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    RCS keep on dying

    Thanks for your help.
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    RCS keep on dying

    Thanks for your input I am beggining to realise that you can't dial down a filter however I have ordered a new nitrite test kit and will keep you posted. Many thanks for your input.
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    RCS keep on dying

    Hi sparkweasel, It's a jad fef 230 although I think this is a branch of the boyu co. And yes I have dialled it down a fair bit. For media I am using lava rock and foam. The dead shrimp are red only one of them had a green growth near o his head.The only symptoms they have shown is they seem to...
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    RCS keep on dying

    I think I know what you are saying if there is nitrite there must be ammonia.Since either only exist for a few seconds in an aquarium. I have been using nt labs nitrate sea chem,s nitrate nitrite test kit both of Wich give different results.This is food for thought thank you sir.
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    RCS keep on dying

    Hi I used a test kit sea chem although I am dubious about it's efficacy thanks for your reply.
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    RCS keep on dying

    Hi I was wondering if anybody can help me I am on my 4/5th batch of RCS. They were in my 16 litre tank Wich has an external filter of 8 litres capacity so about 24 litres total capacity. My water perameters are as follows Ph 6.95 Gh. 5° Kh. 4° Ammonia...
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    Lead and red cherry shrimp

    Thank you Miranda
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    Lead and red cherry shrimp

    Hi Miranda, No it's definitely lead. Regards Martin
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    Lead and red cherry shrimp

    Hi can anybody tell me if it's ok to use lead plant weights in a tank containing red cherry shrimp.
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    Brine shrimp and ferrocyanide

    Once again thanks Darrel
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    Brine shrimp and ferrocyanide

    Hi can anyone tell me if it's ok to use salt that contains ferrocyanide to hatch brine shrimp. I suspect not .
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi all this is just another one of my victims.I have done water changes and ordered meds from the discus studio.I still can't figure out why my guppies are dying like this they are ok on minute and then they die it's particularly distressing when you have raised them from tiny babies only to...
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi sarpijk i have some cuttlefish bone in there.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi thanks for this i will buy some pottasium bicarb soon.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi sparkweasel, Attached are the picks of my 60 litre tank. I hope they are useful.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi Darryl what does all that mean in English. Regards Martin
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi i have checked with sww there is no chloramine in our water supply.However there is no ammonia on my test and almost insignificant nitrite.Although the nitrate is quite high. Regards and thanks again Martin Steele
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    Praziquintrel

    You Hi Melll there is no ammonia showing on the kit i used however there is a tiny Amount of nitrite and a significant amount of nitrate.I leave my water to stand to allow the chlorene to dispell ?? Am i wrong in doing this, and yes i do have declorinator but don't use it am i wrong again...
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi sparkweasel, I have 7 zebra danios,7or 8 baby guppies 7 neon tetras currently in the hospital tank. One male guppy sex pest i am wondering if he was responsible for his lovers death. And up to this week about 350 ramshorn snail's Wich breed like crazy.And have been moved out to the goldfish...
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi Melll herewith the readings for ammonia Wich is glad to say zero. The nitrite is very small i will let you judge as a find these kind of kits very hard. And the nitrate is considerably higher as i have been feeding with ei nutes hoping this helps regards Martin
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    Praziquintrel

    Thanks for this sparkweasel now i understand why my reading was high.All i have to do now is explain why my kh read is none existent.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi no i don't i let it sit in open air for a day or two.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi sparkweasel thanks for your reply and will send a detailed list of tank and inhabitants to morrow. Regards Martin Steele
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi red stevo. I am trying to remember all the comments raised in this conversation as i don't know how to reply to them on a case by case basis.I will get in touch with the guy in Scot land thank you for the lead.My tds reading of tap water is 70 /80 ppm. The water round here is quite soft.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi Melll im not to sure how to use this site but here goes. Yes i can test for ammonia nitrate and nitrite.I will run tests and get back to you. This afternoon i used my TDS metre and got a reading of 670 ppm. Then i told you i would do individual gh kh reading. Isn't it always the way when...
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    Praziquintrel

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    Praziquintrel

    Water perameters are pH is 6.16 but i have just tested for TDS and got a reading of 760 ppm how the hell did it get so high. I will be back in a bit with individual gh kh reading. I add a little karswasser to my water change along with bicarb but i literally have no idea where that read has come...
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    Praziquintrel

