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Thanks. After yesterdays maintenance I've already seen improvement. As hogan53 pointed out about flow, I've been using a lot of filter floss within the inter internal filter, I've reduced this. I also had a small peace of bogwood, on the reverse side it was covered in what seemed like a...

Hi, I have: 1 x rainbow 2 x rummy nose tetras 3 x penquin tentras 3 x black widows, The tank has been active for nearly 6 years but has not been properly maintained until around a year ago. The salts I got from aquariumplantfood.co.uk - their EI starter package.

A long ongoing battle I've had with my tank for a while. Every now and again I seem to experience what seems to be bacterial blooms. Yet the number of fish in the tank is minimal, I have a Juvel 125 using the internal filter but this is rammed up with bio media and also using an upgraded 1000...

A stange thing I've noticed this morning before the lights come on: When the solenoid is shut off the bubble counter is still going at around 1 bubble every 5-10 seconds (I have this set at just over 1bps when switched on). I've checked for leaks with no sucess and all connections are as tight...

My fishies have begun this annoying behaviour over the past few weeks. Each time I open the top flap of my tank, the fish go crazy expecting to be fed. No matter what I put into the tank wether it be tweezors or an algae scaper they follow the object around the tank looking very excited...

I'm using an old Juwel Rio tank, but with an upgraded 1,000lph pump. I could improve cirulation a bit by twisting the outlet nosle to a lower possition although that would lead to loosing some surface aggitation. The path of the bubbles coming from the C02 diffuser seem to stay fairly low...

After trimming stem plants in my tank, the majority of the time only one side shoot appears. Rarely do two appear. Leading to this sort of shape after 1-2 weeks: | | / | rathan than | | | / |/ | I usally trim just above the node. In general my plants are not showing signs of...

As you have just begun EI, is this also the first time you are changing 50% of the water? Also when was your last large water change in relation to the fish deaths? I had witnessed my fish becoming very stressed when I first started large water changes (after many years of only 10-20% changes a...

Hi, I'd like to start using a variety of freeze dired food for my community tank, mainly tetras. I understand the best manufacture is Hekari, although they don't seem to supply within the UK other than their flakes and pellets. After comparing prices with other brands, is there any advantage...

Ah, Just tested again last night for Ammonia and Nitrite. They have become detactable again, but not as servere as before. According to a TetraTest kit Nitrite is between 0.3 and 0.8 mg/l and Ammonia is between 0 and 0.25mg/l. I know these test kits are usless in accuracy, but after testing...

Roughly the following, cannot remember the exact list: 1 x Banded Rainbow 5 x Black widow tetra 4-5 x Glass tetra (now have 1) 4-5 Neon tetra (now have1) 3 x Rummy nose tetra 2-3 x Black Neon tetra 2 x Glowlight tetra 2 x Lemon tetra (now have 1)

Thanks for the heads up. The problems were due to a number of issues. I have taken out the nitrate remover from the filter, and replaced with extra bio media. Turned out that the bag was full of tiny particals that spread around the tank. Upgraded the pump to 1,000lph. Lighting was reduced by...

The sponges are washed in siphoned aquarium water. I have the following: -Small amount of JBL white filter wool -JBL Nitrate remover bag -Fine blue Juwel sponge -Juwel Biomax (just purchased last night), was told by shopkeeper this has larger area for bacteria. Not sure if its of any use but...

This is a well established tank (an old Juwel Rio 125, T8 lighting). The aquarium is heavily planted with a good growth rate, with addition of C02. Using EI for ferts. The fish have been acting a little strangley recently, some have died over the past month. After testing the water I had found...

Thanks for the link, I've looked through the symptons and have not experienced any those listed in the bullet point but this: "...Often the first thing an owner will notice is that the affected fish no longer school with the others. Eventually swimming becomes more erratic, and it becomes quite...

Thanks for the responses. There are no shrimps in the tank. I do not have a complete list of the fish, will post these later on today. With the neons the only thing I noticed was they seemed to become fairly thin and brittle. I cannot recall any loss of colour - the problem is they were...

