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Cheer mate done loads of research to point where its all just blending into a blur. I going for a peacefull community tank which is a juwel trigon 190l.(less decor and substrate) So far i got 13cardinal tetra 3 pepper cory 3 black Venezuelan cory And due to pick up 2 brislenose plecos on sunday

Quick question i read on stocking levels to use 1inch per gallon as a guide. Is that us gallons or uk or is the another formula to use as a rough guide.

Update I'm all cycled now fish are in their new home. Thanks again for walking me through this I'm sure i be back on here for more advice soon.

The tank has had its snack dose end of last week tested 2 days running now ammonia is between oppm and .25ppm but nitrites not dropping under 2ppm. Do i just wait till nitrites drop under 1ppm to give next amonia dose? im just worried about the ammonia bacteria starving?

Quick update and question. Added second dose of ammonia on saturday night tested to co firm it raise to right level, which it did. Tonights resulta are Ammonia 0.25ppm Nirite over 5ppm Nitrate 80ppm As I understand guide i now await for 2 consecutive ammonia tests of 0ppm and add snack dose...

Yay last nights test results I had movement. Nothing on ammonia yet thats detectable anyway but nitrites have finaly gone up. Was so excited made my daughter redo test just to make sure. Thank again for the coaching and advice I'm sure i will need some more soon enough.

@essjay i just checked ph its gone down to 6.4 from 7 everything else still the same. What would you suggest to raise it?

@essjay I will keep an eye on it. I know patience is key but being my first cycle doubt creeps in that something is wrong. Thanks for advise

Update still not much movement. Ammonia 2-4ppm nitrite 0ppm and nitrate 0ppm. This being day 12.

Hi just a update and quick question. Got new test kit today looks like old one was a dude. New results ph 7, ammonia 4ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 0ppm. Should i just wait and test till i see a drop in ammonia and a rise in nitrite or do a partial water change to reduce the ammonia Then wait and test?

The man i bought it from only had one goldfish in it and if i remeber correctly he said he put goldfish into garden pond this spring. Tank was completely dry when i got it filter was slighty damp but i used new sponges and filter media. I had tank about 2 weeks before i could set it up filled it...

Could it be the test kit? I got it with tank which is second hand. Test kit out of date at end of this year.

Yes its api master kit and I'm using both bottles. I read on several sites to take around 20% off for substrate and decore. I got one 20kg bag of sand and 10kg of lava rock with med size piece of root plus the internal filter. Do you think i should wait and retest or add more ammonia?

Thank you

Yes its drops but on site i bought it from explains how many drops equal ml. Think it was 100 drops = 5ml so 150l = 7.5ml roughly. And to add 1 drop per litre. I was concerned as this dose was suppose to equate to 3ppm but I'm not getting any were near that when i tested. I added 15ml ammonia in...

Hi Completely new to hobby read huge amount online ended up confusing my self. Then stumbled on this forum and cylcle tank article which sort of sunk in. I got a trigon 190l tank with black lava rock and piece of root in. I bought doc tims ammonia. I added bio balls to filter that were supplied...