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Puternut, i feel for your predicament, but it is not all bad. :-) I am new at this and had been sold a new tank and fish, but came on here luckily before i had any corpses. Once you have read up on cycling, I would get a small (9L or there abouts) tank and call it the "quarantine tank you...

the thread http://www.fishforums.net/content/New-to-t...sh-List-Needed/ has a picture of the tank with the garish gravel in the pattern designed by my 5 yr old. i haven't got a recent picture (too busy testing the levels every night ;-) will take a pic tonight when i get back that shows the...

it is a 180l tank

a quick summary of new bright tank - pink themed fish garish tank for 5 yr old (and me ;-) Tank now cycled, and tested the loading by buying some fish from LFS but Cardinals @ £7.99 a pair, got 4 of them, 6 glo-light tetra's and 1 pink loach thingy so that is enough to spend there. The...

Time to resurrect the thread..... Tank now cycled, and tested the loading by buying some fish from LFS but Cardinals @ £7.99 a pair, got 4 of them, 6 glo-light tetra's and 1 pink loach thingy. The ammonia, nitrite and pH didn't flinch for the following 5 days and so have confidence in the...

hi all, cycle finished and so thought a second tank would give a better option if "it" happens down the line. i have set up the 45l tank with no gravel (will get sand and substrate next week) and have added the ammonia to start the cycle. I also put about 2 cups of gravel in a pair of tights...

hi, i've got my fry in a "floaty net cage thing" in the main tank, and they are coming on - even survived my attentions while the main tank cycled. they are danios (i think) and about 1 cm long - they look pink because of their guts and no pigmentation on the skin yet. they must be 6 weeks...

my tank finished its cycle last weekend, and so on Wednesday my Danios returned from the "holiday tank" to the main tank. on Friday i could only see 4 of the 5, and was stumped. I did a 20% water change today to check the whole regime and make sure i remembered everything that Miss Wiggle and...

this morning the pH was down to 6.8 (approx) ammonia at 1 and nitirite at 1 will add 1.5 teaspoons baking SODA this evening to see any pH rise and test after an hour or so

levels at 6pm ammonia 1 nitrite 0.5 ph 7.2 strip test said GH at 60-120 KH at 40-80 ph at 7.5 and nitrite/nitrate light pink ?? think i'm safe. will watch like a hawk Simon

at least you can seed with your own filters from the other tank to speed everything up.... not got that option myself :-( Simon

yes odd. i thought that nitrate, could only be a result of the ammonia -> nitrite -> nitrate chain if the ammonia and nitrite levels are sane, what are the levels out of the tap. i'm looking forward to see what the levels are sitting at when i get home

Tag, i seem to be ahead of you by about 12 hours LOL the bacteria are still there (my ammonia dropped by 2ppm in 8hrs and the nitrate was just present) my cycle seemd to have stalled, and then i added baking powder instead of baking soda to try and restart by raising the Ph. seems to have...

new LFS didn't have any KH testing kit (just the multi strips) i said i didn't think much of the strips and he agreed.... on cycling, he kind of agreed with what i was doing - so i may have found a good guy on this tiny island :- ) i'll use the test strips i already have to see what in points...

thanks MW figures this morning after 8 hours were Ammonia down to 1, nitrite at .25 Ph at 7.2 I'm a bit uncertain about the reading of the Ph actually as the shade of blue wasn't really on the API scale but is "close" to 7.2 am visiting the other LFS i've found to see if i can get a Kh test...

what a fun way to spend an hour... 95% water change after the emptying...put in the 3 capfuls of dechlor, and THEN added the warm water to the tank after filling .25 Ammonia 0 Nitrite Ph 7.2 Memsahib used unprintable words.... ...gave me Bicarb of soda i've added 1teaspoon as there didn't...

nuts! nuts! nuts! :rolleyes: time to try out my home made python thingy...

MW once again to the rescue :-) couldn't find bicarb in the memsahib's cupboard of wonders, got baking powder instead. put in 2 teaspoons and will test in 30 mins or so. will still do the water change on Saturday to clear out the algae and raise the PH man this is going on for ever.... :-)...

it's between about 6 and 6.4 the palest shade of green

on day 24 i did a water change and nuked the bacteria (tap water into filter) - doh! am still confused why the ammonia doesn't clear in 24 hours (yes i add the ammonia every evening) I was putting it down to my plants not enjoying the environment and producing more ammonia will see how it is...

