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  thanks, I think I wasn't quite getting it.  I had always looked at it as being matched to the tank and the water.   it's a steep learning curve with tropical fish, and just when you think you've "got it" you try something else and find you have a whole new load of stuff to learn!   I'm...

just an update   water was near perfect conditions this morning so decided tonight I would move a few fish across again.  tested again at five PM and it was still very good, so moved three over.  will be testing again around midnight and then 7am before deciding on whether or not to move more...

I did a 50% water change and added the ceramics into the new filter   Nitrites and Nitrates as well as ammonia have gone down to less than 25% of their previous levels   will keep doing 12 hourly checks and water changes if necessary but hoping it was an early spike that I've handled now.  Rest...

Would you recommend that I stock more generously in order to get the bacteria back to strength?   Can ceramics be used without a net inside a filter?  I can't think of any reason why not, but wanted to be sure - the filter is contained so they won't escape

so I've moved the majority of the fish back to the old tank which had kept running, for the time being   the fighter isn't looking bothered by anything, but nitrates and nitrites were a bit high and the neons were gasping quite a bit at the top of the water (even following a 20% water change)...

I have the sponge from the old filter inside the new one, would you advise cutting that in half and adding half of the ceramics?

for now, I've rested the ceramic on top of the new filter   that too will have to be cut to fit in the new filter so I figure having it around the place will help even if it's not actually involved in the filtration process immediately?   moved a little substrate but not a lot, perhaps 25%

thanks for the replies guys   yeah, the betta gets on fine with everyone else in the tank.  he sometimes gets a bit territorial at feeding time and chases them away, but then he's too busy at the top feeding while they catch all the food that has started to sink.  They're learning just to wait -...

Hi, new to the forum but have read a few threads thanks to Google over the last few years!   Basically, I have two tanks.  One 60 litre tank, one 30 litre tank.   Up until last week, the 60 litre tank housed two goldfish and was set up as a cold water tank, they have since died (after 4 years...