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Hi just looking at this post and wondering how you clean the pipes to the filter is there any special brushes avalible to do this job.

Had my uv on my tank for a couple of weeks now the clarity is amazing it looks like there is no water in the tank these vecton uvs Are pretty good .

Hi i use a bristle nose pleco never have to clean my glass .

Yes where i live in kent the water is very hard and everything scales up .

Just tested my tap water for nitrate and guess what its 40 ppm testing with api test kit no wonder its not going down with water changes, so was wondering when i do water changes could i use half ro water and half tap water as my local fish shop sells it and would this make any difference or...

Fitted a vecton 300uv to my tank vast improvement over night ,the clarity gets better every day its great to see the fish properly without looking through a haze,worth spending £76 on a uv, obviously will carry on with proper tank maintenance as you do.

Hi going through a bacteria bloom at the moment which is getting on my nerves my tank has been running For about 3 months all has been good with no ammonia and nitrite problems since it was cycled and not overstocked ,water has been crystal clear until a couple of weeks ago when it went cloudy...

Hi i have been keeping fish for many years ,having just shut down my koi pond swimming pool due to being too risky with my child venturing into the garden, and keeping koi is a full time job as they are very dirty fish and need plenty of filter maintainence and water changes, i was just...

Hi just wondering if anyone is using bio home media ,i have two of my baskets in my filter with this media seems to be really good at the moment ammonia and nitrite has not moved from 0 since my tank has cycled and added fish using api test kit just waiting for the nitrates to go down as this is...

Had the same issue with the brown stuff in my new tank all over the amazon sword leaves ,glass and log ,got myself a bristle nose Pleco its only about 2 inches long and wont grow very big now my tank is free of any algae, what a great little fish.

Hi everyone just joined this forum ,just set up a new 100L aqua oak tank brought from maidenhead aquatics really nice piece of furniture after four long weeks of cycling finally got fish in and up to max ammonia and nitrites holding at zero and nitrates at 20 on api test kit , filter media...