Recent content by Sofishticated

Is there a way for me to lower the hardness of my water? I heard that using Indian almond leaves helps, but it there something that doesn’t stain the water like they do? Thanks :)

Okay, thanks. One more question :) can I get a bristlenose catfish with tiger barbs, or should I get a fish like corydoras? And how many should I get if I do, ideally?

Hi! Thanks for the reply! It’s a shame about the pictus catfish, thanks for letting me know. As far as I could find online, (my water is from Cambridge) the GH is 17 (unit of measurement says degrees H) and the PH is high, around 7.8 which definitely limits the fish I can get! I cannot find the...

I have a matured cycled 120L aquarium and I’m looking for stocking advice. My tank has spiderwood and plants. I fell in love with pictus catfish and tiger barbs, so can anyone suggest tropical/ exotic fish along those lines I could get? I’m an experienced fish keeper so I can care for most fish :)

Unfortunately she died ;-; she stopped eating and couldn’t swim at all, she started rolling around trying to swim but just couldn’t. My water parameters are ammonia:0 nitrate:0(tiny amount) nitrite:0 . I noticed what looked like a faint green tint on her scales, possibly velvet but I did...

Recently, my platy has been acting strange and looking really ill... it’s tail fin is clamped and may be ripped/rotting and it’s been sitting at the bottom of the tank, hardly swimming. Until now it was perfectly healthy. The picture attached is me introducing two of my fish into a larger tank...

Thanks so much for the replies! Yes, my tank’s fully cycled. Also, your tank looks lovely :)

I’m going to purchase a betta after Christmas when my fish store sells them (they stop around Christmas so they don’t get put in vases like ornaments) so I have a few questions. 1). Does anyone have a superfish home 40 aquarium- are they easy to clean? I would have it with the back touching a...

I currently don’t have any fish in the tank, and there are hundreds of snails all over the tank which has got out of control which is why I’d like to get rid of them. If it’s necessary I can wait a while before it’s safe to add fish. My ammonia is around 0, it’s hard to tell because of how close...

Thanks so much for the replies! I went to my local fish store and et said myself my tank was ready to put fish into it, not sure if I read it wrong I guess so... can anyone recommend how to introduce fish once I’ve got rid of the snails and hydra?

So I’ve had a 120L tank for 3+ months now, and my readings say it isn’t cycled. I use an API freshwater test kit. I ghost fed it every day and did 10% water changes every day. I also added live beneficial bacteria to the tank. My readings say it isn’t cycled yet and I was wondering if anyone had...

I haven’t haven’t fed anything red... could it be snail poop? There are currently 100+ pest snails in my tank

Its disappeared now, hoping it was just algae that got moved in a water change...