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yup its aqua one. Its still doing it a bit.

Yaeh i though bubbles could be drifting over to the intake so i swiched bubbles of and it was still doing it. I actually discovered a lil crack in the inlet tap bit. Sealed it and now it seems to be ok.

The original wood was from the beach, and i soaked and suned it before use. I like the new wood better now anyway. I stripped the tank as: *it wasnt snails *I dont think it was the water hardness as my other tank has some of the same platns and they have been thriving. *Dont think it was lighting as they are new lights and I have less per litre on my other tank and things are fine. *I think the flourish may have hurt the val but the other plants were bad before i started using the flourish *I do a weekly water change and tests showed water quality wasnt a problem. *The tank has been running for over 3 months so it wasnt new tank problems *I have aquatic mix and prrpagaing sand in both my tanks, so i dont think substrate was a problem. *I have clown loaches but the plants were coming up as the had obviosly rotted through. *I have ambulia, not cabomba. So the only thing i could think to do was to pull it all apart and start over. The only thing i could think of that could have been causing problems was the wood, as it may have been leeching something into the water. Im happy with what ive done and im keen to see if it solves the problem.

Well last week I stripped the tank. I found that my piece of driftwood was a bit smelly so i replaced that with a different pice of wood. I chucked all the yuck plants and put in some fresh ones. A week down the track everything is going fine (touch wood). Do you think the wood could have been doing something?

yay! i tightened the taps and walah its fixed. Thanks guys. It probably would have tanken me a bit longer to figure that out on my own.

good. Havent lost any. Loving zuchini! My boyfriend thinks they are growing everyday.

Hey guys For the past couple of days my canister filter has started discharging a burst of air bubbles every minute or so. Its still working, and there is no air in the tubes. I thought it was jsut getting rid of some that may have been trapped but i think it may be sucking air in from somewhere??? Any ideas?

http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm Theres different types. EG the blackwater, clearwater and white water

so whats the verdict??? Do i get a phosphate absorber and give that a go? Or should i think about ferts? Or should i pull it all apart and re do it?

Hmmm The hygro and stuff was melting before, i thought flourish would help, but the val has started melting since i started using the flourish.

around 10-12cm. GBAs are awesome. One of my favourites. TimTam is selling some in welly, http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/3-vt20295.html?start=30

ok Are GBAs and melafix ok?

I havent been moving them. My lighting isnt great but it should be ok cos there is plenty of green algae on my rocks.

Yeah rams keep eating their eggs. Didnt even know that thats what my GBAs were up to tho. lol

Maybe we need to start harassing the suppliers and LFS on a daily basis. Muahahaha

But yes a puffer could have been much more exciting :lol:

lil baby GBAS

I noticed on of my gbas had a mark on him. Its right where his nostril thingee is. It looks like a gash? Ive put him in his own tank, is there anything i can put in there to help it heal?

I have 4 females and boy boy all together. They hang out together and enjoy each others company, but i guess it depends on the fish

I had been wondering where my big GBA had got to :lol:

Nitrate is at 10. Dont have a phosphate test, but i will see about getting this done

you cant really see it in the photos

its been setup for bout 3 months, ive been doing weekly water changes.

search amazon or south american biotope

all mine got killed off when i used algae fix :roll: