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Just a further question about the ammonia checker, Steven: Hanna do have an Australian website (yay!). I notice that there's the low-range ammonia checker (0-3.0ppm, resolution 0.01ppm), and for a little bit more there's the mid range ammonia checker (0-9.99ppm, resolution 0.01ppm). Is there...

Not sure why the photo uploaded twice. It's the same photo.

Thank you so much, Steven & Jen. I really appreciate you both taking the time to help me out here. :) I'll try to attach a photo of the API Freshwater Master Kit High pH test from just before 1pm today (before the lights came on. It looks like 8.0 to me, but I really do seem to struggle with...

Thanks Hefin. One thing I've quickly noticed in fish keeping is the incredibly varied range of advice I'll get depending on who I ask. I'm still in the process of working out which people/places/stores I prefer. For some of the issues, some advice is completely in opposition to other advice...

Do you mean you'd like to see the record of all the water parameters, or the readings as they stand today? They were always consistently within the ranges: NO3 0-20 NO2 0-0.5 pH 6.0-7.0 KH 0-40 GH 180+ I just noticed there was one day where the NO3 was between 20-40, right after I put some...

Thank you. I'll keep everything separate from now on. :) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thanks Byron. You always make perfect sense to me. You make me realise that there are already more than enough variables to deal with, without adding more. The fish do come first, so I'm happy to keep it low tech. Btw, I've started cycling my 220L tank. I ended up using 10kg aragonite and...

After reading your reply, I tested the ammonia (I've now got the API Freshwater Master Test Kit). It's reading 0 ammonia. Goldie died four days ago. I've kept the filter & lights going, but haven't done a water change since the night before he died (he died overnight, right after a water...

Thanks SnailPocalypse. I now know it was overstocked even with one goldfish, and that the LFS were wrong in saying it didn't need to be cycled. I did weekly water changes and tested the water daily (I didn't have an ammonia test though - just the 5-in-1 test strips). So I never tested for...

I realise I said I'm probably too inexperienced for the DIY CO2, but I am curious. Is there a set of instructions somewhere for the method you used to do this? Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thank you. I'm trawling numerous LFSs, trying to find clean & healthy-looking tanks with plants to buy, then looking for the types I want. I'll add ludwigia to my list. I've never heard of that. :) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Hello all. I was recently given someone else's goldfish tank (without the fish or water). It was just a little 20L tank and came with the filter & filter media, light, gravel & an ornament. I didn't know then that it was way too small for goldfish, and I didn't know about cycling tanks. (I can...

I'd love to hear which test kits everyone is using, and particularly if anyone knows of a test kit that isn't as subjective as the ones I've got. I started with the API 5 in 1 Test Strips when I just had a little 2nd hand goldfish tank. It measures NO3, NO2, pH, KH & GH. I then bought the API...

That's good to know. :) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

I'm not sure yet how these forums work, and if it's best to attach a similar question to an existing post rather than start a whole new duplicate post over a similar issue. I don't know if anyone will see my question here, attached to an old post. But.... assuming that people will see this, I...

Good idea. I've been meaning to create a few individual questions as separate posts, but haven't yet had a chance to sit down and compose them all. It's been Easter holidays (so I'm extra busy with my son home all the time) and the new four-legged animals have been taking up quite a bit of my...

That's okay. I'm getting the impression that a sump is not the norm in the tropical fish world. I'm in communication with Aqua One now, trying to work out if the pump is too strong. So far they've got entirely different statistics for the flow rate compared to the statistics in the book that...

Ooh. I'm embarrassed to say that I think that might be a little too advanced for me with my first real tank (other than this I've only had a second-hand goldfish tank for a couple of months, which hasn't been a success). I'd truly love to have a heavily planted tank, but I'm going to stick with...

I hope it's not a parasite too, but I don't think I want to take the risk with future fish. I'm still working out which LFS I do and don't like. So far I've asked two of them for advice re cleaning the ex-goldfish tank, but the info they gave left me without a next step. I don't know how to work...

Thank you. It's weird that they called it bamboo. It doesn't look like the bamboo I'm used to seeing. I'll take it out until I figure out for certain exactly what it is. Thanks for that! :) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thank you. I can set it up on a timer for 8 hrs per day, with both lights coming on & going off together. :) Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

The Moray pump is the only electrical thing connected, other than the heater & lights. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Now I'm really confused. I've got a sump filter, and this is the pump that pulls the water out of the last section of the sump and returns it back into the tank up above. Here are some photos, but there's some extra driftwood in the way (I bought too much, so it's sitting in the sump until I...

OMG! You're killing me with this story! Poor little pond snail, and naughty little bad boy assassin! Well, so far I can only see three little snails. They all made their way from different corners of the tank to the same bit of driftwood, but I think two of them loosened their grip when I had...

I'm reading some articles (just online articles) that say cycling the entire volume "at least 4" or "at least 5" times per hour is the aim. Then there are some forums that say anything from 3 to 10 times per hour, with 11 times per hour considered very high. So I'm thinking that mine at...

If all goes well with the cycle, and I can achieve the parameters I'm after, I'll be getting livebearers. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Hello! Is there some way to work out how long to keep lights on for a currently-cycling tank? I'm using aragonite & coral sand as substrate (my water is very soft but I want to keep hard water fish), and I've put in some anubias & moss on driftwood, some elodea, bamboo, hairgrass, banana...

Hi everyone! I'm in the process of setting up my brand spanking new 220L Aqua One Regency aquarium. I'm five days into a fishless cycle. I've had some amazing advice from forum members so far on all sorts of set-up topics (OMG there's no much to learn!). Now I find myself with a few specific...

Oh no! Poor little oto! I wish I could help. Good luck! Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Thanks Jen. Unfortunately Goldie died. :( Thank you! It was hard trying to choose what to get and how much of it. I want to get some moss, and perhaps some rocks or pebbles, and more mid-size plants. What a great name! Me too!!! Hurry up cycle! I want fish! I've avoided putting any media etc...

P.S. Here's what my tank looks like right now: Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Here's one of them upside down. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

That's meant to be a video, but it's uploading as a photo. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk