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not sure i agree with the 'a healthy fish is a hungry fish' when it comes to discus - the experienced guys and breeders will tell you lots of stories about waiting a month, or even two until their new fish settle down and eat. my discus still will sometimes not eat in front of me, but when i...

priming - fancy talk for just filling up the filter cannister before switching it on

this can be common for new discus, mine took 12 days before they started eating, speaking to the guys on the discus forums i;ve heard of people waiting more than a month for them to eat? were the new discus quarantined - can't rule out internal parasites: does the fish look especially thin in...

just use a good quality dechlorinator like prime angels like good clean water as most fish do, IMO 50% weekly water change with prime as a min

you tend to find that they will display to each other...this can involve lip tugging, shimmying and flashing at each other....however these behaviours are similar to agression and the differences can be subtle when they are ready to spawn you will find there are two angels owning the tank and...

guys, look again at this tank its designed to fill up to the top so the surface area is limited to a area the size of the small box on top...this isn't much better than a betta cube.... it looks cool, but also usuitable for most fish

i've used the bleach dip in the past...easy enough to do

apologies, not sure how to say this in a nice way and not cause offence but this is bad advice first, there's just no point in having the cannister unless you are running it 24/7 bacteria will build up in the cannister to keep the nitrogen cycle going. if you switch the cannister off for...

the bleach dip is actually 1:19 making up a total of 20 parts between bleach and water....sorry to be pedantic! when i had hair algae i used a bleach dip on the plants, i also mixed up excel in a spray bottle and sprayed the tank surfaces both the algae and plants took a hammering, but it...

carbon will remove some of the trace elements activated carbon will remove more two choices - does more nutrients or remove carbon...

when i had my first tank (not bowl) i was about 10. i religiously cleaned out the tank every single week i would scrub it down and give it a really good clean with fairy washing liquid and rinse out all the gravel every week, i even cleaned out my carbon bubble filter man, the tank sparkled...

The laterite will provide Iron which is good for new leaf growth The co2 will provide carbon, essential for growth When you had a break, you allowed the fish waste to build up, generating nutirient N, P and K which the plants need. When the plants got them their growth overtook the 'brown...

try using root tabs that contain N and P

there's something called minimum light threshold, which means that there is a minimum amount of light required for even low light plants to go. For example if you have a 2W bulb over a 1W tank, the 2W bulb will never supply enough light for plant growth. I'm afraid with a 20G tank 1wpg falls...

posted at same time - go with Coler

a lot of the malawis are very hardy indeed, once you've set up with rocks and sand the water changes are straightforward as the tank will not be planted what's the parameters of your tap water after its sat for 24 hours (pH kH gH)

need to look at the reason for the amount of plant fragments - you go plecos in there?

it will be nutrient deficiency of some sort might be worthwhile running a second tube what's the carbon source? what are you using for ferts?

i would agree with the start with low light and low plants and take it from there approach

a well panted tank will create areas of shade and refuge, that appear to make the fish feel more comfortable i have festivums,the more the plants grow the more they come out i kept them for a month in a bare bottom tank with no light and they hid 24/7 looking quite stressed IME high light...