Recent content by Guppy10

Hi all, a 800 mm wide shallow tank now has 10. Guppy, 7 tetras, and about 15 baby platy plus mum ( no dad as I moved her n all was well even tho I had scared tales of moving pregnant fish )' heavily planted,n2 heaters, a sponge filter and power filter. Gritty sand substrate. Do you think I...

Hi all, Firstly I no that folk will say adjust the light and feed less which is good advise but things have changed !! I never had this before while running a power filter but now down to a sponge all checks out ok but obviously don't have the flow now. 1 mum platy, 6 babies and 8 glow lites...

I see what you mean now better. I suppose you already are reducing the light time ? It's growing well in the light and nutrients so cutting these down must help ? I have a similar problem, my plants didn't do well at all so I bought a new light ( only £18 strip bar off eBay ) but bright as...

Seems ok to me from the blurry pic. Just squeeze them out in tank water and if the still work as filter sponges , then it's ok. I don't like to see them on show anyway, so would hide them if it was me. No problem exists as far as I can see.

Iv had 1 glolight with head up and can swim normal, looks heathy, maybe fatter for weeks now. Thought it had some disorder but minor as looks ok and is thriving it seems ?

Don't fuss over them lol, the good ones will be fine. Flake food is fine and they like plant life and algae . I purposely don't feed that tank with live food so babies may not get considered as food. The other tank gets live food nearly everyday and the results are stunning. But no fry would...

Ok. If it was mine, I'd have something vertical in the rear corners to from your central wood. Probably more wood as I think fake is just trashy lol. Plants at the ends will help in a number of ways also. Still leaving swimming room but framing your fish. Looking good so far and what a bargain !

I have a 1 perfect angel in a 30 gal with lots of other tank mates so don't worry. Your tank is too small right now, but don't heed the doom merchants who say min 50 gal. Regular water changes Good filter Don't over feed Some floating plants will be good. Although I think yr fish is done for...

Don't no. Why don't you just feed them crushed flakes for now ? Mine love it and are so active and growing strong, tho I think I'll return them to the tank soon to weed out the weak ones. They are mostly black or yellow / black. Don't fuss over them... The will be fine if water is ok.

How would you ever get nitrates below the level of tap water ? My tap water is about 20 and my tanks are the same and always are. Can you explain how you can ge lower nitrates in a tank ? Unless you use Ro water.

I sympathise with you. I had 2 old no make heaters and 2 weeks ago bought and replaced both with brand new Hidom ones off eBay. All was well, went away for a few days and came home to see 1 tank heater was on, which I thought odd. Next day I noticed that heater was still on, then saw that the...

Nice, I like the rocks and plant area, not sure I'd like to see so much of the filter though, mine is hidden but more luck than design.

Iv just come home to see 6 platy fry. Mum always seemed pregnant in the main tank but never saw any fry so put her in with the glolights 2 days ago and now this ! Not too hopeful of the colours tho as dad is yellow / black and mum all black. If they make it I'll give them to lfs.

I think it can only be the impeller as that is all that moves, can you get replacement bushes for the impelle or a service kit ?