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Thanks for the reply Colin it is not the Fluval that is leaking. I am unable to source any spares for the Ultrmax 2000. I have stripped it out and clean where it joins. This first started after I did a clean out then I stopped that . two weeks later I cleaned the prefilter and it started...

Hi I have a Trigon 350l corner tank which is planted and freshwater. I run 2 aquael ultramax 2000 filters. One of my filters has started to leak, I work long shifts and even though if is only weeping I will replace it for my own peace of mind. My question is what are opinions about Fluval fx2...

I have trumpet snails and shrimp I don't want to lose them when I add new plants I thought the bicarb would remove any pesticides the plants were treated with. Is there a way to do this safely

I keep a planted tank and in this apart from fish I keep shrimp and trumpet snails. I understand that I need to treat any new plants by soaking in bicarbonate of soda. What ratio is best and for how long.

Thank you for the diagnosis I have recently been doing some tank gardening and have stirred things up but follow these sessions s with 50% water changes. I run 2 ultramax 2000 filters on a 350l tank and just cleaned the pre filters. I am working the next 24 hours but will follow you advice to...

I recently lost a platy looked like dropsy but now a cory looks sick

What is your opinion to the benefits of washing filter sponges and media in old tank water as compared to doing this in clean de-chlorinated/de-cloramined water.

Hi thanks for all the replies and advice. I have still got platy sitting on the bottom and all piled up in the corner at night. This is happening with the fry/juveniles I have in a net in the tank. Apart from this all my other fish are back behaving normally. I replaced the sponges in my fluval...

Hi and thanks for the reply. My nitrite is zero, my ammonia looks to be zero-0.25ppm normally zero though. ph is 7 nitrate comes out the tap between 40 and 60 ppm. these figures are fairly normal I have been using seachem flourish to help my new live plants could this be causing the algae...

I have a communal tank and my platy are sitting at the bottom of the tank when I feed them they move. My molly and guppy are acting normal and my rummy nose are swimming up and down together as they should. My glowlight tetra are hiding in the plants and so are my neons. water testing fine...

I am not sure if I have a combi boiler will look into it as the last place I was there was a storage tank. Although I find it very therapeutic cleaning filters and doing water changes it helps to clear my head.

Thanks for the replies, where I live the nitrates straight out of the tap are between 40 and 60. When I checked on the water company site because of agriculture they cannot allow it to go higher than 70 for a third of their readings . When I see advice for water changes to reduce nitrates I wish...

Hi after reading here it seems people change their water straight from the mixer tap. I have always been concerned the water from he hot storage tank would be contaminated with zinc and other trace elements. I have always boiled a kettle from cold and added this to a bucket of cold water then...