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i am doing a fish in cycle. Tank is 15 days in. Put 3 orange platties in 8 days ago along with lots of plants. Been doing regular water checks with API master test kit. Did first 25 % water change yesterday Ammonia has been around 0.3. Just checked today and reads are PH 7.5. Amm 0.5 Nitrite...

It’s less cloudy now

Hi Wills. The water testing kit is the one you recommended from Amazon. I am very impressed with it. The cycle still hasn’t started. I think I’ll wait 3 or 4 days to check the levels again. I haven’t done a water change at this point. The ammonia was 0.25 on Monday. I am still a bit confused...

Sorry above ammonia reads should say m 0.3 in the shop 0.35 my reads

Hi Wills sorry for late reply I can confirm they are orange platties I have in the tank. I had my tank water tested at an aquatics shop yesterday and the reads were Ph 7, ammonia 3, nitrite 0 But the testing kit arrived yesterday afternoon and I did a test myself with below results, very...

Sorry forgot to mention I have a fairly small tank 57l. It’s Fluval Flex tank. I’m hoping as its smallish a male betta may settle in ?

Hi Wills. Thanks for advice. I do find the whole fish cycling thing quite confusing. Hoping these platties hang on in there as my 2 young daughters have bonded with them already lol. I’ve orderered the water test kit you mentioned. I was actually considering buying the exact one yesterday. So...

My tank is now 6 days in and as the bacterial bloom had all disappeared today I visited my local aquatics shop. I was mainly interested in getting new plants. Bought a few plants and lovely piece of spider wood. I asked if I should get any fish at this point and the owner suggested getting 3...

Thanks for the advice, so do I need to add ammonia or some fish food to help clear the tank ? Also am I ok to add plants at this point, or wait to add fish until the tank clears ?

I bought a 57Litre aquarium on Sunday. I ensured I rinsed the pebbles well, and the tank has been crystal clear until last night, Tuesday. I noticed it seemed a bit milk cloudy, and this morning it is even cloudier. The tank is empty apart from gravel. I am a bit confused what has caused this ...