Recent content by Sammu89

Hi Colin_T, Thank you so much for your incredibly helpful post—I really appreciate it. To answer your questions: 1. I do not use CO2 nor plant fertilizer, so I don't think the problem comes from there. 2. When I do water changes, it's true I don't gravel clean the substrate enough. I have...

Hello everyone, I am seeking advice for my 47-gallon (180 liter) planted aquarium that I set up in January. After a month-long nitrogen cycle, I introduced the fish and everything was going well. However, two to three months later, I started to get green filamentous algae everywhere: on the...

Thank you for your responses. Initially, I filled the aquarium with tap water (which is extremely hard where I live), but I've since been conducting weekly water changes using only distilled water. Here are my current water parameters: NO2: Near zero NO3: 18 mg/L Ammonia: Between 0 and 0.25...

Hey everyone, I need some advice regarding one of my guppies. Today, I noticed that one of my guppies had a curved back. I bought them about 3 weeks ago, and it's the first time I've encountered this issue, as I'm also new to keeping guppies. After doing some research, I read that this could...