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one thing i find confusing is, if the fish have been raised in captivity, i.e. bred for generations in a tank and not in south america or african lakes, wont they do well as long as the tank parameters are the same they've been raised in? (i live on the other side of the world, the fish come...

Hi, i got gravel that promised to be "intense black" once in the water. it is grey. I thought it was false advertising, until i went to remove it from my tanks - its black! but in my tank, it look grey! is it the lights I'm using? its a jewel rio tank, has built in natural and day lights, you...

Hi all I'm planning on going away for 10 days next week, but I'm becoming increasingly worried as to how to manage my fish when I'm away. I have a pet sitter coming once a day, who will feed the fish (I usually leave the daily fish feeds in medicine containers so it's a set amount, to guard...

Hi all, Just an update, I ended up putting in my 80L cube tank: My Starlight Young Chinese Algae Eater (about 5cm long) 5 Black Phantom tetras 3 Emerald corries Is going well. In my 65L I put the golden Bristlenose, and have 10 embers in there which I hope to expand to 20.i sold all the...

Yeah, bummed out about the emeralds, i had thought i woudl be able to put them in it ... but once i set it up, i knew it probably wasn't going to work... ive read mixed reports about whether or not cories and BNs can go in with cichlids, i dont want to take the risk ... buuuuuut i cant see...

techincally i have 4 tanks, as i alsop have a teeny tiny 9L one with goldfish fry from my outdoor pond -= oh and i have 1.5 outdoor ponds ... one being phased out (as soon as any fry left in it can be moved to the new one) ... and the new pond in the corner of my yard ... i do kinda want just 2...

Hi, The new tank i got, is a cube - 45cm in all directions. I have 2 other larger tanks (150L with cichlids, and a 160L with community fish - these are regular, rectangle tanks). The idea was to downsize from the 160L to the 80L, moving some of the fish to the new smaller tank, but I think I've...

When dont my water change, i can see hundreds and hundreds of what i think must be small white eggs in the water.

i have had 12 neons and a powder blue gourami in a 65l tank since Oct / November.. all going well, i did notice the gourami had 'dents' over his body, but no sign of illness, swimming fine, not rapid breathing, acting normal, eating, and the dents didn't get deeper, but i kept an eye on him...

GREAT NEWS! I moved my 6 x odessa barbs into the new tank, joining the 6 x glass bloodfin tetras, and it's working great! They swim in their wee schools, but also mingle and swim together as a bigger group. Probably helps that the odessa's prefer mid bottom to middle of the tank, and the...

GREAT NEWS! I added Nitro-zorb into the filter -really tightly squeezed in, and after 1.5 days, my nitrate levels this morning are testing at 5 . That's lower than my tap water!! I think the seachem matrix possibly helped, but adding the nitra-zorb has DEFINITELY helped.

what you put made a lot more sense -but just to clarify, the nitrate is the 4.7, and the N they report, and my tap water is N03, which is my test kit measurement? -

There is only 4 fish in a 160L tank, so def not too many. The fish have only been in there since yesterday. Water changes - - its adding more nitrates into the water, so what I've been doing is waiting until the level of nitrates in the tank is higher than the level of nitrates in the tap water...

Hi As I've posted in two other threads, I've discovered my tap water is high in Nitrates. (I've had great suggestions as to how to remedy that). Can the level of gravel in my tank influence the nitrate levels? If so, Am I better to have shallow or deep gravel in my tank? Currently I have...

Ok, I'll try that. I've found out the figure quoted on the Council webpage about the level of nitrate is actually the level of nitrate-nitrite. So when they report its 4.7mg /l, the pure nitrate level is close to 25. My tap water comes from two sources, and blended together, one source is...