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Hi friends! Thought I'd start a thread for my 55gal community tank. It's an AquaStyle 980 if you're wondering.   So this is what it looks like at the moment. Please ignore the stuff on top and the fact that it looks a bit stirred up, I have been pulling baby guppies out of it all day.   At the...

I already own one of these (the larger one) and currently have 3 goldfish in it http://www.aquaone.co.uk/UFO_aquarium.php (a temporary home for them, am getting a more suitable tank for them very soon)   Any suggestions for what I should put in a tank like this?   (I already have a tropical...

84 x 44 x 59cm

So I am considering getting an AquaOne AquaStyle 850 as I am seeing really good prices on them at the moment. I have this same tank in a larger size and I really like it.    My water's ph is around 6.8/7.0   I am wondering what to put in it. I am definitely going to do a sand substrate.   So far...

Today's test results are in. After dosing back up to 3ppm 24hrs ago, I have got .50ppm ammonia and somewhere between 0ppm and .25ppm nitrite.     Should I consider myself back at the start? I think I've stuffed up my cycle by not testing during those few days. Do I wait until nitrite is over...

Yeah, I am keeping log on here as well as in my head. I will be very surprised if I am not ammonia and nitrite zero tomorrow, considering how much mature media I have got.

So I haven't tested for a few days (both lazy and busy with work, whoops) so I haven't tested since Wednesday night.   Tested today and both ammonia and nitrite  are zero, so I think I missed the seeing nitrite spike on the tests? Have chucked in another dose of ammonia to bring it to 3ppm, will...

;) will do.    

Thanks to Alasse I now have some a heap of mature media. Should be cycled in a week or two. Woohoo! :nod:

What goes around comes around :) It's the universe paying you back for helping me out with the mature media today!    If you ever need help with anything please let me know :D

First lot of ammonia is in    Test results are in. Tubes L-R Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, pH     High range pH test     Ammonia = 3 ppm Nitrite = 0ppm Nitrate = 5 - 10ppm? pH = 8.4   Will have some mature media to chuck in tomorrow thanks to @Alasse so we'll see how that goes.

LOL Yes way   Can I message you and we can organise a time for me to grab some off you? :D

LOL no way.

I am in QLD near Toowoomba

Woohoo! Gravel and water are in!         All full! Sorry about the bubbles.     The cycle starts tomorrow. I've got my ammonia but I am waiting for my mum to bring my test kit over. I am trying to suss out some mature filter media but no one seems to want to lend me any :(

Too late. Ended up just using the black quartz gravel stuff that I bought. Tank is filling as we speak!

So the background arrived today but still no sign of the ammonia. I didn't realise it wasn't adhesive so I spent like 45 minutes trying to peel off the backing. Then my friend tells me that they aren't supposed to be sticky.  I don't have any tape to stick it on with, hence no pictures.   I went...

This is why we can't have nice things   Not that I blame them, because there's so many stupid, people who do the wrong thing and release fish into waterways.   It's bloody annoying, everything in Australia is overpriced as it is, and this will only make it worse.

  What are your thoughts on 3 goldies and one Bristlenose?   The pump says it does 1000L/hr , does that help?   I'm sure I will be able to suss out some black sand from somewhere, it's just a matter of patience and keeping your eye out. Black background is ordered from eBay along with some...

  Thanks for your reply :) I am definitely considering a bristle nose.  Please check out my journal that I have started, the link is a couple of posts above.

  I will probably have a mixture of real and fake plants. I just ordered some black background off ebay, so no turning back now.     I would happily have one less goldfish in order to have a tank mate.   I want to do black sand, it's just a matter of finding some.    The filtration is the...

  Thanks for your help :)  I see you're from Australia, me too.       For those of you who are interested, I have started a journal for this tank   here's a link http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/436331-55-gallon-goldfish-adventure/

  Wow! Awesome tank! Do you find the cherries get along with the goldfish? I would love to have cherries. Can you please share with me what types of plants tend to work  well?

Hello friends   I thought I would do a journal for my new tank. It's a 215L / 55 gallon Aqua One AquaStyle 980.   The measurements are 99cm x 47cm x 50cm (that's a little over 3ft long for all of you non-metrics)   I got it for $688 including the stand and filter (it has one of those filter...

  What about shrimp? My uncle is obsessed with them lol. He is adamant that I must have shrimp.

Thanks for your replies everyone. I am 99% sure I will go with goldfish.   I am thinking 4 goldfish definitely an Oranda and a Ranchu.          I will try and get them in contrasting colours, i.e. one black, one white, one red.   I am thinking a plain black background and bare bottom (also...

  Thanks for your suggestions, I think I will end up going with goldfish unless someone gives me a better idea between now and completing the cycle.   I feel that goldfish have gone out of fashion a little bit and that makes me somewhat reluctant because they aren't considered cool or unique...

I just bought an AquaOne AquaStyle 980 which is 1m x 47cm x 50cm - 215L / 55 Gallons I've been dying to get a big (to me) tank forever and when I saw this one on special for $688 inc. stand I just had to get it, I couldn't help myself. I'd been eyeing this particular model for ages. It has...

Hi everyone. I think I might finally take the plunge and get my first 'big' tank. Something around the 3ft mark or a little bit bigger.  I need some help with the stocking. So far I am thinking: 1 x Coral Blue Dwarf Gourami Neon Tetras (how many?) Corydoras (how many/what type?) Kuhli Loaches...

Sorry for your loss :(   They are all very cute though.

Hi guys, just chasing an opinion on this.   There is a local business near me who custom makes tanks. They seem really good quality and they do the solid pine stands and hoods to go with them. They look really sturdy.    I am tossing up between getting a tank from them or buying a mass produced...

Thanks for your suggestion. I think I have decided to get 2 pictus. They are indeed very cute.

They are cute. Tell me, what are the deal with the L fish? Are they smaller than a common pleco?

I am going to get a large cichlid soon. Probably a Super Green Texas, but I also like Severums too, so it could be one of those.   I want to have one tank mate. A catfish/bottom dweller of some sort.   I was considering a Bristlenose, but it seems like they have become sooo popular lately (at...

Hi everyone, just wondering what your thoughts are on AquaOne tanks - the larger ones i.e. 300L/4ft or bigger?   I really want to get one because I like the type of filtration that is built into the top of the tank.    Are these tanks/type of filtration suited to larger cichlids? I am wanting to...

          Hmm… what about this colour?      To match my couches  .. kind of.  

Hi everyone, I am just wondering what the optimal colour of background and/or substrate would be to best compliment the colour of a fish?   Do lighter surroundings cause the fish to be less vibrant?   I would really like to do white sand and a background in this colour.   The type of fish I am...

I've always lived at a house with a rainwater tank so I've never used dechlorinator before.   Do you have to dechlorinate the water and let it sit overnight or do you just chuck the new water in the tank and then chuck the dechlorinator in. I've seen it done both ways and I'm just not sure.

  Far out are you sure? They are $619 in Australia. I kid you not.   https://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/catalogue_products.php?prodID=6970   Would something like this one be okay instead?   http://thereefshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=963