Hi,

Can anyone tell me how to raise my gh and kh levels of my tapwater slightly?
At the minute its....
ph. 7.4
gh 2 dh
kh 1 dh.

I would like get both levels around 5 dh to prevent ph crash.

Hey Neo,
Why dont you just consult the oracle She would have known what it is before you even wanted to buy it Plus why you wanted to buy it

Well hello Mr Anderson,
As a very rough guess have a look at L134 and L174 in the cat elog.

Hi Coryman, I purchased the wood from a reputable shop, no way am I going to put anything in the tank that I found on a walk! The reasons Im including it in my tank are that one of my smaller zebras seem to has taken a liking to eating , I think its also good for hiding places for them and I like ...

Brilliant,Thanks for advice.I will get to work on that fungus with my girlfriends toothbrush.Ha Ha only joking

Hi all.
How do you lot treat a new piece of bogwood?Im soaking it in water at minute replacing it daily and plan on doing so for about two weeks.It has what I think is a bit of fungus on it.I dont want this to harm my zebra plecos so any advice is welcome!!!

Hi, For the last few days Ive noticed a red patch on one of my zebras just below the eye.This red patch has now developed into a small spot(shown in the pic below). Can anyone help me with diagnosis and suggest a treatment :?: Ive also noticed a few different things on the glass of the tank ... 1 ...

Hi Phillip, My first thread is on page three of the South American Catfish section about two thirds down called "Zebra pleco more problems".About a month after buying them one by one they started to loose the tip of the caudal fins and one even had a wound on his dorsal, I added some King british ...

Hi georg, I have 4 zebras in the tank at the moment ,Im thinking of adding more if I can find them at a good price.I havent seen any recently on my travels if anyone knows anywhere post a reply. If I did manage to find some more does anyone think they will fight with the existing ones when added ...

Hi, This is my H.zebra tank, its a 125l jewel rio with an extra canister filter in ,BD sand,Blue stratta rock,a bit of drift wood and some penn plax silk plants.What do you think?I know its not exactly biotype but aquascaping is not my strong point :!: Do you think I will be able to add anymore ...

Thanks for all the advice everyone.Ive tried giving the cats some brine shrimp which goes down well and the tetra prima gets nibbled on.Ive also raised the tank temp to 84f and added king british fin clear .The tails dont look like they are getting worse and I think one of them is growing back a bit ...

Thanks for the rapid reply stingray.The zebras are the only fish in the tank which has plenty of cover ,driftwood for them to eat if the feel like it ,a tank flow rate of about 4 times per hour and temp is at 80f.I will try using the brands of food you recommend but they seem to only eat bloodworm ...

Thanks for the help on the twitching you have put my mind at rest but a bigger problem has now come up.A third zebra has now lost the tip of his tail the only one with a tail intact is the smallest and tends to stay out of the way.Also Ive noticed one with a slight cut on one of his fins with a ...

After buying my zebras about a month ago they are now spending more and more time out in the open, over the last few days I have noticed one of them wriggling oddly (almost like he is trying to shake something off him) forwards into the flow of the power filter then drifting back a bit and repeating ...

Thanks for all the replys.It sounds like I can use the slate with not much of a problem, youve saved me from having to redesign my tank after hours and hours of being sat infront of it wondering what to do:!:

Hi everyone, Ive recently bought some slate floor tiles from my local hardware store with the intension to smash it up and make small caves for my l46 but when I got it home I noticed a metalic finish to the tiles .Its natural slate with very very small reflective bits almost like a light sprinkling ...

Hi, Ive recently bought four juvenile zebras with the view to try and breed them in the future.does anybody have any suggestions for mid to top water swimming companions that arent going to give the zebras any problems at feeding time.The tank is 36x15x15 do you think there would be room for more ...