I have been adding a liquid plant fertiliser on every partial water change (weekly). It includes iron. Is it safe to keep adding ? Is there an unsafe level ?

How can you check , is there a test kit available ??

sorry for all the questions but i dont want to poison my fish

congratulations..they look great. What are you going to do with all of them ??

just a quick update - claned the gravel more often - appears to have stopped growing on the wood now, occasionally see it growing out of the lower water intake grille on the internal filter and then disappear. Much Happier Now !!

Thanks

It's been running for a few days now. Really simple to set up and operate. The lever at the top can regulate the flow. I have had to add a second spray bar in series to get the water discharge speed down. This is a very nice bit of kit.

The internal filter supplied with the Trigon 190 is a good biological filter but when it comes to mechanical filtration in my opinion it just doesn't do the job. I have a well stocked aquarium and the water was not as clear as i wanted it. I was therefore on the lookout for an additional filter ...

thanks for the advice everyone - interesting.


I think i will do as Racoll suggests and give the gravel a good clean every other day for a couple of weeks and see what happens - i will keep you posted

cheers

it does spread quickly (1-2mm/hour)sometimes quicker. It will spread across a piece of wood for example and then disappear. It then may start again from another point on the same piece of wood. I'm not sure if it grows in the dark although i did see some starting to grow on the tank wall starting ...

well, i have added pimafix and melafix and it has not affected the fungus/mould. It keeps re-growing on the wood and tries to grow on parts of the glass. Next step ???

should i add salt ??

the fungus didnt start on the wood. i first noticed it growing in the floating plastic container i use for small fry. It has spread to the wood, base of some plants and has krept onto the gravel - it looks bad !!

thanks - the trouble is that it started to grow on all 3 pices of driftwood - it even started to grow in the plastic container i use to put small fry in

i will rinse the wood and see what happens

This wierd algae (?) has started to grow in my tank. It grows rapidly on the wood (about 1-2mm/1 hour !!) And how do i get rid of it ??

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When i got home the water had completely cleared. Still a slight sweet smell when i open the lid but almost back to normal.

thanks. I will remove any leftovers of the prawn tonight and perform another water change. It is strange, i have never seen this before.

I noticed last night that the water was very slightly cloudy but i thought nothing of it. I looked again this morning and the water is very cloudy and there is a sweet smell when i open the tank lid. One of my golden barbs had died overnight. I have changed 1/3 of the water before going to work but ...

I live in Chessington but work in Woking. I get most of my fish from Chessington Garden Centre. They have a fairly large aquatic set-up over there.

Thanks for the advice.

Thanks guys,

I hope he/she wont outgrow my tank as I dont have room for a bigger tank.

I weighted down a cooked king prawn yesterday, didn't last long !

Well here it is. Is it a Liposarcus Pardalis ??

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thanks for the reply. I hope i am wrong about the species but will post a photo of him/her when i get home.

Hello I purchased a Juwel Trigon 190 about 8 months ago and have set it up as a community tank. Just recently I purchased what i was told was a leopard pleco and was told it would grow to about 10 inches. I have checked the photos on te web and think it is a Liposarcus Pardalis. It would appear that ...