bacteria

I have a well-established, planted 20gal tank.  In the last couple days I had an intense bacteria bloom that I did not get in time to prevent blowing up...  One of my apple snails died and also apparently my apple snails don't love kale; so, instead of the kale getting eaten, the tank very...

Hi Everyone, I have just set up the filter in my Rio Juwel 400 and after just 17 hours my filter pad looked like the one you see below. How often do I need to change my filter pads? Is that normal after just 17 hours? How dirty should it be before I change it? It is that colour before I have...

I currently have a 55 gallon that I need to seriously revaluate. It has horrible large pebble-blacksand mixed substrate currently and I am going to switch it with pool filter sand. (or PFS if youre trendy). I know I will likely have to move my cichlids into a holding container which I can do...

Hello, I am very new to aquariums and am doing my best to understand the cycling process. I have always loved betta fish and after long consideration have decided to breed my male and my female. I have learned as much as I can, and have bought two tanks, filters, testing kits, heaters...

     Hey everyone, I have a tank that's just 2 months old but it's after going through a lot of ups and downs, literally.. After a rough fish-in cycle and facing some deaths, fish fighting, ick, eye eating, etc..  I feel like my tank is FINALLY at the point where it's stable and everyone in...

Hello,   Two days ago an Endlers Guppy showed signs of Finrot. Yesterday I bought Interpet No.8 and treated the aquarium with it.   But today 2 other Endlers are are also unwell, and now the symptoms are more clear, not of Finrot, but of Bacteria (besides fins continuing degrading, now they are...

Hey guys I'm looking for some advice, personal experience and also your opinions. So recently I've been having a few issues with cloudy water, smoke like and a pale white in colour. After some research and sound advice from a very trusted LFS (Who advised AGAINST a sale!) It appears to be a...

Hi,   I am hoping I may be able to get some help.   I have had a problem in my tank for a while now........it seems to never go away. I have had fish deaths and currently have 4 tetras and male Beta that seem to be having some trouble (the beta seemed to have fin rot when I got him - I didn't...

Hello and thank you in advance for your help! Do you know what this may be on our Puffer and what may help him?   We love our puffer man so much and are perplexed as to his malady that has been developing over the past 10 days. It is a white area on his head. It is not raised, not cotton, but it...

This is an open thread to ask questions about cycling.

Having a bag of biomax sitting in the tank, will it still grow beneficial bacteria, or does it have to be in a hob ?       http://gyazo.com/6bf02a54acefae50d1861146abee9db0 <------- (Picture)

Hi guys, any information would be appreciated. I came home from work about 4 days ago and discovered my tropical tank (25 litres) had a severe leak. It was too late in the evening to get to the pet store so I had to find a tank quickly on gumtree to save my fish. I have a shrimp, a glass...

Dear members, What a stressful few days it has been in my house!!! I have no idea what happened, everything was going so well with my little adopted fish &ndash; even my known tail biter seemed okay and then everything took a turn for the worst. If you do not have time to read through all the...