Recent content by CraigDalton

Hi I had a pair of fully grown angels but unfortunately the male passed away recently. They were the show piece of my tank, always active and in view but since the male passed away my female is hiding alot of the day but still showing for feeding time. I was wondering if I got another male...

Everyone has been very helpful. It's very much appreciated!

Thanks very much! You have been super helpful. The substrate would hold the bulk of the beneficial bacterial. Would it just be OK to add in the bottled stuff? Also as the tank has 200L it would take a while for the heater to get the water to an acceptable temperature for the fish. Is it okay to...

Hi In my 200L aquarium I have just got gravel substrate but I would really like to use sand instead. I know how to add the sand while water is in the tank but I'm just wondering if anyone would have any tips for removing the gravel first. I know disturbing the substrate too much can cause an...

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Everyone has been very very helpful. I've got to admit ive only been keeping fish 1 year exactly now. I jumped right in and got what many wouldn't class as a starting tank. I got a jewel lido 200 tank which as you maybe know is the 200 litre square tank. Although I only just got a tank I didn't...

If someone could help me it would be great. I have a 200L tank that is planted with java fern and dwarf saggartia (probably spelt wrong) i am using seachum flourish excel and the bottle says after a large water change I need to add 20ml then every day its 5ml for the 200L. Am I over dosing it...

Thanks for all the help everyone!!

Hi there, When doing my water changes in my bigger tank which is 200L I vacuum out my 30% or so water and then when I am topping it up again I use a small bucket approx 7ish litres at a time to fill the tank back up as that's only how I can make it happen with my houses set up. Currently with...

It's all a learning experience in this hobby. The help from everyone is very much appreciated

Thanks again for the help. My tank has been cycled properly. It's been running with good readings for 9 months but just when I changed to a new filter it spiked but I'm guessing that's the main cause as it would hold alot of the good bacteria

Thanks to everyone for your help! I actually did put a new filter in a week ago but I did rinse the new sponges in the water from the old ones and also added bottled fluvel bacteria but maybe it hasn't been able to catch up yet. I'll do another water change and vacuum the top of the sand...

Hi there, Quick question on water parameters. I've been reading higher than ideal levels of ammonia and nitrates and nitrites. Every week I do a 30-40% water change and the 2 tanks are well cycled around 9 months they've been set up. Question is, does keeping the ammonia levels low in turn...

I have bought an antifungal and fit rot treatment so I'll See if there's any improvement in the coming days