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Sorry for posting on own thread again, but can anyone say if she is squared off enough as I don't want to keep her in the breeding box if it is only stressing her and she is not near ready. These are my first livebearer young so am like a mother hen trying to do my best for her and hopefully...

one of my platys has been large for several weeks and been massive for the past 7-10 days. She looks fairly square to me and has done for a week or so, but can someone tell me if she is likely to give birth soon? I have her in a breeding trap today but don't want to keep her in there is she...

Just a quick update to say 1 x 50% water change done yesterday and tank already looks much clearer this morning, in fact almost at the crystal clear look it was on day one! I will continue with these daily 50% changes until api kit arrives and I can check ammonia etc properly. Thanks again for...

Am I right in thinking the 50% daily water changes are just until the cycle is complete and ammonia/nitrite levels are as low as they should be? So once the tank is established I would only be doing smaller water changes (approx 1/5th) once a week or so and only do more often if levels raise or...

Thanks - will do a 50% one now and keep on with them until I can test with the API kit. The advise on here has been great and I think I will go the snails or shrimp route when my tank is fully cycled and running well.

I have just ordered an API master test kit online and that should be here soon - in the meantime should I be doing more regular water changes even though the readings are showing as fine just now? (Just to be on the safe side until the API kit arrives and I can test properly). If so should I...

I asked the fish shop about that and they were out of ammonia kits but said I would be able to smell it if it was a big problem. The tank smell is slightly musty but I guess that is down to the original over-feeding. Sorry I should have made it more clear in the first post - I dont have any...

Thanks for quick replies. I only use the strip tests for ease of regular checking but if anything shows as being above normal then I do a test-tube/dropper test to get a more accurate result. So far nitrite, nitrate etc are all fine and my local fish shop checked my water for me too to make...

I changed approx 10L of water in the tank on Sunday as the water was very cloudy and thought this would help (it didn't help much although a little clearer). Tested today and chlorine high again so added more aquasafe. I realise cloudyness was due to over-feeding the 6 tetra (misread what the...

Hi, i'm Nickki and new to this forum. I received some help already about filter etc and now have my little 60l tank up and running :) I grew up with a family who had lots of tanks and various types of fish and am particular to livebearers which I should be adding to my new tank in about two...

I have a newly set-up 60L tank (2ftx1ftx1ft) - It has been running fine for two weeks with with only 6 neon tetra in there just now until I get past the 4 week nitrite spike (advised by pet shop) - all water checks are fine although chlorine levels are always saying to add aquasafe which I seem...

Hi, After advice on here I have purchased ceramic media+bag and juwel fine filter sponge for the top, do I still need to add a nitrate foam pad too or will the ceramic rings sort that side of thing? I have a Juwel 54L tank which will have 6-8 guppies, 3-4 small catfish and hopefully (although...

Sorry one last question - with the ceramic media and juwel sponge do I need to add a nitrate foam pad or will the ceramic rings sort that side of thing? I realise this is still in the wanted section and not the advice part but thought it best to use the same post for this (hopefully) last...

*checked* nope still a girl :D It's a name my aunt used years ago to refer to something rude and I thought it was hilarious when she said it so as a joke I started using it as a nickname and it's stuck. :blink:

thanks again :)

Brilliant - thank you both :) Sorry one last thing - how much cermaic media should I get? Not sure if I need 100g or 1000g lol.

Matt - thanks but I would prefer to start the cycling from scratch to get the hang of it for when I get other small tanks. Standby - cheers, so I would either buy a media kit like this...

Photos showing pump, heater and white filter cage I have.

I have a juwel pump and heater in the tank and the white cage for the filter - not sure if the pads go into it as it is or if I need to buy something to go into it first. I checked with a shop online and they said I needed a filter pump but I have a pump in the tank so a little confused by...

I recently purchased a Juwel Rekord 60 tank (54L) and it had no filter included. Does anyone have the right size internal filter to fit the green housing included with the tank (which holds pump, heater and filter)? If so let me know price incld delivery and I will get back to you - thanks.