Hokey Dokey, sanity check please. below is the chart of my measurements to date. As some may remember, i set the bacteria back by filling the tank via the filter with tap water (Oh, how we laughed! ;-) Ammonia IS being used up as i am topping it up every day. the nitrite level is pretty...

BG, i don't know what the testkits are like in Aus, but the API one that WD mentioned is the one that is widely used (and gives clear results - except when your nitrite spikes...and it goes a weird shade not on the paper ;-) the API master kit comes with ammonia, nitrIte, PH ,and nitrAte - so...

Welcome BG i am [still] in the same place you are now. :-) I promised my daughter fish for winning a school prize, and THEN did the research - nightmare! being playing catchup ever since. i put the fish in a small 9L plastic tank so that it was easy to do the water changes to keep their tank...

Monkey = £500 Pony = £25 Score = £20 :-) HEY EVERYBODY I ANSWERED A QUESTION FROM MISS WIGGLE - WOO HOO!! :-) Simon

Thanks MW - i'll discard the "use salty water" tip i was given :-) you must have this forum open constantly at work :-) Simon

hi, in a bizarre twist of fate on Saturday, as I was dumping our weekly rubbish at the tip, there was a gent getting rid of a RENA 60 with pump [funny shaped version]. Assures me it all is fine, but he is moving house [downsizing] and so only has room for his 1 big tank. as i am still cycling...

hi tag, the other thing to bear in mind is the carrier used and how close you are to their nearest depot. that will probably determine the condition you are going to get them in. I know where you are coming from (lived on the Moray coast for years and it always took ages for anything to arrive)...

Hi GM, please let me welcome you to this happy little group. Don't worry I was in the same situation as you (am still going through my cycle BTW) and the fish i got at the beginning are in a temp small tank (MUCH easier to do the water changes) So...I am on day 29 (have screwed up a couple...

nah - done the maths in 6 years time, i'm looking at an oestregen nightmare in the house - mum and daughter (menopause and puberty) I don't want to be anywhere near that! i'll start looking for bachelor jobs in 4 years, and see if one eats the other :-) LOL

LOL I wish i could get back to engineering - just for dealing with logical people...but the pay is lousy, so i'll suffer being surrounded by marketing and accounting types :-) :D Simon

as has been mentioned far more eloquently than i will attempt, it is how the weight is distributed (wherever it is located) if you think you are going to have problems, you can get "spreader boards" to cover extra joists (the name will change depending on location - but basically weight...

always knew that women were pack animals and relied on shared experience to control us all... :lol: Simon

thanks guys for the confirmation... once i make up the python thingy, and very C A R E F U L L Y clean the gravel [without flooding the kitchen] I hope the pattern remains. FWIW the rescheduled sports day was yesterday, and Ruth won her race and has proved that she has been listening in our...

hi all, you may have read my previous post on my idiocy when refilling the tank and not putting the water into the filter without dechlorinating first....lesson learned! anyway, that was 5 days ago, and i've been watching the ammonia and nitrite like a hawk to see the spike situation. my...

hi all, i think i have got away with it (although i have "skinned my knees") reading this evening: Ammonia 1ppm (down from 5ppm after the water change) nitrite 2ppm - so still food for the "slow" bacteria to grow on nitrate 10ppm - although i'm not convinced as it is a bland orangy colour and...

the patterns are still there although somewhat blurred by the planting scheme. rather than have a clump of plants, i thought i would space them out (even managed to get some pink plants !!!! lol) next time dechlor straight in and the pipe then. i'll see what the temp and ammonia levels are...

thanks MW - as always a calm voice :-) if i did that, would i have to pour the water straight into the tank? rather than the filterblock? i only poured it in the filter block so that the garish stones pattern (remember that?) wouldn't get too disturbed. is there another way of pouring in en...

1 capful = 4 buckets worth so it was going in 1 in 4 a truly DOH! moment when i realised - serves me right for rushing i guess. hope to see the pale yellow when i get home

thanks for the confirmation WD and Lioness, the planting was dojne and apart from one particular plant that burst free 4 times (once the tank was filled of course) everything is looking good. I did a quick ammonia test this morning, and it seemed to have dropped a bit but was down to 2ppm after...

hi AP, no the bottles were definately right. just done the ammonia test after the big water change and ammonia added and am at 5ppm as per the calculator. WD and MW were spot on - my nitrite test is now deep purple [had to get that in], and ammonia where i put it. not much in the way of...