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I was going to add some more silver dollars on my next trip to the LPS but was thinking of adding some other types as well. I saw the ghost fish and he looked magical but expensive.   I will be in the process of setting up a 460 litre tank within the next 6 months which will support the balas as...

yeah, thats what i was doing to the substrate, just a light spotty vacumm but a tonne of wood matter was coming through.   tank is fully cycled.   the albino sharks are this;   tank is 300 litres :)  

Hey everyone,   Would like some help on adding some more glup glups (fish) to my aquarium.   I have a 300 litre tank Ammonia - 0 PH - 7.2 Nitrates - 20 ppm Nitrites - 0 27 Degrees   Currently have; 1 small pleco 3 bristlenose catfish 1 albino shark (3 died for unknown reasons - i think a red...

awesome :) thankyou so much   does the decaying wood/splinters of wood logged up in the substrate do any damage? i did a water change today and the water that came out into the bucket after vaccumming the substrate was absolutely black. This has no danger what-so-ever?   i ask because i lost 3...

Thanks :)   definately not new driftwood, been there for 3 months however, did have a crash which resulted on alot of water changes.   only have bristlenose catfish, a pleco (small) and a whole bunch of different sharks (red tails, rainbows, silvers and albinos) and a handful of gouramis   I...

Hey everyone,   Aquarium water is getting a yellowish colour however all the parameters check out. No ammonia, nitrates/nitrites are all ok and PH is balanced.   Fish are behaving normally.   I am thinking the driftwood could be causing the colour change in water?

hey all   thought i would give everyone an update   over the last week, ammonia stayed at 0ppm - no movement what-so-ever   nitrates have remained steady at 20ppm   nitrites rose 5 days ago to 6ppm   through a series of 25% water changes - 1 in the morning and 1 at night for the first two days...

after everything i have learnt through here and reading other pinned posts in this forum after this catastrophic experience...i believe i made the following mistakes...   did not cycle the tank properly in the beginning did not use water conditioner on the very first water change (some key...

Nitrites at 0 and nitrates at 20   that should mean a real good beneficial bacteria growth - probably from the filter media i introduced from another tank that was donated from the pet shop.

final water change for now.   ammonia reading at 0ppm. i tested the tank water against the tap water and both showing exactly the same colour.    WIN!   nitrates and nitrites look good. PH is at 7.4.    temperature at 26 degrees.   i won! thanks everyone! i couldn't have done it without you!  ...

so did another 50% water change and ammonia dropped slightly again. all going swell.   however, my catfish has lost all its spots around its body. it looks like he's burnt or something. Not looking well at all. i took him out and put him into a really big bowl with an air stone and some water...

easy as, thanks :)   well I'm really happy everything is on track now. I'm feeling really confident with it all now :)   will keep up with some 50% water change tomorrow then drop back to 25% for the following couple of days and keep checking all the levels.   i really appreciate everyones help...

everything is going well so far. got home, checked levels - ammonia had gone down slightly from yesterday, not a lot, but slightly. ph stayed the same   fed the fish again...left it for half hour and conducted another water change.   only did a 50% change tonight   ammonia has gone down again -...

you lot are amazing :D   just tested the PH and ammonia levels again - PH is steady at 7.4 and ammonia hasn't budged at 1.    will follow through with another water change tomorrow and introduce the sponges. I will also buy some more conditioner and some proper dropper tests for the nitrate and...

thanks akasha. The test strips i got with the tank. never used them until now only for the reason to check nitrate/nitrite. I purchased the dropper kits for PH and ammonia separately and have been testing with those for obviously the ph and ammonia balance ever since i started the tank 4-6 weeks...

FISH ARE FOOD - NOT FRIENDS!   thanks everyone, such an amazing forum and your all so helpful.   I'm at a point with this where even the slightest thing is major milestone. part of me wants to quit this whole thing, but i won't. not yet.    got home - no fish dead. WIN. tested ammonia and PH -...

thanks everyone. some great advice especially with the tap water information. the tank is 1 month old. first two weeks were perfect, then the overfeeding became the problem which took a week to figure out was happening.   I got home today with a fish head and skeleton floating in the water...

Hi,   I am struggling.    a week ago, i lost 2 fish. checked and ammonia was creeping up (at 1.25ppm). Started doing water changes and ammonia wouldn't budge. Found out the fish were being fed twice (sometimes 3) per day because my fiancé was feeding them without me knowing. to get control of...