Recent content by mrpizz

Hi all, I have just bought a "pair" of blue rams from the LFS, well I asked for a pair and assumed that i would get a male and female, however they look identical. Is there an easy way to sex these fish as i belive i may have 2 females. They have taken up residence at the rear of the tank (260l)...

Sorry about the delay in replying, my filter breaks the surface, i have now reduced the lighting to 8 1/2 hrs per day, reduced the amount fed slightly and added 3 ottos, i have also bought a test kit for phosphate which is at 0.25 I have been carrying out 2 25% water changes a week which reduces...

No definetly not duck weed, its a very fine green film on the surface of the water, it has developed over the last few days. I have just noticed a small amount of algea on the mopani in the tank, I am going to reduce the time the lights are on and reduce the feed slighty to see if that makes a...

feeding once a day, approx 15 flakes

Tank not in direct sunlight. Lights on for 10 hours per day

Hi all, I have a 260l planted tank which has been running for around 4 months. all fine and fish doing well until earlier this week when i noticed a little green algea floating on the surface. This has now increased to the point where it has completly covered the surface. The rest of the tank...

I have a 260l community tank which at present houses 4 Black Ruby Barbs, 7 Cardinal tetras and 4 mountain minnows. I would like to introduce a pair of small cichlids but I am unsure which, if any, would be suitable. I know they can be a bit teritorrial and am not sure if they would get on with...

[Thanks all, went to the LFS this morning and spoke to the guy there, he tested a sample of the water and said it seemed fine. He sold me a bottle of treatment called Myxazin which i have used straight away, however while there i did notice a dead panda in the same tank mine came from! On...

Thanks for the replies, i have carried out a 20% water change every week since the first fish were added. I will add cycle now and step up the water changes as suggested. Thanks again.

Hi all, I have recently set up my first tank it is a jewel vison 260l. I planted it and ran it for approx 3 weeks adding cycle each week. After 4 weeks I added 4 white cloud mountain minnows and 4 black ruby barbs, after 1 week water perameters were: Ammonia 0.6 Nitrite 0.1 Nitrate 5 ph 7 Temp...