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After being in the lfs this afternoon I think our first inhabitants will be a shoal of platy's...

Aqua plus is a tap water conditioner/dechlorinator :) (Atleast that's what it says on the one in my hand ;) )

Don't believe anyone who says fish won't out grow their tank. Fish will grow to the size nature intended regardless of the size of their 'home'. As to other water treatments god knows.... I'm new to this as well - my tank is just quietly sitting in the corner of the room bubbling away while I...

Right, just checked the ammonia - its a combined NH3/NH4 test.. Results:- Ph 8 NH3 0.06mg/l (Test kit: Hagen Nutrafin NH3/4 test) NO3 10 NO2 0 GH <3 KH 3 Water temp: 23 - 24c Treatment used: Aqua plus (tap water conditioner) and Cycle both added as per instructions on bottle when setting...

Dyson, is it one of the Elite starter tanks (maidenhead aquatics sell them - with the same treatments just curious)? If so the aqua plus is the dechlorinator...

Cheers :) We've not even stocked our first tank yet and we're hooked so suspect there will be a larger tank on its way soon - something nice and big - 120 / 200 l size

Okay, that rules out the danio's - the tank is 60ish liters (60x30x35 (lxwxh))... what other hardy fish would be recommended as the first fish into the tank?

It does - one thing I forgot is I managed to trade some filter media with a collegue at work (his tank is about 12 months old now)...

So far (4 days from starting the tank using 'starter' additivites (dechlorinator and water 'conditioner')) our current stats are:- NO3 betwen 0 and 10 NO2 0 General hardness 10 Carbon hardness 10 Ph 8 Ammonia is the one thing I've not got something to check for at the moment (the strips...

Stupid q... We're probably (fingers crossed) going to be in a position to start stocking our tank soon so we're planning to start with a shoal (6 or 10 depending on price) danio's and then in a couple of months plan to introduce some tetra's and would like eventually to introduce a single betta...

This is our first attempt at an aquarium... It's a 60x30x35cm tank with a Elite Stingray 15 filter in the left hand side and an Elite submersible heater on the right... Any suggestions and comments welcome - including ideas for stocking :)

Hi, Very brief intro - extremely new to tropical fish - our tank only just came out of the box yesterday so you'll have to ignore my dumb questions :) We live in South Wales not far from Cardiff and share a somewhat crowded home with two snakes (a humble corn snake and a Tiawanese Beauty...

Cheers for the advice - I'll lower it today :) (The thermometer is on the oposite side of the tank already).

Hi, Just got our first tropical aquarium set up - the heater is an elite heater - clearly marked just below the top of the tube part is the minimum water level... what isn't marked is the maximum water depth. They're claimed to be fully submersible - should I do so or should I leave the top so...