water

Hi everyone! It has been such a long time since I have posted! Anyway, I have a question for anyone that can help!    I have been blessed to live in an area that only uses well water. And because of this, I have never had to buy the water treatments. I just put the water in the tank and let it...

My tap water is medium on the hardness scale, and the pH is naturally around 7.7 or so.   I would like to start a tank for South American fish that need lower pH and soft-medium water. In researching the topic I seem to be getting mixed opinions on whether to adjust the hardness and pH to better...

Hi Guys, I have just begun landscaping my new Rio Juwel 400. So far I have put in one rock, a large piece of wood and four live plants. Everything was going fine, until, having cycled my tank I put in as a start two one month old baby Mollies. I feed them and everything but they are eating away...

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...

Hi, I have purchased the Rio Juwel 400 and it comes with a 300 watt heater. It is a 450L tank and despite the fact that the 300W heater it comes with it is advertised as being able to do: "UP TO 450L" I am conscious that that might be slightly exaggerated. Also looking around on the web it...

Hi Everyone, I have just purchased a 450 Litre tank and I was wondering if anyone could give me some suggestions as to what fish to get. I would like something very colourful, large and interesting and preferably reasonably easy to find. I have not yet decided whether it is going to be a...

HI,   So my tank has started leaking, well my mother noticed it a few days ago, but now it's really bad. It looks like it's from the bottom of the tank, but I don't really know as cant remove water and fish at the moment.   If it is the glass that has cracked, can I use fish safe silicone to...

Hi, ive got 6 guppy tanks and 5 of them are fine but one (red albinos) are not well. They have been in there for 2 months now, when i bought the two pairs they were 3 months old and one actually dropped a few fry within a week. Now normally id keep them in a ratio of 1:3/4 but the males now of a...

Hey, so i am going to get a kit to test my nitrate, ammonia, nitrite and PH.....   should i get one with the drops of liquid or the other kind?     Whats the benefits of the certain ones and which ones the best in your opinion?

I have a pregnant Molly and six baby balloon mollies from her first fry. The babies were quite a surprise since she was the only fish in there with our dwarf frog. The babies are a few months old so I'm not concerned with their health but the mom looks about ready to drop another fry and I don't...

I am getting some allege in my cold water koi tank, i was wondering if there are any allege eating pleco type fish that could be in at tank that stays around 68-70*F-ish or snails that wont escape (openings in the top) I would really like to NOT get snails, but i need something to eat up this...

Hi,.   So let me begin by apologising if this is in the wrong section. I wasn't too sure, but presumed this to be quite a basic question (shame I've ran out of ideas!) so placed it here.   Anyway, I have a custom made aquarium, at 60cm tall, 54cm deep and 76cm long, this one is quite unique.  ...

Hi Everyone!     Let me start off by saying that I feel a little like a "fish out of water" here (bad pun, I know), but desperate times call for desperate measures. I am a 3rd year college student and I took in a male betta fish from a guy down the hall who didn't have time for the...

Hello All,   I have a new setup as follows:   Roma 125 tank Eheim Professional 3 250 filter   I put 1 cm of Tropica Plant Substrate in a couple of days ago, then 3-4 cm of gravel that came supplied with the tank over this, a medium piece of washed in fresh water bogwood from Petsathome and a...

I dont know much about salt water tanks. but What if someone Made a filter that was also a heater? if there is not something like that already. It would save space in your tank.

I was just wondering if there are any easy to take care of plants that are really colorful or flowery plants I can keep in a fresh water tank?

  I Never had a salt water tank before just fresh water. I was thinking when I get the money to of getting a salt water tank and I would really like a tank of these little guys, And I was wondering if any other fish can go in with them or can they even be in a tank with more then one? are they...

My fresh water tank has raised my goldfish for years, they are massive and healthy. 3 boys and 1 girl. Lately, my water is starting to get a green tinge to it... is this caused from Algae or something else? The fish don't seem to be bothered, but I don't want it to turn into something that may...

Quantity for sale: 5 handfulls Reason for sale: overgrown tanks Delivery or collection: either Sales price: £5 shipped per handful Location: Norwich (Old) photograph:   Yeah, the tank is overgrown again and need to clear it out somewhat as the water lettuce is blocking off all the light for the...

Am re-doing an aqua one nano and want to switch to external filtration. Anyone got any recommendations? The new eheim kit looks ugly as hell and seems to be missing built in heater.  Ive seen something from eden but dont know the brand at all.

At the invitation of Shrimp Addict I have started my second thread. After a good 1st year of fish and shrimp keeping in an 80cm tank I went for one of these as that's all I have room and also frankly funds for, justifiable and otherwise. I planned design well in advance, but after advice in shop...

Hello, So recently I started to wonder about my terrapins, one red eared male and another unidentified female. Firstly: How high should the water level be? I usually use 2 buckets full, it's a big glass tank. This brings it to about two centimetres over their shells. Is this enough water...

Comparison and Review on the new and old UP Inline Diffuser's   When i entered the world of Injected Co2 i did some research and came across lots of diffusers some internal some external and inline with the filter, now considering i already had an inline heater and wanted to keep equipment...

Hi Everyone,   Quick question I need some help on.   My tank is 30 days old now and I did a fish-in cycle (not many fish). Ammonia has been zero for 1.5-2 weeks, nitrates have fallen to 0 in the last few days but nitrite continues to climb until I do a partial water change. Usually it gets to...

Hi, okay so I've already got a tank, but have a bigger newer one and would like some advice on how to set it up, Measurements are L 90 cm W 28 cm H 37 cm 93.24 litres 24.631 gallons, What type of fish would be best suited for this tank? I want it to be a cichlid tank, How many fish would I...

Hi, okay so I got a new tank from my friend, which has been up and running for a couple of years, so don't need to worry about nitro cycle and stuff, I love fish! I am studying to become a marine biologist and am in year 11 Measurements are: L 58 H 30 W 30 52.2 L tank 13.789 gallons It came...

Hi Everyone,   I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if I have put this in the wrong place.     My brother used to keep tropical fish when we were kids, so I have a little bit of knowledge about tropical fish and their care, but wanted some assistance with my water quality results.     I...

Hi everyone! It's my first time setting up a planted fish tank. I placed 7 guppies in a 3 gallon tank with aerator only after 10 days the water went murky so, I installed a water filter. I plan to clean up the whole tank tomorrow changing the water because the stones at the bottom are looking...

Can u use melted snow for aquarium? is it the same as rainwater?

Hello Everyone! My name is James, I am a 16 year old currently attending High School and live in the Hunter Valley region of NSW, Australia. I have had a fascination of fish for as long as I can remember, and decided now would be a good time to start looking at becoming a proud carer of the...

hello, I'm about to start a fishless cycle in a brand new tank. I have gravel to put on the tank floor. Would you say it's better to first add water to the tank and then the gravel, or the other way around ? And I read some conflicting opinions on whether you could already have plants in it...

I just ordered some Indian almond leaves for my 10 gallon shrimp tank and I was wondering how brown they are going to make the water. I know this is the betta section, but I know a lot more people use these leaves in their betta tanks, so I felt I would get some better answers here. My pH is...

Fluval 306 external filter: Age and condition: I have for sale a 4 month old 306 filter. The big white foam pads have been used, the black foam has not nor have the polishing pad or ceramic hoops. The supplied piping has been cut in half to suit inlet and outlet. Its still being used so has not...

Hi again all I seem to be having some kind of water problems, I'm not sure if it's because of the filter though. I've never had any problems with my water, it's all been plain sailing, but at the beginning of the week it went cloudy. I checked the filter the day before yesterday and it had...