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I've finished cycling and still have most of a Homebase bottle left. I'd like to keep some back, but if you have a spare strong bottle (tamper proof lid etc) you could post it to me with a return envelope/jiffy. I guess the Royal mail will have an issue with it, like everything these days it...

Just to second this, I'm new to the hobby. I've been cycling my tank since the 11th of October, and put my fish in yesterday! The cycling period gave me time to see what would happen in the tank without fish, I've been able to rescape the interior slightly, tweak lighting and heating. Trim...

The eggs all hatched into snails and are now merrily wandering around the tank. P.S. The pictures were taken at f8, 1.5s on a 50mm f1.8 with extension tubes.

You want to be feeding more ammonia in. Use this calculator to work out how much to add. http://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm

Ask the staff in Homebase where it is. I looked round the Leeds shop for ages before finding in the cleaning/mops/brushes area.

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Animation of snail growth over three days. One day per frame. You can see the algae growing too. Some people may dislike snails, but we love the new visitors to our home - for now anyway!

OK, other questions then... How will peppered corys take to a newly cycled tank then? And what easily available stock would live happily with them in a new tank... More tank readings: Last night after my test (day 16) I added ammonia to get it to around 3.5 This morning under daylight...

Hiya vinylman. Are you suggesting Neons might not be good for a new tank, or have I misunderstood? I've been to Paws for Thought on York Road a lot, they have Neon Tetras in a tank with Peppered Corys which both look visually very good and I assume they get on together in the long term. From...

I'm in Leeds too, and I've just looked at your Media Donation link. I wish I'd seen it sooner. Duncan.

Hello Again, The plants are growing quickly so are the snails!! The small tank is very bright with two 15w bulbs which were on about 12 hours a day (now shortened slightly) However I guess the Nitrate results are still quite low. I think the API master kit readings for Nitrate are fairly...

Thanks for your nice words. I don't know what plants I have, I need to spend some time working it all out actually. I've described the camera setup above in the thread. It's all down to the extension tubes on the SLR and of course a tripod. Cheers Again, Duncan.

I've been reading about the peppered cory here: <a href="http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Corydoras_paleatus" target="_blank">http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Corydoras_paleatus</a> And we be getting more than just two, thanks for your advice too. I can't see there being room for 6 though! And...

Hiya OldMan47. I've been cycling since the 11th, I add ammonia up to 3-4ppm every night and the next night it's almost back to 0, and so is the nitrite. It's almost fully cycled surely? As a followup to the snails eggs, they've changed a lot since yesterday: Saturday Sunday Tape measure...

Here are the timers I just bought from B&Q £2.99 each, 2 for £5.

Repaired Cyclops Link Thanks for the link, it's funny that my camera is taking good photos of something found on a microscopy web site !! We went back to our LFS and have decided on getting 5 neon tetra and 2 peppered corys.

I guess if it's a new tank and everything is 'clean' then you will have a wait before the first set of bacteria appear. I guess they can't just appear en mass from nowhere, that's why I used Stress Zyme in my 50 litre tank. I'm 14 days into a fishless cycle on my first ever tank, the Homebase...

In fact you could do just as well with a D40 kit and Extension Tubes Then add a cheap secondhand manual Nikon lens

I think these are snails eggs, the clutch (?) is under 5mm across, and there's another little fella in the bottom right of the picture too, which is far to small to see. Taken on a Nikon D50, 50mm, 1.8 with a full set of extension tubes (63mm) f5.6, 1.5 second exposure.

Have you used some kind of filter starter like Stress Zyme? What else is in the tank?

Thanks for the plant advice, I found a great sticky in this forum about pruning plants too. There's a Juwel Terrace Rock A on the back left, I'm glad I didn't buy two of them. And I've just put the bogwood in too. It's a nice bit with holes in that'll hopefully offer the fish some cover. The...

I filled the tank on the 11th of October, so it's been cycling for two weeks now. I've had two lots of Stress Zyme (need to put more in now) and I've put some Flora Boost in too. I don't think the long thin plants are going to survive for much longer, they are breaking down a bit now.

I don't know what he is, but he's less than half a millimetre across! And seems to have a red mouth like some of the snails.

The tank measures 61cm W x 40cm H x 30cm D - £20 from ebay 50 litres of tap water in it (treated with Stress coat) Stress Zyme Gravel, Stones, Juwel Terrace Rock A 15'' and 18'' tubes on split timers, 10 hours a day with 30 minutes difference to reduce sudden changes Blue LED lighting inside and...