Recent content by ThePlecoGuy

I honestly do thing anything more then 20% change per day is too much. Especially if the ammonia is as high as he says it is. If he's doing a 50% water change once a day that would mean he is changing his whole tank water every two days. That's more than enough to start a fresh cycle again. I'm...

The best thing to do in this situation is not to panic. I would recommend doing a 10-20% water change ever 2-3 days until the ammonia levels are lower. Doing to big of a water change at once can will kill a lot of bacteria on your filter sponge and it will force your tank to go through a new...

The best sort of fish to go with are the likes of most tetras, guppies, platy, that sort of thing. When you're in a fish shop look for the community fish or livebearers. I would recommend not to add your plec to your tank until it's at least 2-3 months old. Not only so the water is mature but so...

Have you tried assassin snails? I know it's another snale but they are prettier and they eat other snails. They are live bearers but it's easy to maintain the numbers. Depending on the size of your tank I would put 3-5 in there and in a month or so you should see a difference. Plus if you get...

The small one is probably not getting as much food as the other two Which is normal for Cichlids. Another reason could be that the two bigger ones have paired off. Which would be a reason why the smaller one is hiding all the time. How big is your tank? I'm thinking if you add another two angles...

Try attaching it to something with some thread. By the time the threat dissolves the moss should have taken to the surface of the rock or wood u put it on. If it's flying around the tank it won't be happy and it won't grow.

From my experience Java moss has always taken a good few months to establish them selves and then another few weeks to start really growing. I always found medium light really helped. A Blue light too. plus good water flow around the tank. And I would use liquid plant food once a week too. I...

Hi. In my experience swordtails can tollirate a wide range of water parameters. But I found that too much of a PH shock can hurt them. But it's rare. But they are very tolerant fish when I comes to water. There is really only one way to bring your tds down (as far as I know) and that would be...

Hey I would recommend you put both white and blue lights on at the same time and only leave them on for betweeen 6-8 hours. If you leave them on longer, in the long run you will get a lot of algae guild up. The blue light is good for plant growth and also will bring out the colours in your...