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Any water conditioner works on contact with the water, there is no need really to let the water sit over night. pH is good. Look into getting a liquid test kit for nitrite and nitrate as well. -FHM

The bigger the tank, the easier it is to maintain. -FHM

This is wrong! Ammonia, at .25 ppm and higher, has the potential, and if the fish is exposed to it long enough, will kill them! I have seen fish die in days after the ammonia level got above .25 ppm! Fish-in cycle link was already provided. Ammonia at .25 ppm and above will cause permanent...

Unfortunately you did not do a fishless cycle your tank. For a fishless cycle, you need a bottle of ammonia. Read here on how to do a fishless cycle: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=113861 Also, what kind of test kit do you have? You should have a a LIQUID test kit, as strip...

Fish stores don't really know about fishless cycling, plus it would take away from their sales. -FHM

The best kind of tank is the good old rectangle tank. The tall narrow tanks and other alike, are not as good. You want a tank that has the most surface area of water to the atmosphere. A 55 gallon hexagon tank cannot be stocked the same as a standard 55 gallon rectangle tank. The standard 55...

Not sure, probable a day or so. The flake food needs to start to break down and produce ammonia. But then, you never know, you may have too much in there. If your ammonia gets to the 8 ppm mark in your tank, then you are going to have the wrong type of bacteria start to colonize in your...

It can be done, but it is not recommended because there really is no control over how much ammonia goes into the tank. That is why there is no answer for how many flakes to use. A fishless cycle is a controlled experiment, lets say, where the ammonia you add is measured out precisely so that...

You are in the right place! :hi: to TFF!!!! I am sure someone will be on soon to help you out! I think a heavily planted, high-tech tank is my favorite kind of tank! -FHM

Hardware stores should carry it. There was a thread on it sometime ago, but I do not remember. I would suggest making a new thread in the "Tropical Discussion" section on where to find Ammonia in the UK. -FHM

Yup, some people can get away with no ferts. They just have good water! For me, my well water does really well, and my plants in my low-tech tanks are growing nicely! -FHM

:lol: -FHM

lol, I totally agree with that one! It cost me a bit of money to setup my 5 pound pressurized CO2 system! :lol: -FHM

:hi: to TFF!!!! -FHM

A fishless cycle with Ammonia, is hands down the best/easiest way to cycle a tank. If you do it this way you will be pleased, plus this methods allows enough bacteria to colonize in your filter to handle a full stocking of fish once done! Plants should not be in a cycling tank. Plants need...

No, that is a good idea! Just have a DIY system for the time being until he goes pressurized, or not, I like it. :good: -FHM

You will be able to determine the ammonia test kit more easily as you keep on doing it. For me, it is very easy to read the ammonia test kit. As for getting some media from the goldfish tank, if you do this, do not take anymore than 1/3 of the filter media from their tank, and make sure you...

Yup, you need to keep doing water changes to bring the ammonia level down as close to 0 ppm as possible. Anything over .25 ppm is going to harm the fish, as you have already seen. :sad: I would check in the morning, then do a water change accordingly, then check again a later throughout the...

Thanks guys! -FHM

If you are in the skin "Classic Blue" and go to any members profile, you are allowed to view all their info except the Previous Fields info about them. This box is just a thin strip that you cannot read. You can see like half a letter, lol, but that is it. You are unable to view the entire...

Yeah, I did not mention a DIY CO2 system just because it is not stable, and in the long run, a pressurized system will be better, IMO. -FHM

Sounds good. Nope, just keep up with normal, regular weekly water changes. When you have a high-tech tank, that is the only time you need to do larger weekly water changes. -FHM

Sorry to hear about your job. :sad: So you will only need around 1 ml twice a week for a 60l tank. So you would get near 500 uses out of a 500 ml bottle. -FHM

Cute! -FHM

Seachem Flourish worked good for me. -FHM

10 hours will be fine. It is just good to start out with a lower hour of light, and if that is going well, then go ahead and increase the number. The best way to inject CO2 is a pressurized unit. You need a CO2 tank, which you can get at a welding store, a regulator, solenoid, flow control...

Sounds good! :good: -FHM

You have more than enough light to have a nice tank. You are right on the boarder of injecting CO2. I would go ahead and get some plants and some Trace Fertilizer and see where that goes. Light on for 8 hours a day. -FHM

Looking good. Make sure you are adding back up to 4-5 ppm of ammonia. -FHM

Yes, you can do this with great success! A high-tech planted tank will have a light level above 2 WPG, in most cases, CO2 injection and Macro and Micro Ferts, but in your case this is not needed. What we will need to know is how many Watts of light you have. A decent amount of light would be...

Yup, use shims to level the tank. Put the shims under the stand, not under the tank itself. -FHM

The water being cold, may have done something, but unlikely. However, now it is too late to check the temp of the water you took out, so if all other options fail, then I guess that may be the only logical explanation. -FHM

Unfortunately that tank is too small for any Malawi or mbuna species. I would say the only couple species you could keep in there is a either a pair of Kribensis, or some Blue Rams. -FHM

Anubias -FHM

lol, I totally agree with plecostomus-mad. Sounds like you have an ammonia issue. Any ammonia level above .25 ppm will cause permanent gill damage. What happens when a fish is exposed to higher levels of ammonia, say above .25 ppm, their gills will start to turn red because the ammonia is...

Things look good. Nitrite looks good as well. If you think you have too much ammonia in your tank, that is if the ammonia is near 8 ppm, then do a water change. A 50% water change will knock that down to 4 ppm of ammonia. Then re-test and see what you get. When reading the test kits, it is...

Do you have any water stats? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH? -FHM

Here in the Mid West; I live in New Richmond WI, the weather is getting so nice! 41 degrees F, right now! So nice! Anyone else enjoying the warmer weather?! Ha, a motorcycle just drove by, I guess he is liking the warmer weather! lol! -FHM

This is why I said in my FIRST post "...classified section where part of the requirements, not necessarily but still,..." Meaning that it is not a requirement, just more or less a recommendation; however it did not sound right when I typed it like that. I know what you are say, and...

Since it is a service (the classified section) provided by this site, then it would only seem logical for this site to provide the resources to fulfill the requirements. Other parts of this forum, such as the Tropical Discussion section, a picture upload part would not seem logical; that would...