Recent content by athomson

I would reduce the amount of time your lights are on each day. I had this problem and reduced by one hour. The algae gradually went away (All but a small amount). It's OK to stir it up but I think it'll be back real soon if that's all you do to eliminate it. It doesn't help to have high levels...

Just checked the tank and I now have one less clutch and a many more tiny snails! Forgot to mention before - I also have a handfull of trumpet snails in the tank. I don't know how they got there.

2 angels, four years ago. I still have one of them.

Can't think of anything against it. I used to have a tank with a mirror back, just to give it the appearance of depth. This caused no problems for the fish. However if you went down the one way mirror route, it wouldn't actually make the fish feel enclosed.

When I moved with a 300L tank, I was only able to keep 40L in a fermenting bin. The added water was treated with aquasafe. That was a year ago and all fish were fine. I guess the more water you can keep, the better though.

Hi I need some advice regarding a snails breeding tank and silver dollars. I have a 180 litre tank. Currently all that's in there are 4 fully grown apple snails, about 30 very young apple snails (about 5mm diameter), and two clutches of eggs. I have moved the silver dollars to another tank...