    It's a sun sun and i take out the sponges x3 and wash them in some aqurium water. Regards Martin Steele
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi it's 25% weekly and about once a month i drop the filter Melll.
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    Praziquintrel

    Hi all i have a 60 litre aqurium and keep loosing fish the latest my saffron tailed female guppy. The zebra danios keep on Gill flicking and i have had losses with my neon tetras they seem to have developed wierd lumps and bumps on there bodies. With the latest loss a pregnant female guppy she...
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    Copper and neon tetras

    Hi all can anyone tell me if neon tetras are copper intolerant.I have tried twice using some homemade copper sulpate meds and protazin.And both times my fish had a violent reaction to it. Regards Martin Steele
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    Regenerate activated carbon.

    Thanks for this sparkweasel I will give it a try.
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    Regenerate activated carbon.

    Hi I added some methylene blue 5 drops total to equal amounts of water then added equal quantities of new and regenerated carbon. The results show that the regenerated carbon is still active. Please see attached pictures the glass on the left is treated and the one on the right is untreated...
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    Regenerate activated carbon.

    Thanks for your help I will let you know how it works out there are a few basic tests you can carry out the methylene blue test is useful.
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    Regenerate activated carbon.

    Hi Jay, Thanks for your reply have you seen this https://feeco.com It explains a little about regenerating carbon.
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    Regenerate activated carbon.

    Hi all has anybody had any experience of regenerating actvatact carbon out there.
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    Swimming tubifex strange but true

    Hi all I have been feeding my fish in my 60 litre tank on some tubifex. The other day I noticed a small colony of tubifex living in the substrate layer.Tonight I noticed free swimming worms in my tank to the delight of the zebra danios then I noticed thousands of tiny creatures that kind of...
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    Culturing Tubifex worms

    Hi has anybody got any Leeds on where to buy tubifex I have been quoted £50 for 250 grms a little expencive I think. Maybe someone out there can recommend a company that charges a reasonable rate. Regards Martin steele
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    Epsom salts

    Hi Darryl, I think it's finally sinking in in the past I could have worked this out in just a moment,unfortunately I suffered a stroke about 9 years ago and it's left my thought processes rather worse off. So 0.25 ppm meanse After the 0 tenths hundreds and thousands am I right in thinking that...
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    Epsom salts

    So let me think if I add 3 grms of slufeed to 1 litre I will have a solution that contains 252 ppm in 1 litre. If I then add that litre to 100 litres of tank water I will have 252 divided by 100= 2.52 . But I have circa 200 litres of water in my tank give or take a bit for substrate Dec's ECT...
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    Epsom salts

    Hi again I said 0.000252 sorry I should have said 0.252 ppm.still it's out from old guys recconing.
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    Epsom salts

    Hi Darryl if you thought I was confused before I am now. Old guy said if I start with a stock solution of 252 ppm and add lml in a litre I will end up with a solution of 2.52 ppm. Surely 1 ml into a thousand = 0.00252. Regards Martin steele
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    Epsom salts

    Hi and thank you once again,I have a q does 0.2 ppm = 200 ppm or 2 ppm sorry I get lost in the math.
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    Epsom salts

    Hi Darryl how much iron do I add to correct this deficiency.I have some solufeed sodium free TEC multi micro nutrient fertilizer.It says dissolve 300 grms of this stuff in 100 litres of water. It says the stock solution will contain 1 Boron 32 ppm 2 Copper 7 ppm 3 Iron 252 ppm 4Manganese 52ppm 5...
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    Epsom salts

    Just a quick update i have checked on the original web site where I bought my lights.If any stats are to be believed regarding LEDs they are 36 watts not 25. So that takes it to 36x2+12 Total 84 watts although they seem very bright for just 84 watts.
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    Epsom salts

    Hi attached are 3 pics of my plants.Before I go I just need to clear up some terms used by your good selfs. 1 what is meant by EL. 2 what is meant by FTS. My tank is powered by 62 watts of led lights. Filter power is quite high about 500 lit/H. I have co2 but am not using it as I can't...
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    Epsom salts

