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Hi all, I've lost some fish recently, given the tank a clean out and done a 25%ish water change with HMA filtered water. It's looking bright and clean again. On Saturday I went to buy some new fish and bought two Whiptails, two Cory Arcuantas (to add to my existing 4), six Congo Tetras and two...

Hi all, I have a lot of floating plants in my tank and find it quickly grows and will take over the tank surface completely. I think it's a type of Salvinia. While it is good for preventing algae growth it throws a green colour cast on to everything beneath and also causes issues with feeding...

Hi all, I currently use TPN for fertilising my 350 litre low tech. It appears that it may have been discontinued, is this correct? If so, what alternatives are there that people have used? Cheers for any help, Dan

Hi all, I have the above filter which I bought second hand and I'm quite happy with on the whole. Problem is when it's powered off, it leaks from around the head quite badly. Not too bad when this is planned, but in power cuts etc. this is bad news. Would a new gasket for the head solve this...

Hi all, After buying some fish yesterday, acclimatising them for 1.5 hours and finding them all dead this morning I was most upset. After some maintenance today and a full set of test results, I have a pH lower than my API test kit will read (6) and a very low KH. All other readings are fine...

Hi all, I have this filter on a 350l tank. I've noticed recently that it just doesn't seem to get up to temperature properly. I only want it to get to 23C but this morning it was only just over 20C with the heater permanently on. For now, I have added an additional 300W heater. The filter has...

Hi all, I've recently moved from a 125L tank to a 350L tank - I had some algae issues in the previous tank and want to get them resolved for the new tank. I'm hoping you may be able to help me. The new tank holds 350L, I have 10L Tropica Plant Substrate capped with about 45KG of play sand...

Hi all, I was cleaning my Eheim 2128 out tonight (first time since setting up new tank) and I was delighted to find two young albino corys in the bottom! They are about 1cm so maybe 4-5 weeks old. I have released them back into the tank with their parents, fingers crossed they're big enough to...

Hi all, I did a water change last night and cleaned out my filter as normal and reassembled the filter. Normally I use the manual pumping mechanism on the filter to check it's flowing okay and then plug it in. Last night, I couldn't get the manual pumping working properly as in it wasn't...

Hi all, I've had my tank setup now for about 8 months and have always had algae problems. I started off with a very simple setup which has developed as I've learnt more. I'm hoping that you can point me in the right direction with my current algae issues. Tank: Juwel Rio 125 litre Filtration...