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I have both "King British Methelyne Blue" & "King British Desease Clear" *Which should I use? Or can I use both?* My plan was to give him baths in order to prevent fungus/bacterial infections & also to help him in repairing the hole. However trying to remove him from the tank is difficult and...

Hi. I have: 2 Lemon Tip Tetras, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Glolight Tetras, 1 Bulldog Pleco, 1 Guppy, Tank is 54 Ltire / 11 gallon. 50% water changes are done every week. Only additive is "king British water safe" at water change (which is added to the fresh water befor it is added to tank) Temp is...

Thankyou for your advice. And although it has not been the topic of discussion I thought I would mention that both guppies that lost thier swimming ability died through the night. None were showing any signs of illness (apart from symptom described in earlier post) it has completely stumped me...

The result still had the orange look but it was very dark so I do believe it has increased since yesterday but not to the 40ppm Mark. So I can only estimate that it is between 20 ppm - 40ppm. I was told that this method of testing was much more accurate than the dip sticks but to be honest so...

I have just returned home after being out all day to find that two of my guppies seemed to have lost the use of their back ends .. they don't seem to be able to use thier tails to get around, what's that about?? Ammonia is at zero. NitrIte is at zero. PH is 7.6. NitrAte is 20-40. I have one...

Yes the PH & GH in the tap water doesnt much change after being added to the tank. I do vacuum the substrate at every water change (which at the moment is once a week) I do not add any chemicals or additives etc into my tank. All that is added is "King British safe water" at water changes, I...

How soon would it be advisable that I do another 50% change? Like I say I have done one today ... so is tomorrow too soon ? Could someone give me a list or ideas to things I can check or look into to find the cause of my nitrate levels? I Have ruled out tap water as this came back with an...

I took the photo in natural light from a window but not direct sunlight. The tube is placed in the white section between the two result columns. Should the result be lower after a 50% water change?

I Have just done a 50% water change & done a NitrAte test, shaking bottle two for two minutes as advised. Result is below. I can't quite work out what the result is. Should it be this high right after a water change?

The NitrAte levels in my tap water were 0 - 5.0 (the solution did not become the clear yellow to indicate 0ppm but did not change enough to indicate result of 5.0, so it is between those two) I shook bottle two for 1 minute as this is what the instructions advise, however I will do a re-test...

Hi everyone. Over the past few weeks my NitrAte levels have been at 40ppm. I Have performed 50% water changes once a week & have tested my tap water to make sure that that is not the problem. Despite the increased water changes it has had no effect what so ever on the NitrAte levels. What...

Thankyou for your post. After getting the reading of NitrAte 40ppm i did perform a 50% water change. I had not considered the possibility that NitrAte may be present in my tap water so I will test that to see. Up until my female passed away my manly Molly seemed quite OK, He just looks to...

He seems to be struggling on his own. I'm assuming that with Mollies being community fish that he will suffer in the long run being the only Molly in the tank?

I will begin with water info. PH - 7.2 Amonnia - 0 NitrIte - 0 NitrAte - 40 Temp - 24c to 26c I had 2 Mollies. 1 Male & 1 Female. The female was pregnant but passed away a few days ago (reason unknown, with no signs of illness) The male is now on his own and seems a little lonely, I only...