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Hi Busman, I had the exact same problem. I thought someone (as well as me) had this exact same problem. Must've been on a different forum. I tried everything people suggested. I found that the moment the ceramic disc got wet, it was extremely had to get anything coming out. What I did is let it completely dry for a day or two, hooked it up without putting it in the water, then let it sit for a while and THEN dump it in. At first it worked, then it stopped. So i squeezed the bottle really hard to see if bubbles came out which they did. Left it there for a few hours and now its working great.

Welcome!, got any pictures?

Thanks. haha. I tried soaking the old on in bleach to open the pores in the ceramic disc. (I read it from google). That did nothing.

hi, i finally got a replacement sent to me and i AM able to blow through it. After hooking it up, heaps of really fine bubbles come out. It looks really great! :D

Hi Shaun, How did your moss wall turn out? I also bought a heap of java moss and got lots left over. I was thinking of making a moss wall as well.

Just an update. I just read this online. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100509111955AAyLYth ....i think my fish were never sick! LOL! It was totally normal and I was just freaking out for no reason.

I was just about to post the EXACT SAME THING!! I got a cheapo glass diffuser of ebay. I thought, why isn't this working. So i connect to an air pump and still NOTHING. Then i unplugged the diffuser and all this air came out from the pressure. I tried to blow through it with my mouth, still nothing either.....have we got shonky diffusers or are we doing something wrong??

Haha, that was my suspicion, but I've got heaps of that one outside anyway. The fish are fine now, have most of their colour back and are swimming around chasing each other again *phew. It was because I forgot to turn the air back on......I'll never forget again.

HELP!!!! I did a water change today in the morning, all the fish were happy. In the arvo, I bought a dwarf gourami. Everything again was fine. I just came home from dinner and the fish all seem sick!!!! The very very obvious signs are the neon tetra's losing the red stripe! What do i do!?!?!?!??! I'm really worried. I think they may all die!!! :'(!!!!! The plant, I saw in the local pet shop, I'm not sure what it was, but I had the same ones outside, so i just put it in the tank a while ago. Money plant? Update: I think (really hope) I have found the issue. I forgot to turn the air pump on for the whole day! (and usually dont have it on at night). would you think that is the likely cause? The lack of oxygen? I've had the pump running for the last 15 mins and the fish seem to have improved. They are swimming much more, but some still seem to be having difficulty breathing. Also, sorry if i didnt answer the question properly, I was in a panic! I re-read the post and the plant in the middle is actually growing in a wedge of the drift wood. I bought it at the sunday market. I think it is a type of java fern. This is a pic from the net. Same, but healthier picture. Update 2: Its late and I'm very tired. haha. I think I did answer the question correctly to begin with. The big plant behind the rock is not usually underwater I believe. But when I saw it at my LFS, i just thought I'd try. Some of the leaves are slightly yellowing.

Thanks for the replies guys. I've got my other dwarf gourami today. The first one seems much happier now. All the fish seem to get along and look better since getting them. I got the guppies from a someone local, but they didn't seem too healthy and were not very active in my tank (at first). I think because there were HUNDREDs in the one tank before. Now they have grown a bit in size, the fins seem a bit longer, and they are much more active. I'll take a picture soon and post it up. I'm still wanting to get many more plants though, so its not where I would like it to be. Also in the middle of making my DIY CO2 set up. Edit: Picture added. Excuse the blur.

Hey, came across this forum from google. Just started to get into the fish/planted aquarium hobby. At the moment, I've got a few guppies, neons and a dwarf gourami. I'm only putting then in slowly to 'cycle the filter' (i think thats what its called). Planning to get some bristlenose catfish and a another dwarf gourami. I'm actually as interested in the plants as I am with the fish, so I'm gonna have to read more about the whole CO2 set up thing. haha.