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Hi, a friend of mine has aquired a secondhand 5' aquarium which has no hood. They have made a hood, and have already treated it with beeswax, now they want to know what type of varnish to use? On a search I see it has to be polyurethane, but is there anything else they need to know? Many thanks,

Hi All, (last night) ok, I have an established, heavily planted 4' tank. 27 fish (now!) Fed every other day with frozen brine shrimp or dap. (frozen) algae wafers, and pellets for cories. (Did feed live brine shrimp last week, first time for months) Cleaned for their usual routine 50% water...

Hi, I've just had a power cut here for about 5 mins, I have a 4' tank running 405 fluval external filter; when power cut water came flowing out of filter, thank god we were up, or else it would have emptied tank! That led me on to thinking, can anything be done to stop this??? If we'd have...

Hi, I usually dose with TPN+ and dry PO's every day then 50% water change weekly. Have just bought some loaches, and sudddenly wondered if the large dosage of ferts is ok with them :jawdrop They are such sensitive fish, does anyone know please? Haved stopped the fert regine for the time being...

Hi, I want to upgrade my filter to a larger one for better water circulation. I have a 4' tank with a Fluval 305 running. I also have a 105 that can be cycled and used, OR do I go for just a fluval 405? I'm concerned too that co2 is not being distributed around all of the aquarium. So, 1...

Hi, I don't appear to be able to 'see' my scape in advance,as I've re planted a few times now and it still looks untidy and not very good. I have tried to plan on paper too but.... :( So, what are your ideas? I was going to move the Egeria over to the left corner ,around that bend in the...

Hi, I have a drop checker now, and I use de ironised water for car batteries in it, then drop 3 drops of reagent in. The very first time it went blue, then green and stayed green. Now for the life of me I cannot get the water to go blue! It just goes yellow immediately. I've tried this so many...

Hi, i have now started to inject co2 into the tank, there's no fish in there at the moment, they are still in the other tank they were moved to when the braace broke. This has given us the oppotunity to start co2. However I'm having trouble with the PH, the tap water is 8.0,(these are taken...

Hi, the co2 seems to be coming out a bit slow. The left dial reads 65, but the right one only reads just under 1 bar. I've tried turning the big knob on the top of the bottle (500g aquarium one). It has Zu -> and <-Auf and if zu is on then I've got it turned all the way on. Help! Also, I've got...

Hi, we bought this co2 unit second hand and are just starting to set it up now,(having replaced the brace!) The questions we have is, for the bubble counter to be upright, the dials are on their side?!If we twist it round then the counter is on it's side! Has this been put together wrong by...

Hi, update, we bought acrylic etc, but when we tried to drill through the old brace it's snapped. So we also have a new plastic brace, how do we take the old one off? (Apart feom very carefully!) Only about half an inch to work with. Tank has water in too. Thanks for ideas, I have searched...

The brace on my 4' broke last night, transfered fish to smaller tank, but need to replace brace. How on earth do I go about doing it please? Is it safe to leave a bit of water in there for plants? Thanks Jackie

Hi, my 4' tank is now ready for scaping and fish. However the plants I have I want to move from the old tank to the new BUT I have snails all over them, and I do not want them in the new tank. Do any of you do the bleach dip? The plants are mainly Crypts and Vallis. I've read 1 part bleach...

Hi, I'm cycling a 4' tank, and I'm on to the second stage, well I was... after a week the ammonia has dropped to 0, so I raised back up to 3ppm. Nitrite was off the scale, 48 hours later ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10. Where on earth do I go from here? I have the fish ready to transfer...

Hi, I'm starting a new tank, wanted to know if the plants will be alright through the cycling process of adding amonia please? Thank you, Jackie.

Hi, when starting a new tank, do you put a layer of chosen soil over all the tank regardless of how much you are going to plant? It will be covered with sand. I have rio 240, was going to keep Discus, but no longer able to undertake this project. So, going to be a comunity tank, not heavily...

Hi, this is really a question as stated in the title. Am I wasting my TPN+ dosing if I still have the carbon sponge in my internal filter? If you suggest it's removed, do I replace with anything else. I'm talking about a 96l tank with internal filter and fluval 1. Thanks,

Hi, reading some posts about blackout, if I wrap the tank in bin liners and blanket, will that nt raise the temp inside the tank? Already at 28-30 as flat is hot. Advice needed please, thanks,

Hi guys, I have a 75l 30" aquarium with amazon swords, 6 mini amazons, hair grass, ludwigia, wendtti, java fern, tall hydro plants. I'd say about 50% of my substrate is now covered. Beginning to have slight problem with BGA on the leaves of Wendti and Ludwigia. Lights are one 18w daylite with...

Hi everyone, :) I'm new to your forum, not new to fish keeping, but new to fauna within the aquarium. I have recently been given some plants by a kind member of another fish forum, and I need to sterilize them before they go into my tank. Not too keen on the idea of bleach, and I can't get...