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Daaaamn... Checked my ammonia levels last night and they had dropped from 4.0ppm to about 1.0pmm Nitrite as at 1 and Nitrate at about 4... Dosed ammonia back up to 4.0ppm... wonder if this has dropped over night... will see later. My tank is a 48ltr one, planted with live plants, Ive been...

:good: Hey all... :lol: Ive just begun Cycling my tank - on my 3rd day now... :good: What I wanted to find out was... I've been reading about adding bacterial supplements to speed things up.. Not sure what is meant by this. From what I understood you add ammonia until you get to 4.0ppm...

Ran tests on my tap water... Bang on 0 ppm. Checked tank and got .25ppm Added a pipette of ammonia... 20 mins later I've got 2.0 ppm Added further 4 drops of the good stuff... Now waiting for the result.... ;-)

Great stuff... Can't wait now... Just getting a tad nervous with using ammonia to cycle the tank next week... 8-S any ideas on what the growth is in the links I've listen anyone??? It's in the center of the.pic .... A wee white plant or something....

At what time would it be recommended for shrimp to be added to the tank?

Cheers for that... from what I've been told, the dwarf frogs spend most the time under water and only come up for air... I was thinking of those as a snail deterrent... obviously once the wee blighters have been taken then I'd get food for the frogs, they only grow to about an inch... As for...

Hey All... New-be Rob here... Great site!!! I'm currently in the process of cycling my interpet fish box 48l.... Ive gone down the fishless cycle route as I dont fancy stressing any little fishies out or even worse kill them - specially when the little hardy so n so's would have to leave to...

I hate to tarnish, however my local Pest at Home Store would only be good for supplies... I took a look around it and found several dead fish doing the backstroke or catching a tan on their fronts whilst being eaten by shrimp. I'm lucky, Ive got 2 other shops I can go to which are within 20 mins...

Nope, Thats not it I dont think... Here's my attempt at linking a few pics I took of it the other day... http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa420/nightstalker2485/Fish%20Tank/IMAG0222-1.jpg http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa420/nightstalker2485/Fish%20Tank/IMAG0222.jpg Hope it works...

Ni hydra pics there, and the ones in Google don't resemble what I'm seeing...

The water is Crystal clear, the pics of hydraulic I've come across don't look the same, there is a short stem and then a kinda cup consisting of many feathery branches,tentacles.. kinda strange to explain... It's a real tiny version of a featherduster worm like in a marine tank... That's about...

Hi all, I've just begun my freshwater tank and I'm just about a week into it. I'm using pure aquarium balls to cycle the tank and have started to notice these tiny white featherduster type plants growing on my rocks, plants and on the glass. Any one know what they are??? I would add pics, but...