    Hi my fish tank is looking quite well at the moment. However some of my crypts are showing signs of deficiency the leaves have turned a dullish grey colour with green lines where the veins are.I am thinking this might be magnesium deficiency so I am thinking of dosing the tank with Epsom salt...
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    Copper treated plants

    Hi all I recirece my plants yesterday I have bunched them up and put them in a 65 litre Rubbermmade box. Upped the pH to 8.5 it didn't take much pottasium hydroxide to do this less than a 1/4 teaspoon. And I have added an air operated box filter filled by with activated carbon.Q how long do I...
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    Copper treated plants

    Hi but how long before inverts will be safe.
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    Copper treated plants

    Hi zozo, I have been thinking about copper removal and it occurred to me that Britta water filter cartridges might be a cost effective option.In a nutshell either pull the guts out of a filter and put it in an air operated corner filter or find a way of circulating water over and through a...
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    Copper treated plants

    Thanks guys you are all brilliant where do I buy copper absorbing resin. Regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Copper treated plants

    Thanks again Darryl,if I were to put them in a bucket with tetras aquasafe in the water would it help.And he did say it was for molluscs. Thanks once again all.
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    Copper treated plants

    Hi all having already had one didaster with treated plants I thought I would run this past you.I have a large tank downstairs that is needing some more plants I have located these from a dealer in Stockport. When I asked if these plants had been treated att all he told me with copper. Q how...
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    Neon tetras don't seem to be enjoying life.

    Hi thank you all for the sound advice I have since moved my tetras over to the 60 litre and the transformation is startling. Even old bent back has coloured up again and seems to be enjoying life in his new home.Size is everything when it comes to fish tanks. Kind regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Neon tetras don't seem to be enjoying life.

    Thanks Alto what do you recommend for extetext parasites i i have some myzasin/ metheline blue or API pimafix/melafix. If these won't do let me know and i will order it to day. Regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Neon tetras don't seem to be enjoying life.

    Hi again. I have a 20 litre tank in my bedroom with 5/6 neon tetras in it.The problem i am having with them is that they just don't seem to be enjoying life.They seem to hang around under the plants all day and feeding them is difficult unless it's freshly hatched brine shrimp and even then it's...
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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi Mort it was a purely accedemic Q it was a new .Born fry unfortunately cannibalized now but it hatched out in the same fry trap as it's brothers and sisters. Hey ho these creatures never cease to amaze me. Regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Microworm culture

    Thanks Tam Regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Microworm culture

    Thanks sparkweasel. Regards martinsteele1959@gmail.com
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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi i have managed to save some more eggs they hatched out last Monday but one about 10 days ago and they seem to be doing fine.Tonight i i looked in my homemade fry trap and what did i see a brand new baby goldfish newly hatched.Q what's the chances of a fertilized egg sitting on the bottom of...
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    Microworm culture

    Yes i cook up some porridge with milk and let it go cold then i i add a little sugar and yeast and some spirulina then i add a dolop of culture from an old culture set it down for a few days and it's away for a week or ten days then it crashes stinking of acitic acid.
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    Microworm culture

    Hi sparkweasel why do my cultures stink like silicone rubber.
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    Microworm culture

    Hi Darryl thank you for the advice. Do you use milk in the oatmeal or yeast or spirulina. Mine stinks very strogly of vinager in fact it smells just like aquarium sealant. Regards Martin steele
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    Microworm culture

    Hi Tam and thank you is that just straight mash potatoes no milk or fat added.I will give it a go .
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    Microworm culture

    Hi i have had some success with the goldfish breeding project. They are hungry creatures i have been starting them of on spirulina algae and then moving them onto microworm. The only problem i am having with the Worms is when the culture kiks in it's great you can scrape the Worms of the side of...
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    Leaches

    Hi hoggie Mort i believe i have been awarded a trophy where do i go to find it. Regards Martin
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    Leaches

    Thank you hoggie, yes im pretty sure they are leaches how do i get rid of them from my daphnia culture. Regards Martin steele.
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    Leaches

    Thank you again Mort but i think they are mini leaches. How do i get rid of them they are in my daphnia culture. Regards Martin
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    Leaches

    Can anyone tell me if these little buggers are what i they are.
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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi Mort and thank you again for your advice. How do I make a spawning mop and are the dyes in wool not dangerous to fish. Regards Martin
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    Spawning goldfish

