Recent content by chipsncheese

Hi I've had a group of 5 odessa barbs for about six months until a couple of weeks ago when one of them bloated up and its scales were sticking out, it was like a balloon and died after a couple of days. I assumed dropsy through some sort of bacterial infection and dosed the tank with a...

I've been looking for the tpn+ but have come up blank. Got any links? Who makes it? I'm going to be relying on the flourish excel stuff from now on. I haven't been testing the co2 levels so far but will start if it's advisable. I've got a kh drop checker (which came up at 4 last week and my...

I've got this problem too but am confused as to how it can be related to flow rate as this stuff seems to be growing most on the plants directly in front of the filter outlet pipe. Weird?

Hi again I am in the uk and on call hence no fun for me tonight so thought I'd try and get some help. I am dosing with excel(the carbon one) and flourish and was under the impression that the fish would provide the necessary macro nutrients but am happy to try the npk+ if that's what the...

Hi I've had a fluval 200 (55G) tank which comes out of the box with a fluval 205 filter and 2x30W light capability. I have bought quite a few plants with various degrees of successful, stem plants seem to grow quite well and swords too. I can't get any java moss to grow and i've battled nearly...

Hi I added four clown loaches to my tank nearly 2 weeks ago. My tank was a couple of months old and readings (ammonia, nitrate etc) were ok but they all quicky developed many white spots pretty much like the picture above. I have treated with protozin at half the dosage for six days now but...

even dafter question - how long should you leave the water with the dechlor in to take effect before you add it to the tank? ie the how long before the declor has done its job and the water is safe. Ta