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I recently purchased 4 gourami. 2 Gold, and 2 Opaline. about 7cm in size. they went into a 200 Litre tank with 15 cherry barbs, and 15 neon tetra. the tank has a lot of rocks and live plants. my problem is, the gourami are all hanging around one of the top corners, just chillin out. they...

Is anyone able to tell me if this is a female molly, and if this is a PREGNANT female molly? i have about 10 of these little guys, and this one seems a lot fatter then the others... also, it hangs around the top near the surface a lot, but i dont think there is a lackof oxygen in the water...

i will put some form of strainer / anti-fishyfallydownytheoverflowy type contraption, later tho... :)

Some more pics for those who are interested. Still not really sure how efficient my overflow is, dont think it is flowing nearly enough to have the 5x turnover i am after. does this look normal? or should the water be sitting at a lower level? or does it all depend on how quickly i am...

alrighty then. Here is the finished Product. The Sealer is just drying now, then the tank goes on top for a test fill, and i might even cycle the tank down here, then take the whole setup into the house where it will live permanently. :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

well under the $750 they quoted me to purchase one... maybe around $150 - $200 AUD. not sure exactly, as every time i go in to buy timber or glue or something for it, i always seem to come out with other things non related to it. lol. not only have i saved a wad of cash building it myself, but...

Over a few beverages, got some more done tonight... stained and sealed, got another coat of seal to go, then its ready to put back together, and sit the tank on top. damn im looking forward to getting water in this tank!!!

So, the doors... didnt end up routing them, CBF. cut out the holes for the doors, trimmed the edges off that piece, glued it onto a piece of MDF and put some trimming around the edges. They didnt come out very well considering the effort i put in. oh well, you learn from your mistakes. they...

so got a little bit more done this afternoon. First, got my remaining piece of plywood, measured up where the legs are, and cut out pieces so the ply will fit around them. slide the ply in from one of the skinny ends at an angle, and drop it into place. i also went out and purchased some more...

SO, a few weeks ago i ordered a 5x2x2 tank, which arrived several days ago. Its the weekend now, so i finally have time to do something with it. Building a tank stand is the first on the itinerary. (as i was not going to pay the $700 the shop wanted for their cabinets) after a bit of measuring...

Anyone? surely someone must want to help me out??? Todays water tests: ammonia: 2.5, Nitrite: 0, Nitrate: 7. i think the reason nitrate is at 7 is because i did not do a WC last night. (i have been doing 50% wc daily due to fish in cycle...) can anyone tell me at what point in the...

alright, still no replies, so i will make another post.... 11/08/08 and 12/08/08 ph - 7.2, Ammonia - 0.25, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - between 0.25 and 5 (both days) im still not really sure which part of the nitrogen cycle i am in? anyone have any idea's....?

so, 29 days into the Nicks Fish Tank Saga... i now have a bit of a nitrate trend going on in my tank. daily, 5ppm. is this the finish of the tank cycle? i didnt see a spike in nitrite at all.....? whats going on? BTW, im still doing daily 50% WC, or every other day if i miss out.

I still havn't really seen any sort of change in my tank. Same thing Every day... Day 24 being TODAY.

had a bit more of a read of a few other articles on it, looks to be some sort of Water Rat, Racoon, or a Dog... disapointing, i wanted it to be some sort of undiscovered creature from the depths of the deepest oceans... haha. that woulda been cool. :)

NEW SPECIES....? anyone heard anything further on this? is it just a publicity stunt for some new horror movie coming out? Lol... looks pretty damn scary if you ask me.

yeah i am doing water changes to reduce the ammount of ammonia in there. it seems that before i do a water change, the fish look a bit dull and dont swim around too much, but as soon as they have fresh water they perk right up. this could also be because of the new water splashin into the tank n...

sweet, thanks for that. i cant think how much it would cost in materials to make a 6x3x3 :o would be so cool tho!!! :hyper:

These results are for JUST before water changes. i have been doing a 50% WC every 24 hours. my filter, i thought was a fluval1, which is 180 Litres per Hour (47.5 Gallon/H). but i just checked, and there is a GEMINI which says 170L/H (44Gallon/H)

i love the idea of having a big feature tank in my house. i found a local guy selling a 5x2x18" tank, but it appears to only 4-6mm thick? every LFS i talk to only sells tanks with glass 10mm thick in 5x2x2 (and similar sizes) is there a general rule as to the thickness of glass for tanks? the...

ok, so i have a couple things on my mind this afternoon. Here is a quick list of all my water measurements from the 11 days. (Previous to this i didnt have a water test kit. DOH!) towards the end there, i am not picking up on ANY Nitrite or Nitrate, and a small trace of ammonia every...

Its a bit hard to tell, but here are the before/after WC tests.. Before After

looks like my ph level is dropping during the day (down to 6.5), but when i do a water change at night, the PH comes back up to about 7 cos of the ph of 7.4 of my tap water. should the ph be dropping by itself? what could cause this to drop? i had a minor trace of ammonia and nitrate before...

I have to say, that since i have been doing regular testing and water changes, my fish seem to be a whole lot happier, swimming around a lot more chasing each other, whereas before they just sat around, swimming on the same spot, most of the day. i can only guess the water changes have caused...

uhhh.. ooops. looks like where i have been writing 0.25 for Nitrate, its meant to be 2.5, the colour looks to be between the top two colours. :blush: Wow! i must be really getting into this, i just wrote up an excel spreadsheet to note down all my test readings. i like to have pictures of...

23/07/08 Aquarium Water - 50% Water change since last test. PH - 6.5 GH - ??? Ammonia - 0.25ppm Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0.25

22/07/08 Aquarium Water PH - 6.5 GH - ??? Ammonia - 0.4ppm Nitrite - 0.25 Nitrate - 0.25 Aquarium Water after 20% Water Change. PH - 6.5 GH - ??? Ammonia - 0.3ppm Nitrite - 0.0.225 Nitrate - 0.25 i dont see a considerate change in those levels after the water change. ah well, keep on...

Excellent, thanks for your input. i have gone over many of the cycling and beginner threads including those in your sig MW, all of these have started to make sense. over the next few days i will continue to do small water changes, testing and keeping notes of all the results i find. i will get...

which part of what i said is perfect? are those levels looking ok now? should i be just doing small water changes every day for the time being? keeping those levels down? i think i'll go re-read the cycling with fish thread if i can find it...

also, on a quick note, how should i be cleaning out my little test tubes after doing a test in them? i have just been rinsing them out well with tap water, and shaking as much of the water out that i can....

so, test no.2 after water change. Aquarium Water PH - 66.7 GH - 107 Ammonia - 0.4ppm Nitrite - 0? Nitrate - 0-1.5? should i increase the hardness level with a small ammount of salt? should i increase the PH level with some sodium bi-carb i have from another PH Test kit i have?? so, am i...

just did another ammonia test on the Tap water, and this time the results were much better, it was much closer to 0 then 0.25ppm. lets just say it is 0. :)

should i do another test for ammonia on the tap water? i just did my first water change. oh what fun that was, the serpae's loved the gravel vac, they wanted to play with it... or eat it.. :|

No more fishies dead today, but one Neon has lost most of its tail fin.... uh oh. its having a bit of trouble moving around, it had to wiggle its whole body, but still seems to get around, should i put it out of its misery??? so also i bought an API master test kit today, test results as...

Hi all, im new to this forum, found it only today. wish i had found it earlier. my story is... i eventually want a 4ft tank, but have inheritted a small tank, which has 25 litres of water in it. i set the tank up One week ago, small filter, heater, gravel etc. i went out and bought a PH and...