    Thanks Alto that makes sense and it doesn't have to be a tank a 60 litre Rubbermmade box would do the job. When you say condition them do you mean lots of live food. Regards Martin
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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi Mort and thank you for the time you have taken to reply. How will I get them to spawn in a mop in a densley planted aquriaqum.I really don't want to rip out all my plants sacralidg that's why I thought of moving the fish over to a spawning tank?????. Regards Martin
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    Spawning goldfish

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    Spawning goldfish

    Thanks for this zozo, it's fascinating to watch them mating.And when you see that tiny little life you just want it to survive.I once remember working as a window cleaner on the national computing centre in mcr one of Harold Wilson's white heat projects. Anyhow we had to ladder an area on the...
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    Spawning goldfish

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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi and thank you for getting back to me. The tank is 60 litre but soon to be upgraded. I have microworm brine shrimp and daphnia and white Worms.No problem with space I can set something up in the garden.But for now the spawning tank would be 30 litres . What I need to know is how and when to...
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    Spawning goldfish

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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi they are laying in the plants so it's not possible to move the eggs out without stripping all my plants. What I need to know is how and when to move them to a spawning tank and will it upset his or her ardour. Regards Martin
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    Spawning goldfish

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    Spawning goldfish

    Hi all, I recently set up a 60 litre planted aquarium in the past I have kept Marines with breeding sucsess. This time I went back to my roots and picked two fantail goldfish. They don't have the vivid colours of Marines but they are characters they know when it's feeding time and are...
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi Darryl yes please send them over in a few weeks and let me know what I owe you for them what are they. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi again Darryl I have both tanks on charcoal.But with the kind of half lives mentioned in PFK ,I have no idea how long till my tanks are safe is there anything more I can do.I have made contact with linconshire pp but don't hold any hope out at best I can write a damming review on Amazon bad...
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi again all now I think about it it becomes apparent.Outside my house I have a water butt so a while back I came up with the idea of turning it into a daphnie farm and I get tonnes of live daphnie from it just keep adding some yeast and pea flour. Anyway to cut a long story short a week or two...
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Thank you so much Darryl it seems you have cracked the problem. It's strange yesterday I fitted a new power filter to my goldfish tank and there was 400 GM's of activated carbon in it so I thought what the hell it might help with the algae problem.Any way it's buffed up the water till it's gin...
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi Tam and thank you all for your invaluable help I checked with the water co to day no chloramine just chlorine. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi Darryl and thank you for your reply neonicoteneoids arnt they the nasties the Yanks are spraying all over Hawaii killing the local 3rd class citizens. Interesting stuff though on water I have some shrimps and a snail outside in a Rubbermade box they have some plants in from my aqariums and...
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    Karlie flamingo.

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    Karlie flamingo.

    They are neon tetras they won't grow much at all. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Thanks for this it's a relief to my mind to know all my gravel doesn't have to come out. Regards Martin steele I
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi again the shrimps and snails came from internet suppliers. When you say don't use chloramine as well as chlorine what exactly do you mean. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi as far as I am aware the plants came from the far East via a company called i think it was linconshire pond plants. Can you give me a brand name for water conditioner. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi the gravel is coloured however someone has come back and said it's safe. So it's back to the drawing board. Sorry if this post isn't in the correct place still trying to get the hang of this site. Regards Martin steele
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi the one tank is 20 litres and contains 6 neon tetras all seem in good health.It is filtered by an interpet internal filter. There are no nitrite nitrate or ammonia. I have been using plant boost on this aquaium at the prescribed rate and in addition I have been using algea exit it's a...
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    Karlie flamingo.

    Hi I have a question about the gravel above. Has anybody had experience of this gravel with shrimps and snails. Only I feel sure it's killing mine I have checked nitrite and nitrate and pH. And all I can think of is the gravel ( black) it's common to both my aqariums where I have lost shrimps...
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    Breeding goldfish

    Hi my name is Martin steele I am new to aquascaping but not fishkeeping.I used to keep a reef tank some years ago.Recently I set up a 60L planted aquarium with 2 goldfish fantails they aren't as coulerful as Marines but they make up for that with there anticks they really are characters. This...
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