Has anyone come across this before or have some possible explination? I'm not sure whats going on but there is some "mystery" going on in my tank. I recently noticed that some fish have just simply fanished, yup. I had searched everywhere, my tank is quite heavily planted, also searched in the...

Thanks for the recommendation. I have increased all dosing, C02, Tropica now 10ml daily, with 1 cap of Excell daily and this has not caused any issues with the Fish or brought on any signs of algae. Yet, I've always had an issue when trimming the plants, the part of the stem that has been...

HI there, I've been running my tank with great success over the past few weeks. Although about a week after trimming the leaves on mainly the trimmed plants are turning black and becoming very brittle. After searching on the internet some sites are saying lack of ferts, others are saying too...

Re: JBL drop checker keeps emptying - anyone had this proble Tried again last night and placed into a different area of the tank. Happened again but more slowly. Yeah I think I'll scrap it for a glass one. Yet another piece of JBL material going in the bin.

Hi there, I've been using the JBL drop checker for about a couple of months. Until after a particular water change the drop checker seems fine when placed in the tank but when I go to check a few hours later all of the liquid is gone!!! I hope the regent isn't harmful to the fish. The only...

Re: Planning on a new Discus Aquarium. Few questions and cos Thanks for the info and advice, much appriciated. This will be my first time keeping discus. I'm currently researching them. There is a LFS stocking some discus that I do trust due to their knowlage and quality of stock, I have seen...

After getting frustrated with an old Juwel Rio 125 tank (only 1wpg lighting) I think its about time to go full out with a new aquarium. Anyway, the plan is to place this in a living room (seems a shame to be spending so much time on the current tank and not being able to fully appriate it). So...

Hi. Proberbly a stupid question to some. I'm using a JBL M001 regulator on a disposable cylinder. According to the instructions when the pressure falls below 30 (which is the case) its recommended to replace the cylinder. After completely unscrewing the regulator, theres a very prominent...

Just like RudeDogg1's other post, I'm another one seriously effed off now. Got back to this issue about a week ago, as the gasping fish were from ammonia poisening. After re-checking all the connections, the C02 did not reach the diffuser in the tank unless there was a high pressure, which...

Thanks. Did a 50% change last night. Normally I do a gravel clean with each water change, although this time I went slightly deeper and in the awkerward areas - this was litterally pulling a very large amount of cloudy deep brown particles. In a few areas, especially around planted areas...

The only thing I can think of was the plants were is a terrible condition and used to become covered in black algae over period of time. Resulting in quite a bit of dead leaves and roots, but I cleared those out weekly. I got the plants sorted out a couple of weeks ago after researching and...

I usually wash all filters about once a month in the water siphoned from the tank during a water change. Replacing the wool pad weekly. Is there any particular test kit you would recommend?

Hi there, Im getting into all sorts of trouble. I hope I don't aggitate anyone experienced. I have just started maintaining the plants properly around 1-2 months ago - before that time it was just basic water changes and cleaning the algae from the glass, replacing the filter sponges as advised...

Thanks for the quick responses. Checked early this morning and the checker is now yellow and the majority of fish are gasping. When I posted yesterday I noticed one of the raindow fish were gasping in a lower corner of the tank without moving, although I though that they gasp near the surface...

I've just started using a JBL C02 kit for the past few days and have come across a problem with either the bubble counter filling completely with water or completely emptying. An extra stop valve has been bought, and both are working fine when I blow through them in one direction. I have a stop...

Hey thanks. I think that explains the sudden increase. Also glad to hear the plants can grow fine in higher pH levels. My apologies, meant below 0.3mg/l (the test kit won't measure any lower) for NO2.

I'm a little new to this, the tank was passed onto me but the previous owner had never trimmed the plants or cleaned the gravel. I would say the aquarium is at least 5 years old and the majority of the original fish are still going strong (Rainbows, Neon tetras etc.). I have been doing basic...