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Follow-on question: I have ordered some Panacur C (fenbendazole) and know I will need to move my nerite snails. Anyone have any idea how long I'll have to wait before re-introducing them? If I do enough water changes to the point where it's all new water, is it safe then or will it stay in the...

Thanks for the info, I may just need to find somewhere else to put the nerites so. I haven't fed any live foods, so I assume they came in on plants.

I have recently spotted planaria in 2 of my 3 tanks (I am 100% sure it's planaria as I got one out and looked at it under a magnifying glass to see the arrow-shaped head & eyes). I have only spotted 3 in total so far between the 2 tanks, but I assume I have more in reality. The first tank has...

Not sure if this is the correct forum, apologies if not. I was doing my weekly water change etc. today after a few days of not really doing much with the tank. When I took out the first jug of water from gravel vacuuming, I saw loads of tiny white/clear bugs (maybe a mm or so)? After going back...

Hoping someone can clear this up for me - I have recently set up a new 60L tank and am thinking of putting in galaxy raspboras, but am wondering how they will handle flow? The tank came with a 300L/h filter so it's not overly strong but I just want to be sure this is OK as flow seems to be...

Thanks for the replies! Appreciate the detail on what phosphate does for the plant, I can see why that wouldn't be as important for aquatic plants. In terms of lighting, is 8W/900 lumens (for 10h/day) enough for this tank without CO2? That's just what the tank came with but I've heard that some...

Sorry I meant to state the fertiliser I use in my post - I use EasyLife Profito (which does not contain N/P/K), and EasyLife Kalium (for K). I had assumed that the fish & food would provide enough N and P but seems I may have been wrong. I tested yesterday before my weekly water change and my...

I have an 80L tank with Limnophila Sessiliflora, Vallisneria sp. "Tiger" and dwarf sag. The vallisneria is doing well & sending out runners quickly, dwarf sag is OK but growing very slowly. The limnophila was doing well for the first few weeks, and is still actively growing & sending out...

So just a quick follow-up question on this (appreciate all the help btw, saved me a lot of headache trying to figure all this out). I did a full treatment as directed and the white spot cleared up very well. I did lose one fish which, in addition to the white spot, seemed to have significant fin...

I was recently recommended by my LFS to try Tropica Specialised Nutrition fertiliser (still a little unsure if I need this as I do not add CO2 & I had thought the fish would provide enough N/P, but then my tank is not heavily stocked). However when I read the label I saw that it contains...

Thanks everyone for the advice! Hopefully I caught it early enough, doesn't look too bad yet. This might be a stupid question but should I disinfect/wash things like my gravel vacuum/nets/etc.? Can ich survive on these?

I have a tank with neon tetra, amano shrimp and nerite snails. Today I noticed a number of white spots on the fins (and a small few on the skin) of my neon tetra. This seems to have come on relatively quickly as I did not notice them before. Unfortunately I do not have another tank to separate...

I was thinking of adding some dwarf sag to my aquarium and have read mixed things online about whether this will grow in gravel (some sources saying you need soil for it to grow properly). Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this? The gravel I have is quite fine, and I would be...

I have recently planted some H. Polysperma in my tank (about 1-2 weeks ago) and it seems to have a lot of holes in its leaves (picture attached). I have noticed a small few baby snails recently after adding a few plants - not sure what species (the only snails I put in there are nerite snails...