Recent content by VeryFatbloke

So it's nearly 4 weeks since the emergency happened. I had my tap water tested by the LFS 2 weeks ago and the phosphate level was very high. I went and had the tap water and the tank water tested yesterday, they tested Ph, GH, KH, Nitrate and phosphate on the tap water and all were good which...

Hi all A quick update. All of the fish that we moved into my son's tank have survived and seem to be thriving. All parameters were good when I tested them last weekend. The remaining 6 in the main tank are also still alive, and I had the water from that tank tested by my LFS and the iron was a...

Thanks again everybody. We managed to get all bar around 6 of the fish into my son's aquarium where they seem to be doing ok. We've had no further casualties fortunately. I'm going to test the water in both tanks tomorrow and see where we are. I'll also get to the LFS over the weekend and ask...

Yes, sorry for the confusion, and this post has been sitting as a draft for the last 3 hours. It's my son's tank that hasn't had a water change for some time, mine was probably around a month ago but I have been getting my water tested on a regular basis at my LFS and after he last one they did...

Ok, thank you everybody for your comments and suggestions. I'm busy with work so can't speak to my neighbours until later but when I tested the cold tap water, the hot tap water and also the RO water that I have for my marine tank, they all returned the same result, a tube that looked like...

Hi there I have a Juwel Rio 240 planted tank. I had a replacement heating boiler fitted last week, I had a back boiler which has been replaced by a combi boiler. The work required a lot of pipe realignment and the removal of the main water tank in the loft and the hot water cylinder in the...

Blimey, is it really 15 months since I was last here.......My tank was overrun by a) Endlers and b) hair algae. My son moved 6 Endlers from his Betta tank about 9 months ago and they multiplied to around 60, they never stopped breeding. I was very lackadaisical with my maintenance as well and...

Thanks for the tip @StandbySetting, I’ll bear that in mind. I love my Pentazonas @Fishfinder1973, they’re easy to keep, look great and are very peaceful.

Me too. I'm fortunate that I'm a position to get these things. The picture below shows the extent of the issue, a big water change and some gardening to be done on Sunday morning.

Thanks all, I've recently replaced the standard lights with the Helialux RGB and control unit. Reading that the daylight bulbs are 900 kelvin and that plants grow at 6,500 I thought I would have a look at how I've set the lighting cycle up. I've set the time that the light is on full to 6 hours...