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Thanks for the input, things have moved on a little since my post. I took a sample of tank water to a LFS to corroborate my readings and all was fine until they got to pH and KH. I had never tested KH in the past. pH had dropped below 5.5 which was a bit scary and KH was 1. It seems my water has...

Tank has now been set up since 6th of December, initially stocked with a pair of platties and 4 danios added as a unexpected Christmas present Christmas Eve!!! I have not left a tank so long with out a water change for years and it is making me twitchy! All readings are good with Nitrite at or...

Here are the readings from my tank including a tap water reference reading. I have not bothered with all readings each day other than always doing Nitrite and Ammonia. Nitrite readings on the kit I have been using, (Hagen Liquid Test) do not go below 0.1mg/l so not 100% sure if they are zero or...

>>>>>>you should expect your nitrate readings to increase as these are the final product of the nitrogen cycle and removed only by water changes and also used by plants (some being better at it than others) up to 30mg/l is nothing really to worry about. It is funny as my tap water has a higher...

Correct, no water changes as yet, just the topping up due to evaporation. Thanks Jerry

History 13 gallon imperial tank, 10 gallons of water once gravel, bog wood etc taken into account. Tank set up start of december, seeded with plants, gravel and bog wood taken from cold water set up. Under gravel filtration driven by 2 powerheads. Gravel depth between 2 and 3 inches. 2 Platys...

Is there any easy way to tell the different sex of fish. I assume there is possibly a web resource out there with pictures showing the male and female variants for the main species? Thanks Jerry

Here are the results so far for the 10 gallon tank I have set up. I reused gravel, plants and bog wood from an old cold water tank. Tap Water pH 7.5 Ammonia mg/l 0.1 Nitrate mg/l 10 Nitrite mg/l 0 Temperature - Degree Celcius Date 06/12/02 pH 7.5 Ammonia mg/l 0.1 Nitrate mg/l 0 Nitrite mg/l...

>>>>>at what tempreture was the set-up? Just shy of 80 degrees. >>>>>>Is it possible that the water had not warmed up sufficiently? The tank has been up and running for a week, regular temperature checks show that it only moves a degree or 2 through the day. >>>>>>I would also check those...

>>>>>Did you use a filter start up tonic to get the essential bacteria in to the filtration system? No, I reused gravel, plants and bog wood from an existing "cold" water tank. I am trying to do a fish cycle with the hope that the reused elements will help the process along. I have kept cold...

This afternoon I went to the LFS to get the first fish for the tank, 2 Platys. The idea being to use them to cycle the tank and have them as the basis for the stocking of the tank. Both fish were about 2cm long excluding tail fin. When we got home I placed the bag in the tank having loosened...

Just done my first test on both tap water and tank water. The tank was filled 5 days ago with de-chlorinated tap water and I reused gravel and bog wood from a cold water tank. I am using under gravel filtration and the tank volume is 10 gallons (UK) though I filled with 8 gallons of water once...

It seems there are a variety of opinions of Fish shops. Some good, some bad. Can anyone suggest or recommend a fish shop local to me. Home is Mid Sussex but I work at Kingswood Surrey, between Reigate and Chipstead. Thanks Jerry

Quick update, I called Interpet yesterday at about 4pm and explained the situation, they promised to pop a leaflet into the post and it arrived this morning. Hats off to them for service. Jerry

Hi again Yesterday I managed to buy a Interpet Test kit covering Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite and pH. Now either I am being extremely stupid, (very possible I hear you cry), or the instructuction booklet does not actually explain how to use the kit. There are 4 testing tubes and 4 packets of...

OK, so if all goes well this weekend I could be placing a couple of Platys in the tank. (I am very much looking forward to this as is my 5 year old who is missing his fishy friends since I broke the tank down at the weekend. My 1 year old is missing them whizzing around the tank but is kept...

I have been keeping gold fish/cold water fish for years in a 10gal (UK) double hexagon tank and have been thinking for a while about converting to tropical fish for more colour. (This thought is also instigated by the large Ghost Carp I have in the tank steadily beating up the minnows and gold...