTH wayne

hi, just curious because i am UK and dont know the products you are using, but acid regulator sounds like its designed to reduce acidity, and thus raise pH? just a thought :unsure:

this might sound a tad drastic, but how about using bottled water for water changes, when we moved house last year our new house had been empty for a while and thus the water had sat in the pipes/tank for a while which gave me some water quality issues for a while, then i sent my wife to the...

:no: sorry cant help but want to get in on this thread, i'm having the same problem, stats all the same as yours, but having the same problem, i also started looking at fish tb, and from what i can gather ulcers are optional!!! However most literature suggested fish tb is rare but appears to be...

hi, i would try and steer away from chemical additives as it can be a bit dodgy getting the balance right, especially when you start doing water changes, i would go with the peat fibre - pack some into a nylon stocking, tie it shut, then rinse it thoroughly so all the loose bits come out (kinda...

:thumbs: it's a question individual to each tank and occupants as previously suggested, but just for the info, i change about 30l per fortnight in my 190l for what it's worth HTH

hi, ok, brief overview: 1, fish waste makes ammonia 2, bacteria convert ammonia to nitrite 3, other bacteria convert nitrite to nitrate thats the nitrogen cycle, once its completed ammonia and nitrite should always read 0, nitrate will build up as there is now bacteria 2 remove it, thats...

hi, sounds like it could well be white spot, are you uk or usa? there are a variety of remedies available, depends on where you are HTH

hi, i've been keeping fish now for several years and like you learned the hard way, only thing not mentioned so far is, be careful with the water changes, if you keep changing that amount of water, and taking out most of the nitrite and ammonia will mean it will take a heck of a lot longer to...