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I don't have a quarentine tank, My idea of one is a full setup again, but what does it have to have? Also if I do get a quarentine tank setup should I continue the course of melafix on both tanks for the next week? Cheers Jab Edit: Been on google again and is it a hospital tank I need...

I started my melafix course last night. The ill danio is still floatin around slowly this mornin and the other fish look fine so hopefully the course will prevent anymore fish gettin ill now. Will take some water samples to LFS and see what they say. Jab

I've lost a handful of my fish recently and now a golden danio looks terrible. It's fins are loosely held in the water, very spread, it has lil red dots on the skin, it's bloated up and it has a similar look to when a guy goes bald, thin and can see the skin if yu know what I mean it's also @...

No I aint touched the filter since I started the tank. I plan to change one of the carbon trays in next 2 - 3 weeks and then the other a week after that. I should say my tap water came up with the same result again too. I wonder if my test kit is somehow stuffed.

Ok I just done another test with pretty much the same result. I've been lightly feeding them and did a lil 10% change last night, water was treated. Any ideas?

Ok thanks for the replies guys. I'm feelin a lil bit better about it. the water was treated per bucket I put in, I might drop another half cap in or somethin just to make sure though. Cheers! Jab

Ok will do, Thanks for the quick reply. Fingers x'd!

Yesterday I did my big gravel clean, it went well and looked like I removed about 60% of the water doin it, I put new de-chlorinated water in without prob and all seemed well. I tested the levels last night to find that there was 0.25 - 0.50 ppm ammonia detected, no nitrites and 20 - 40 ppm...

Ahh ok thanks for the reply. The fish were in the bag about 50 mins total with aclimatisin etc. They seem ok atm, v cool fish too. :)

But we tested the water they were in and got suprisin results. Ammonia - 0.25 - 0.50 ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Nitrate - 80 - 160 ppm Is this a common thing because of how stocked the tanks are? Just suprised theres no Nitrites tbh.

I did a nitrate test earlier and that was 20 - 40 ppm I can check others in a sec Can a fish be eaten that quick? It wasn't a tiny fish or anythin and would danios and guppies do that anyway? Edit: Ammonia and Nitrite is 0 ppm

It's a guppy I did some more checkin and really no sign of him @ all. V strange.

I aint seen 1 of me fish for over a day and previously he seemed to be hoverin near the surface alot. I've looked around in the tank @ the lil places he could of got in but no sign. I've been usin the net back over my siphon pipe since I had the siphoned fish incident so dunno whats happened...

The thing was I'm sure she did the test twice, but didn't see what she did the 1st time as I were lookin around the shop. I aint a fan of Aquajardin at all and I wouldn't put it past this branch @ least to influence the results.

Guess not :S

Still no idea what she added then? That is confusin me

Today we had a tour round some shops and our friend took a water sample that we had tested @ a few different LFS's First were pets @ home. They used the API Test Kit and the results were 0 ppm, 0 ppm, 10 - 20 ppm for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate respectively which sounds perfectly fine, problem...

It tastes different than in the kitchen, but I've drank it if that counts?

Thats good to hear. I'm gonna cover the end with the net bag that has the activated carbon in that I took out, should be ok. It's a gas heated shower and it's just a cheap mixer jobby on the end. Figured it'd be ok. Jab P.S Glad to know I aint the only one thats done these things Lol ;)

So today because of the high nitrate result I thought I'd freshen up the tank a lil bit with a 10% water change. So I siphoned out about a bucket of water in no time at all only to find that in the bucket was one of my longfin danio's :o So I got him in the net and back in the tank as quick as...

Well I've added me first fish. 3 Zebra Danios and 3 Golden/Yellow Longfin danios. Will add the guppys in a week and see how things go in the meantime. They seem happy enough :)

Well I just did my last test before adding fish. Yesterday I did a test after 90 - 95% water change and detected ammonia. Did the test twice with same result and just now my nitrate reading is a lil higher also so I just don't get it. I'll have to monitor nitrate after adding fish and do a few...

Want to get some stock for my tank thursday, but really aint sure what to get now I'm gonna prolly drop in a pinch or 2 of fish flakes tomoz night after the big 90% water change just as a lil buffer The fish I been lookin @ are guppies, danios, neon tetras and pleco's the tank is a 90L and I...

Hehe aye ignore that plonker. They're all plastic as far as I'm aware. Do the job well though imo. The tallest green one moves with the current from the draw of the pump too.

Tadaaaa Nay bad if I do say so meself :)

Np's m8 glad to help :) so I did me 90% water change today. It didn't go too bad. Were some degrees off around 7 - 9c infact so could be worse. I'll get those pics taken while I have clear water again. The heaters back on and warming up the water and I bought a heater for the room so hopin...

I think I need to get a mixing attatchment for my hose then. It's been snowin here so will see what can be achieved today. Also I noticed that my temp readin has dropped a couple of degrees so looks like the heater has kinda met it's match with the outside air. Might have to adjust to see if I...

I usually de-chlorinate with tap safe after fillin tank. can that stuff kill the bacteria then?

Na I think the combi boiler idea is out.boiling water could do the trick I guess. but it's still ok to fill the tank with hose 1st, just don't turn pump on till it's regulated right?

Ok so I'm back, a day late (bloody weather) but back so now I'm gonna do me next test between 11 - 12 tonight so will see whats up in the tank. I had a thought about the 90% water change I'm gonna do. How can I bring that big of volume of water upto the same temp as in the tank? Just thinkin of...

They look great. Will get a pic uploaded for you to see. The woods leechin again and those activated carbon things seem to do naff all for water clarity lol but never mind, might switch to an external filter sometime next year and use some charcoal filters/sponges or whatever they am lol

I've added no mature media of any kind. I added a few artificial plants tom sent me but thats it apart from the doses of ammonia. I'm away friday night, but back saturday night. I was gonna redose before tonight as I leave in the mornin. I can then test when I get back sunday and do a big...

How long is it before the bacteria starts to die off? I had 0 Nitrites last night, but the Ammonia test was more green than yellow, but this mornin it's more a yellowy brown. If theres no Nitrites there should be no ammonia right? I'm gonna top it back upto 5 ppm later as that seems to be...

Had a drop in Nitrites and increase in Nitrates so that makes sense :)

I just did my water tests and it looks like the ammonia level is 0.25 - 0.50 ppm. Does that sound right? The Nitrites have never gone green if left like it said on the guide I read. Am I doin summut wrong? Edit: Ok now I'm confused. After gettin the strange readin (to me anyway) on the...

Think I've cocked up and put too much Ammonia in. I put equiv of near 5 ppm again, but think I only needed to do equiv of 3 - 4 ppm. Hopefully it aint detrrimental and will just add a bit of time onto things?

Added the plants yu sent, Lookin like more of a fish tank now :) Have noticed though. Where the silicon seal is on the 2 back edges. Theres cobweb like hairs commin off it. I rubbed it down with a flanal, but now it's all just floating around, some are fairly large cobwebby chunks. Any ideas...

Might be able to get that done by g/f's m8, we fed her fish when she went away. Interestin devopment on the cycle though. I just done an ammonia test and it looked a lighter green than I had been gettin, so I did a Nitrite test and thats come up with a more pinky purple than I can find on the...

Ahh ok, I think thats the system we do have tbh so will watch out for that cheers Also I'm gonna have to be away from 17th - 19th so will miss 4 tests, I'm thinkin that might be around the time when things start to get interestin too. In the words of Homer J Simpson... Doh!

Ahh ok, tricks of the trade, hehe