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Ok ....the BBA is starting to go lighter in colour and some bits are going pink so the easy carbo is working :thumbup: A lack of water changes and not enough filter maintenance is the cause in my case , so its my own fault :oops:

Re: Algae and java moss won't grow Looking better :thumbup: I,ve had a nightmare with BBA Twice :cry: Mines just a noddy none co 2 set up with vallis and java moss , the moss grows like stink but the vallis seems to be melting . Anyway , when the BBA has appeared i,ve lacked water...

Same here , the easy carbo seems cack in comparision to excell its not touched the BBA this time the excell nuked the lot in 2-3 days. Waste of money for me .

Did it work mate at the dose you used ?

I bought some and the BBA went red in 2 days and its been BBA free since , untill 3 weeks ago (havn,t maintained the tank as often as i should have ) but will be doing more water changes etc now . Anyway this excell stuff was not in stock at the LFS so bought the easy carbo ?? Is this as good...

I,ve got 5 ottos in a fluval edge which don,t touch the algae on the glass or the Bog wood but eat away on cucumber all the time . No idea why the, batch in the main tank won,t touch cucumber but just scrounge around "looking for algae" I,m going to swap them over at the weekend to see what...

This is just a guess / thought, but isn,t the ph very low at 6.1 Mike ? we live near each other and both have ultra soft water . My kh is just about 1 from the tap and ph is 7 ish . I,ve only had mine a few months but they seem to be doing ok touch wood .

I,m very lucky i have a source of common pond snails in my indoor qt tank , i,ve got hundreds of them so i can put plenty in there for them to hunt down :thumbup: My own newbie thoughts were that they would have to be very hungry to try and catch / eat a shrimp . It looks like i will just...

Thanks guys It seems some have no trouble and others have lost shrimp :cry: Not sure what to do now , nones gone in the night but they have only gone in there yesterday !

Hi all An internet search reveals conflicting advice....i have moved my assasins in with 30 RCS in a 23 ltr tank (7 of) Do they eat shrimp or not ? The assasins are well fed on live pond snails and were growing well in the bigger tank but i,ve just added clown loaches and i,m pretty sure they...

I,ve put it back how it was this morning . I might try a few more plants to see if i can improve things .

, I get a tank looking right , it looks spot :thumbup: :D .......3 weeks later i piss about with it , alwaya have done , moveing wood etc , it looks better now :D .....only to mess again in a couple of weeks , never satisfied ! Is this the aquascapeing bug or do i need to see a life style...

Thanks mate , i will google them to see what they are , i,m a plant numptie unless its swords or vallis i,m clueless .

Hi all Any suggestions for some easy to grow plants for a fluval edge ? I don,t really want java moss in this one but might go with it . Its just for red cherry shrimps and a few hardy plants for the back to hide the heater would be nice . Any pics suggestions would be great . Its the LED...

.lol...thats true :D I,m up North and its not stopped raining all day !