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Totally get and respect what you are saying but with the Goop product in particular there are dozens if not hundreds of reports in the UK of it just simply working - in the same way transferring mature media works. You order it from their site and you get same or next day delivery and...

I think you are right but I don't see a problem with it at all - if it works and they've worked out a way of doing it fair enough.

That is really interesting! I've pondered doing an experiment with it but lack of time. I'm going to keep up with my fishless cycle for now but when I get the chance to get to the place that has my cichlids I'll get some Goop :)

I think I eventually will - just with a couple of life things and work at the moment I can't get to the stores I want to get the fish I want so no rush with this process right now. I am a bit set in my ways - undoubtably I can see a lot of people using it with good success but then the proper...

Looking great! You need to swap to an external filter though ;)

Excellent thank you :) Interestingly that nitrite stall is exactly what Goop say is wrong with fishless cycling so we've come full circle and agreed haha!

Phew! I'll test in the morning see where it is. Then if the ammonia is at 0, leave it until I've retested 2 days later? Or should I add more after the first 0? When I've done my other recent cycles I've just waited for ammonia to get to 0 and then add another dose.

The first one (I think...) I've been stuck at 3ppm ammonia 0 nitrite for 3ish weeks then at some point over the easter weekend the brown algae has appeared and the ammonia has gone to nitrite. So this morning ammonia was below .75, nitrite over 2ppm and I added another dose of ammonia which is...

hmmm I've not read up on it for a while - I was at about 3ppm nitrite?

I didnt really touch the tank after the last post here but this morning I woke to a layer of brown algae so figured things must be moving! I did a test and quite high nitrite but low ammonia so movement at last! I topped up the ammonia dose and will see where we end up tomorrow. I think I will...

No just the Puffers, Danios, Amano Shrimp and some Cherry Shrimp and mixture of snails that have avoided predation.

They remind me of corydora eggs - tank is very dense so not impossible for them to grow but let’s see

I spotted these in the tank this morning and I think they might be eggs - the only other thing in the tank are Glowlight Danios and Amano Shrimp and I think they look too big for Danio eggs. Thought it was quite cool :) I have seen others breed them in tanks but believe its quite rare? Wills

From what I can tell the people behind it are proper fish nerds - but I agree it is possible they have the wrong names but I have to admit the types of bacteria are above my knowledge. They also sell pre used sponge filters which run in their Tropco facility, which is a pretty cool thing but I...

On their website they actually claim adding ammonia is a bad thing because it’s un natural for a dose of ammonia to hit a tank in one go and it then starves the second type of bacteria that converts nitrite. Not sure the logic checks out and given our experiences here but there are a lot of...

Thanks Colin The temperature is set low at the moment (energy bills!), aeration is pretty good from the filter outlet, the lights are off but the tank does get a lot of sunlight (I think this might be a sunlight only tank) its a rimless open top tank so no problem there. I do want to add...

I'm in the process of setting up a 300 litre for a group of Malawi Cichlids and I started the cycle with ammonia 2 weeks ago I think around the 9th of March and I'm still getting no Nitrites - Ammonia is still around 4ppm and I'm not sure why its taking this long. I did squeeze some dirty...

Explain a bit more why what I said is nonsense?

Hi the good news is it’s a great sized tank the bad news is the jack dempseys are not the best choice in here they are named after a boxer for a reason! The geophagus and angels are a classic mix but I’d go for a South American tetra one of the disk ones like flames or phantoms. Rainbow fish...

Dwarf puffers are quite a mid understood fish in the wild they occur in large groups and while not a true schooling fish will do better in a group here too. Rather confusingly in a 10 gallon tank allow 10 litres per puffer so you should be able to have 6 maybe 7 of them in there. In this kind...

Its definitely not normal for products to leak like you are saying. What brand is the product? I'm wondering if its just got a knack to getting it connected properly? Any chance of photos or videos of whats going on?

Ohh fun! Since I joined the forum I suppose I've had 10 tanks but 6 of them have been since I got hooked again in 2020 - when I swore I'd be happy with just one small one haha!

Thanks :) its really interesting watch them grow. When I first got them they were too small to eat the pellets I bought so had to get a fine powder grain but I realised last night that they are definitely big enough. It was funny when I got my second batch of Socolofi home too, the first were...

I only got the FX4 because it came with the tank which was second hand - my assumption is that when it breaks I'll replace it with an Oase. I got the Oase 850 on my other 300 litre as that was also second hand but it came with a Fluval 407 and a JBL one and it just didnt feel well made and I...

Coming along nicely now - Peace Lily has gone quite nuts, I need to start burying the roots and I think it will really take off then. Fish all doing good after a few weeks together, all 4 of my male Msobo Magunga are trying to colour up now, still one clear alpha but a second definitely black...

I've had a lot of FX5's and FX6's in the past and they usually last me 2-3 years and then something goes wrong and not having a back up it usually means buying another, repairing the original and selling it on. By comparison I've had an Oase Biomaster 250 for 4 years. I've currently got a FX4...

Parrots are really hard to gage on adult size because of how cross bred they are. Some will get big upto about 8 inches but some stay around 4. Not my cup of tea but any kind of 4 foot tank is likely the right size. Wills

If you don’t like loaches you could go for gobies like bumblebees or stiphodons

Or if you wanted a solo oddball Red Potato Puffer :)

A big nano fish tank could be cool - I'd go for a South Asian theme rather than South American (because I can't think of enough South American fish!). Something like a school of Chilli Rasbora, school of Neon Green Rasboras, group of Clown Rasboras, some small loaches for the bottom like a...

In theory yes but my 30 litre is my most stable tank! Its inevitably stressful stripping down and transporting a tank but just make sure you take the time to enjoy it too! Its the most creative part of the process but well worth the time! Wills

It is always tricky to move a tank into the spot where you already have one and probably no right or wrong answer. The lower stress way is to move the fish as little as possible. Do you have a big bucket that would serve all the fish or a new or very clean plastic storage box? You could drain...

Looks awesome! Great work, you've put a lot of work into this and it looks so good. Looks like it should grow in really nicely, that mix in the foreground once the Monte Carlo gets going will look great. Wills

They will be fine, they are mini predators so likely wont eat the quantities we provide in a tank every day anyway. Good idea adding in some snails to be doubly sure but remember they only eat snails about the size of their eye so really small. Wills

Cool ok that sounds good - just with the soil its not the best substrate to leave open to the water, is it too late to change to sand? Its quite rough to any fish digging or burrowing into it (which DPs will do). Aquasoil definitely has its use and its place in our tanks but only really if the...

Prime certainly does its job but its got quite a few harsh chemicals in it and there are better alternatives like the API tap water conditioner, it just has a dechlorinator in and no other added extras. Bit of a personal preference but worth mentioning. In terms of how much to add, if you are...