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Update: after a long period of nothing seeming to change, the one pictured has sadly passed away, and the one with the slightly odd tail now seems to hold their tail at an odd bent angle on occasion, like some of the strength is gone(?) even more concerningly, one of the Cockatoo Apisto in the...

Apologies if this is not the correct area, but after months of no issues with my tank I seem to be having a bit of an emergency! About a week and a half ago, one of my 10 T.Hengeli passed away. I was not particularly surprised by this, as this one had seemed particularly feeble ever since i...

I've got a bunch of floating plants, ranging from Water Sprite, Water lettuce, and some of what I assume is duckweed or some such that snuck in. Most of them seem to be dying too, or at least the Water Lettuce is melting. Though that could partially be due to the fact that the surface movement...

Thanks for the response! As for the window, there is one about 2-3 metres way but it never gets direct sunlight, and only shines on one edge of the tank which isn't the one with the issues, oddly enough!

In addition to the algae issue, I've had real trouble keeping the plants healthy! While some have grown really well, others have really struggled, even those which are supposed to be the hardiest of the lot! I have several bunches of Java Fern in my tank, and all of them are dying, as can be...

Hello and apologies for the dramatic title, but things have gotten very worrying in the last week or two and it's causing me no end of stress! This is my first tank, and it has been operational for 7 weeks now (including cycling). To begin with, I had some algae growth on the wood surfaces and...