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Hi all, I have an 120 litre aquarium with an external filter. The tank has a soil toped with sand base and live plants and fish. I need to move the tank to another office as I have been moved. How is the best way to do this?

Hi there I have a male Aphyosemion Gardneri (Kilifish) it has been swiming around today and was swimming along the front glass. I have now noticed that it appears to be resting on the sand at the bottom underneath some plants. Are these fish top swimmers or bottom swimmers? Is he okay or is...

I have just introduced my first fish into my tank. 5 Cardinal tetras, 3 Otocinlus and 1 Killifish. My Nitrite and Ammonia where 0 ppm and my LFS confirmed it. I have noticed that the tetras start swimming one way and then they like change direction very quickly. Its like very frantic...

I have a 33 US gallon aquarium with quite a few plants. I am using pressurised CO2 that goes off during the night. My PH is about 7.4 and I would like to reduce to around 7. My KH is 12 d and GH is 18 d. How many bubbles per second would you recommend on my tank? I am using a bubble counter.

I want to trim my stem plants as they have grown very quickly. I would like to trim the red plant at the back and the the bushy green one at the front. I was planning to just snip the top off? Is that right or anything else I need to do to encourage re growth?

I am dosing using the EI Method on my tank and I have just started fishless cycling. I added 5 ml of Ammonia to my 120 litre tank to raise the level to 5 ppm and have been monitoring it. It dropped to about 0.50 ppm and then I added a further 3 ml to raise it back up to around 3 ppm overnight it...

I have had my tank set up for about two weeks now and the water was cloudy and hasnt cleared. I was running the external filter with Purigen in which I have now taken out. The tank is quite heavily planted and has no fish in it at present. I was wondering if the cloudy water it due to a...

I set up a 90 litre tropical tank about 8 months ago and quickly become very addicted to this hobby. I was keeping Cardinal Tetras, Rainbow fish, Betta's, Amano Shrimp and an Angel fish. All was going well untill someone turned off the heater by mistake and my tank dropped from 27 C to 9 C. So...

Hi I have a newly planted tank and I have noticed that some of my plants maybe showing a deficency. This is the first one its seems like the leaves are curling or turning a funny shape. Any idea what it could be? Second one, hopefully you can see that the edges of the leaves have turning a...

I have just set up a new planted tank. It is a Juwel Rio 125 (33 US Gallons) it has 2 x 28w T5 bulbs in the hood that I am starting off at 6 hours a day and will slowly increase over the next few months. The tank is pretty well planted as you can see in the picture. I am dosing using the EI...

I have just set up new tank with sand I rinsed the sand throughly but I have cloudy water.

Hi there, I have just set up the Eheim Pro 3 2071 on my tank. I have the spray bar attached to one side of the tank blowing to the other side. The problem I am having is that the flow of water from the spray bar is pushing the sand around the tank. How do I reduce the flow of this filter? Is it...

I have just set up my JBL Proflora u402 system. The system comes with a 500g disposible co2 canister. I screwed the regulaot on to the bottle as per the instructions. Unfortunatly the canister seemed to still be hissing even when the regulator was screwed on tightly. The system has been running...

I have hard water GH of 19 dgh and KH of 13 dkh. If I add magnesium (epsom salts) to the water will it make it harder?

I have finally decided to try the stock solution EI Method. But have some further questions. I have listed below my water parameters and EI dosing plan. Tank Specification:- Juwel Rio 125 (33 US Gallons) with 2 x 28w T5 bulbs (on for 9 hours), CO2 and a nutrient rich substrate. Tap Water...

Hi I have a new Eheim 3 Professional 2071. It comes with a coarse sponge (Mechanical), fine filter wool (Mechanical), substrate pro (Biological) and then MECHpro (Mechanical). Layered as shown below. Pump Coarse sponge Mechanical Fine filter wool Mechanical Substrate Pro Biological MECHPro...

I currently have a Juwel Rio 125 litre (30-33 US Gallons) tank. It comes with a Juwel High Lite unit comprising of 2 x 28w T5 bulbs. I do not think they are High output but just standard T5's I want to have medium to high light for growing Dwarf Hairgrass and red plants. Would I have enough...

Hi there I was wondering if their are any websites/companies online that sell Tropical aquatic plants to the UK.

Hi there I am setting up a planted tank in which i want to use two pieces of bogwood as decoration. I have slowly boiled the pieces of wood and I am now soaking them in water for a few weeks, in order to remove as much tannin as I can. I know that carbon removes colourings in a tank but it also...

I have a Juwel Rio 125 litre (32 US Gallons) aquarium with a Juwel High Lite unit housing 2 x 28W T5 tubes. One has a Kelvin rating of 9000k and one with 6700k. The tank is 81 cm long, has a depth of 36 cm and a height of 50 cm from the light unit to the gravel. Taking into account that these...

My tank water parameters are as follows:- PH 8.2 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 10-20 ppm KH 12° dKH 215 ppm GH 17° dGH 304 ppm My tap water (water tested straight from tap) parameters are as follows:- PH 7.2 Ammonia 0 ppm...

Hi there, has anyone used Tetra Plant Complete Substrate for growing live plants? Is it any good? It appears to be the only nutrient rich substrate that will allow me to top with sand.

I currently have a 90 litre aquarium which is my first tank and I have now upgraded an 180 litre aquarium with external filter in which I plan to keep a fair stock of fish and plants in. The light unit consists of 2 x 35w T5 fluorescent tubes. My water parameters are listed below. PH 8.2...

Hi there, is there any nutrient rich soils that I can add sand to as the top layer?

I live in London and I want to set up a planted tank. I really just want the plants to look healthy rather than fast growth. My tap water straight from the tap has a PH of 7.2 but once the Co2 has dissolved it raises to 8.2. My water is hard 200-300 ppm aswell. Will plants be healthy and grow...

I have just bought a Juwel Vision 180 (46 Gallon) aquarium that comes with a 92 cm High Lite unit. It basically uses 2 x 35W T5 bulbs that are supposed to be the same length as T8 bulbs. One of the bulbs is 9000k & the other at 6800k. Both bulbs will have reflectors (If this makes any...

I have a Juwel Vision 180 aquarium that has a flat hood housing 2 x Flaps and a T5 High Lite Unit with 2 x 35w bulbs. This only gives me about 1.5 wpg. I was hoping to be able to get this up to 2 or 2.5 wpg. Any advice on increasing the light? I will be using reflectors on both bulbs I dont...

Hi I am looking into the EI Dry Fertiliser Method where I make my own stock fertiliser. I am a bit confused on how much to dose etc. My tank is a Juwel Vision 180 litre (Approx 45 gallons, although properly less with substrate, plants, decor in etc.) It has a high lite unit running Juwel 35w...

I started my 90 litre planted tank about 6 months ago and I have become addicted. If I did another tank I would do so many things differently and over time. So I am :-) I am upgrading from 90 litres to 180 litres. (Biggest I can fit in space). I have done a lot more research now, and this is my...