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ok thanks luckily the room he is in is very bright anyway - i was going to buy him a new light and then spoke to a lfs person who said that lights are mainly for plants and human viewing and that fish wouldn't have light in the wild and tbh he seems a lot happier without the lights

hi guys, my light broke in my current bristle nose tank and he has had natural light only - now i did some research and asked around and apparently they prefer natural light only - he is by a window but not too close to cause problems with heat and sun etc. I am moving him to a a much larger...

Oh ok i thought he might think what the hell is that orange crap in my tank - thanks for the advice i will give him some worms tonight and then try a few different pieces over the next few days - thanks again

my bristle nose plec is 7yrs old now and has been fed a combination of floating wafers, occasional veggies mostly cucumber and courgette. i tried him on some carrot the other night and he didn't touch it, tried a spinach leaf the night after still nothing. i was worried he wasn't eating and was...

new tank filter is a fluval U3. established filters are fluval 2 with sponges and a similar model to the fluval 2 in the plec tank i can't remember the exact name but it has 2 parts to it one on top and 1 underneath both with sponges - i had to get this in an emergency when my last one broke...

yes i am going to be moving all the fish eventually was going to do it in stages, plec first then tetras maybe a week later - sorry for another stupid question but if i moved Pedros the plec and his filter then moved the tetras a week later would i need their filter as well or is the media the...

thanks guys, i am doing a partial water change tomorrow in both established tanks would adding some of the stuff from the filters help as well. Oh and what ammonia is it just normal household ammonia and if so where the hell do i get that from?

Thanks for the reply i was just a bit concerned about adding ammonia to the tank as i am sure i didn't do this before - the tank is planted as well i have roughly about 10 plants a mixture of large and smaller ones

Hi guys, I know this sounds really silly and i should know this already but i have heard conflicting info and i am now very confused. I am upgrading my two smaller tanks to one much larger one. The 2 smaller approx 65 litre tanks have been running for years with no fish loss or major water...

Hi Guys, Just looking for a bit of advice really. i have just purchased a new 125 litre tank and currently have 2 smaller 60 litre approx tanks that have been running for 6 years plus with very few problems. i have relatively large 6-7 inch bristle nose plec in one tank and due to a fish dying...