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Wow really? That seriously sucks. I did not realise that it was an issue for landlords. I always assumed no pets meant no soft and fuzzies... We didn't even consult our landlord about our...

Apart from lighting and poor nutrition, you should also consider C02 levels and substrate - Ideally you would want around 2 - 3" of substrate for your plants. If it's regular gravel you prob need...

I feed our fish mosquito larvae. Some people worry about the nasties the larvae could be carrying but I've had no trouble and the fish love them!

Thanks for the info and help, sorry to hear about your fish. She's not eating but swimming around as per normal. I will keep a close eye on her and if things get worse I'll make the call.

We've used Melafix and Pimafix although I doubt the effectiveness of these products. We don't have access to a lot of other products here in New Zealand. I can get Furan 2 but it's for bacteria...

I'm not sure where the ammonia reading came from as we hadn't had a problem with it previously. We've had a few issues with water clarity but now it's crystal clear. I'm thinking the ammonia might...

Oh also have ammonia chips in the filter due to a slightly high reading earlier in the week.

Not heavily planted but fair bit, 1 big java fern, few stems of ambulia, 3 swords, 2 twisted Val, 1 wisteria, hair grass and 3 bunches of another plants I can't remember the name. Did a water change...

Ok params as follows

Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
PH 7 / 7.2

We got a couple to control the outbreak of snails we got and they seemed to have done the trick. Couple of weeks and we stopped seeing snails. They are great little guys to watch and seem to like...

Thanks for the info.

I bought an API test kit a little while ago but still get the LFS to test every now and then as a precaution make sure I'm doing it right.

I will post the readings when I...

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I have a case of what looks like severe tail rot on my hands. I noticed one of our barbs tail was completely missing on Saturday, I hadn't noticed anything wrong with her prior to that...