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   Well that's made things a lot easier now that I know their stomachs are as large as their eyes. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the replies.   It's still difficult to know how much food should be in each 'pinch' of flakes. That's the bit I don't understand.

This has to be the ultimate newbie question: How much should I feed my fish and how often should I do so?   FYI I have a 240 litre tank which is presently stocked with 6 Zebra Danios who are beginning the fish-in cycle. (Yes I know you should cycle before adding fish but I disastrously forgot to...

Hi and thanks for the replies.     I think you must be right about the accuracy issue. I just checked my water company's website and tests for my area, conducted on 14/03/2013, indicate a Nitrate rating of 20.24 ppm.     It's so hard to tell even if you're looking at the sample in real life. I...

OK so I've made the decision to order the API test kit instead as that appears to be far more accurate than the Nutrafin kit. Would you recommend this one yourself?   Update: I fed the fish for the first time today. All the food was gone in about 3 minutes. The bad news is that they appear to be...

Well I gladly accept your advice and will add it as soon as it arrives!   I swear, the guy in the LFS made fish keeping sound so simple :P

  I will contact them as soon as I'm sure that the level is actually that high and I'm not just mis-reading.     I have! Since 1999 I've been drinking only bottled water because the stuff which comes out the tap is full of crap. I recently changed to buying spring water in glass bottles because...

I'm using the Nutrafin test pack, where you mix chemicals with the water and compare on a colour chart. I just tested the tap water and it gives pretty much the same reading as the tank water. Here's a pic. It's a bit blurry but the freshwater colour chart is on the left.

eagelsaquarium, thank you for the extremely helpful post.   I don't think you included a link to the ammonia calculator.   With regard to the Tetra Safe Start; I've ordered a bottle from an amazon retailer. the reviews are excellent but obviously if the bottle has been sitting on a shelf for too...

So yesterday I added 6 Zebra Danios to my 240 litre tank and 24hrs later I did the first water test:   Ammonia - 0   Nitrite - 0   Nitrate - Around 100   PH - 73   I'm happy about everything except the Nitrate. My question is: What percentage water change should I perform? The test kit...

  Don't wait... add it immediately. I posted a rather lengthy response on your other thread about the fish-in process.... I hope it helps you. Incidentally, ALL cycling products, like this are completely worthless unless you are adding a source of ammonia.     Nutrafin cycle is, unfortunately...

Thank you both. I'm relieved to hear that all is well. later today I'll run my first fish-in water test.

I'm new to fishkeeping and yesterday I visited the LFS and purchased my first fish: 6 Zebra Danios. I carefully added them to the tank, making sure not to pour any of the LFS water into my tank. So far they appear to be doing well, although I haven't fed them yet. I've noticed, however, that...

Thanks for this, it looks like the answer to my prayers! Based on the glowing amazon reviews I've just ordered a bottle of Tetra Safe Start. I'll wait for ammonia to pick up a bit before adding it. Cheers Ch4rlie.

Being new to the hobby of fishkeeping I decided to buy my first tank, a Fluval Roma 240 litre; the biggest tank in the store. The tank looks extremely nice and the cabinet compliments my living room. The other day I purchased some live plants whilst doing a fishless cycle. One of the plants was...

Some beautiful fish you've got there. I gather cichlids can be a handful?

I already bought the 2nd tank yesterday ;) a 15 litre bi0rb for use as a hospital tank. Ch4rlie, what brand of nitrifying bacteria would you recommend, and is this something which can be added with live fish in the tank?

I experienced the scratching on the door phenomenon too! It was when I was 12; about a year after my grandmother passed. Only when I opened the door it immediately stopped. I was them plagued by a terrifying phenomenon of scratching on the walls and objects around my room for the next 2 weeks...

Hi Ryan and welcome to the forum. Great photos!

Hello everyone and thanks for your warm welcome.    I eventually plan on replacing all the plastic plants with real ones. I wasn't helped by the fact my LFS told me that plastic plants are better and advised me to use a straight builder's gravel substrate. Upon further research, apparently fish...

Hi everyone! :) I'm completely new to fishkeeping and as a result have been doing lots of google research lately on the subject. This forum seems to appear more often than not in the search results so that's why I chose it to make a profile. Anyway, it's great to be here and I look forward to...