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the green spots are probably just algae, and the brown could be brown algae, snail will not doo any harm, but neither will killing them that ph reading is ok, my ph is normaly around 8+

so, i have two angelfish, neither fully grown, one bigger than the other and the other day i took a trip the my lfs and picked up some small neon tetras, stupidly forgetting that angelfish eat tetras. as i was about to indroduce them, i suddenly remembered, but as neither of the angels were very...

i asked the same question, and i bought one, i had 7 silvertip tetras, 2 julii corys, 2 dwarf gouramis and 2 common plecs and it's been fine with them, its actually quite peaceful

dwarf gouramis are fine with each other, i have a pair in my tank. shimp are hard to keep, the water quality needs to be almost perfect so maybe just go with fish to start with then if all goes well add some shrimp later? personally i think it would be good to add the plec first because they are...

the nitrite is high because i added to many fish to soon as i didn't realize the danger i have 15 silvertip tetras, 2 dwarf gouramis, 2 julii corys, 2 common plecs, 2 green tiger barbs, 1 redtail blac shark and the angel. i think the eye is caused by and injury or traumer but im not sure

it's 180 litres (40 gallons) nitrite is high and has been for a while but is slowly comming down and the eyes have a slightly redy shade to them anyway. i dont THINK it is pop eye as it is only a swollen ring around the eye not the eye itself thanks for the help

hi all, i came home from school today and looked at my tank and noticed my angelfishes eye was swollen. it looks almost like a ring of bubble around its eye. any ideas on what it is? do i need to treat it? thanks a lot for any help.

ok thanks, so once its back down shall i go back to weekly 30%?

Thanks how often should i do 70-80% changes? i have been doing 30% every other day since they rose.

Measurements: 101 x 41 x 50 cm it's 180 l (40 gal) thanks for the help

so i had my tank up and running for about 3 weeks with 7 silvertip tetras, 2 julii corys, 2 common plecs and 2 dwarf gouramis. A week later i addes another 8 silvertips, 3 green tigerbarbs and a red tail black shark. later that day i measured my nitrite levels and instead of being <3mg/l it was...

hello there, this is my first time of keeping fish and i would like to keep peacock cichlids, however, i have heard that they are a lot of work and i was wondering if they are too much for a beginer? also, a couple of questions, i have read that you are ment to isolate a pregnant female peacock...