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I'm currently running both the Built in hood trickle filter, that came with my tank (AR620T), and a canister filter, the Aqua One Aquis 700. The way i see it, i'm getting about 1000 (poss more) L/Hr turnover with filters alone. I've noticed recently, however, that i'm getting a bit of a...

Just tested my tap water. I'm getting 0.25ppm ammonia, 0 on both Nitrite and nitrate and 7.2 on pH. I've read somewhere that water with no nitrates is a rare thing. I live in Helston, in Cornwall. According to my LFS, we have 'good' water down here. Is that right? Edit: Typo 0.225 to...

OK, thanks a lot, that's a weight lifted off my shoulders. If 0.25ppm is acceptable then i'm not as worried as i first was about it all! I guess, because i hadn't seen the spike in nitrite then nitrate, then my cycle must be working, and had been since my first set up and run in of the tank...

LONG EMAIL ALERT!!! LOL Hi, OK, i 'inherited' my, fully stocked, tropical, fish tank from my Grandfather about 2 months ago. He had it overstocked and looking not very good, when i got it. After water changing lots of water, i managed to get it looking good. After some helpful advice, i...

Hi, After advice on here i've changed my tank slightly. The main difference being that i've gave the Kissing Gourami to my LFS. On a different note, after testing my water last night, i realised that my pH had lowered. Although i have difficulty telling the colour of the API pH test, i believe...

Hi all, I've just updated my Signature at the bottom. Is my tank overstocked? If not, how much more room do i have? If so, how much over am i, please? Thanks Jon

Hi, I added some plants to my tank the other day, since then, there seems to be lots of extremely fine debris particles floating around in my water. :/ . I'm planning to do a water change and a substrate vac this morning, but is there anything else worth doing? I have purigen and carbon, that...

Hi, I'm sure you have already. But have you looked here Betta? That helped me, unfortunately, it helped me to come to the decision not to buy one! Jon

Sorry, I've just found a page, on thi forum, with loads of info on Bettas. I don't think they'll fit properly with the rest of my 'community'. So i'm not going to risk it. Should have looked around a bit more before posting! :blush:

Hi, After quite a bit of research, i can't seem to find any reason not to get a Siamese Fighting Fish. I would really like one, i think these fish look beautiful. Does anybody know if this is a good idea, i've read that they don't get aggressive if there is only one of them in the tank, that...

Hi, My question is exactly as it says in the title. I have had to cycle a new tank, with fish in, for reasons that i'd rather not write again (it's all in previous posts!). I have recently added some, kindly donated mature media, which i'm waiting to work. I'd like to start adding plants, but...

Hi, I have a question regarding the dosing amount of dechlorinator. The dosage requirements are as follows: 10ml per 60l of aquarium water. Use whenever new water is added to the aquarium. What i find a little confusing is; When i do a water change, i have been treating the bucket before...

Thank you, again. Just checked in on them before turning their lights off, and it would appear they've ate them all!! Oh well, better luck next time!

Update - They have stopped laying and fertilising now. I reckon they laid more than 150, but ate all but 6 of them! Hopefully they'll survive until morning!

I've managed to get a few shots so far, but nothing too good! She's laid about 150 so far, and ate about 140 of them! I've read that it could be because there's not enough sheltered spots in my tank, so they eat the eggs, rather than any of the other fish doing it! The pair still seem to be...

OK, So, in my haste to find out (in an earlier post) whether my Zebra Danios were 'pregnant' (not strictly the correct term, i know), i didn't look at my other fish. I'm pretty sure, now, after lots of research, that one of my Angel fish are about to start laying eggs! She's been 'grazing' on...

I've decided to go out and get one now, i'm going to take my old one out now, and i'm on my way out the door shortly. Thanks for your advice. Jon

OK, Photobucket! Here goes: That Should have worked! My concern is that the heater may stop working overnight! Yesssss, it worked! I feel like a technological genius! Thanks! :good:

Hi, It would appear i'm starting to post on here alot! Sorry if i'm annoying anyone!! During my (now daily) water change, i was looking around the tank and noticed that the top half of my heater (the bit, i believe, is the thermostat) has water ingress. It looks something like condensation on...

Right, i'm going to stop using Stability, i've been doing daily water change, so i'll keep that up until i get a 0 ammonia reading. And await some 'kindly donated' mature media!

Cool, Thank you very much... again! You've been a massive help, both myself and my fish are eternally grateful! On a different note, i've also been using a product (recommended by my LFS) called Stability, again, made by Seachem (I guess the Seachem rep done quite well down this way!). Is...

Brilliant, thank you. I don't really want to breed anything, but i didn't want to be cruel either! I think i'll just leave everything to run it's natural course then. Thanks again. Jon

Hi, I have 4 Zebra Danios in my tank, from what i can tell 1 (or 2?) are male and 2 (or 3) are Female. The one's i suspect of being female are looking quite bloated, how could i tell if they're pregnant? I'll try and post Pics, as soon as i can get a reasonable steady pic! I'm pretty bad at...

Hi, I'm having troubles trying to cycle my tank. Long story short, i'm doing daily water changes to keep my ammonia down at about 0.5ppm. My main problem is the fact my filter media isn't mature enough. Thanks to this wonderful forum, one of your helpful members is posting some mature stuff...

As an addition to this, i'm looking at pleco's, do you think these would be a good idea?

I have some wood on the bottom of my recently set up Tropical Tank. It has some algae growing on it! :sad: Does anybody know if there are any good algae eating fish that would assist me in clearing it? I already have on (soon to be 2) Catfish, scouring the bottom for detritus, but would...

Hi, As i mentioned in an earlier post, i have recently received a Aqua One 620 T (130l). If you're not aware it has a trickle filter built in to the hood. I have used this before, with no problems, what-so-ever. However, on the move down here, it took a bit of a knock and the elbow and spray...

Hi All, This is my first post to this forum, and very unlikely to be my last! I used to keep Marine fish, using an AquaStyle 980 (215L) as my main tank, with a 620T (130L) as my backup / nursery / quarantine tank. Unfortunately, due to lack of space following a move, i had to get rid of both...