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Oh dear! Maybe do a 50% waterchange and add some ammo lock with the water conditioner if you have some handy? Always handy to have your own test kit, hopefully someone can help you out

Our most common jumpers at work are neons and harliquins (and bichirs when we have them!)

My crew eat Hikari Sinking Carnivore (and large Cichlid Gold pellets even though it's not ment for them) and they're doing great. When they were smaller I fed them on wardleys shrimp pellets which they did well on too I don't feed meat mostly because they prefer the pellets!

I get stuff like that from know-it-all customers all the time :facepalm: There's no arguing with people like that haha

Oh great! Thanks! :thup:

Hi guys, I'm looking at changing around my big tank a bit before my pearl aro moves in. I currently have dark (brightwater) gravel in there however I plan on painting the back black soon and I'm worried it'll look a little dark so was thinking of changing to sand. Bare bottom would be heaps easier but I don't want it looking too clinical. I've heard having a bright substrate such as white sand can be a contributing factor to the development of drop eye - in your experience is this true? If so, I definately don't want to risk it and will stick to dark gravel and maybe choose a different colour for the background such as blue. Also, what do bichirs prefer? I understand the catfish will probably prefer the sand. Stocking is pretty much going to be aro, catfish and bichirs, ghost knife and a school of red and gold severums.

My first ever plec a few years ago was a ''blue eye'' golden bristlenose from HFF. Looked just like any other GBA to me :lol:

Oops :facepalm: It popped up in my feed due to nzfaunas post - didnt even think to check the initial date :lol:

As far as I'm aware it'll help with algae in the water (green water) but won't do much for algae on the glass. Have you done a water test or taken one to a shop to be done? Maybe you have high nitrates and/or phos? Either way a bit less feeding a more waterchanges usually do the trick Live plants will also help absorb excess nutrients and slow the growth of algae however the gravel is just going to be a place for all the uneaten food to settle (which will spike ammonia and it turn nitrates causing algae). I think removing the gravel will do more for the problem than a UV filter either way :smln:

I would get a saltwater tank just to house one of these if I could :nilly: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

I still can't figure out how to vote on the poll - may just be me though!

I've found Eheim the best (I haven't heard of Stellar though). I have a big one in my bedroom and the bubbles make more noise than the pump itself :thup:

I vote option number 1!

Clarity did this to me also when I set up my big tank. There was a teeny bit of cloudiness from the newly washed gravel but I was told I should put clarity in anyway. I should have listened to my gut because it made it terribly cloudy and just did not calm down. After a week I got so angry I ended up emptying and refilling the tank (all 750L of it!). Good to hear yours has cleared up with carbon! :thup:

That's a really good idea! I wouldn't have thought of heating the existing tank water :thup: