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Seachem Prime is a water conditioner. It is a liquid. It removes chlorine. It splits chloramine into chlorine and ammonia then removes the chlorine and detoxifies the ammonia for 24 hours. Seachem also make Safe which is the same as Prime but it is a powder. It must be dissolved in water...

What they don't tell us is what their ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels are; what the hardness is; what's their water change regime. Of course everyone knows that having poor water conditions, the 'wrong' hardness and no water changes are the perfect way to keep fish :rolleyes:

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I found this image on UK Amazon. It looks like the things in your photo. They are called ceramic filter media. These are a type of filter medium. They are made of ceramic and have rough surface or holes in the surface for the filter bacteria to cling to. They have to go inside a filter. They...

It is impossible for mollies and swordtails to hybridise as they are in different genuses. Mollies are Poecilia and swordtails are Xiphophorus. However, most mollies sold in stores are already hybrids of different Poecilia mollies, and most swordtails sold in stores are swordtail/platy hybrids...

That hardness is perfect for them. With honey gouramis, make sure you get just one male. You'll see red honey gouramis for sale but those are not honeys, they are either thick lipped gouramis or some sort of hybrid as they get bigger than real honeys. If you omit the cories, you could get more...

Before deciding on fish species, you need to know that hardness, of GH, of your water. Fish kept in the 'wrong' hardness won't live as long as they should. The fish you mention are all soft water fish. If you are on mains water, your water provider's website should give your hardness. Look for a...

The hospital phoned this afternoon - can you come in earlier than 5.10? So he saw the doctor at 4 o'clock. We could have cooked a special dinner after all, but the ready meal was already thawing as that's quick to cook when we get in late.

It's our 48th wedding anniversary today. Celebrations are on hold as my husband has a hospital appointment at 5.10 this afternoon and we have no idea how long it will take or when we'll be back. Bad timing!

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Proteins are very long chains of amino acids. Bacter AE also contains micro-organisms and enzymes. Is this product supposed to build proteins in the tank? Their website does say it "provides a protein-rich food supply for the shrimplets". As to...

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I've lost two of the adult shrimps I bought in the last couple of days leaving me with 5. At least 2 are female and 1 male. On the plus side, I have just finished a water change on this tank and rescued 12 baby shrimps from the bucket ranging from very tiny to a week or two old. Since I can't...

The late Byron said on the forum that his tap water was naturally soft and acidic. This caused problems for his water provider as acidic water corroded their pipes. So they added soda ash to temporarily raise the pH so their pipes didn't corrode. When this tap water was allowed to stand, the...

And I thought those Phalaenopsis orchids with flowers which have been dyed blue or green were bad :(