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Hi,   I bought two Dwarf Gouramis in January last year and they've been doing fine until around 6 weeks ago the male Gourami started hiding a bit more than normal and lost all his colour. He still comes out for food and is 'acting' fine when swimming around.   Around May time I bought 6 Tiger...

  Hi,   Not sure this is much help as I'm still a relative novice but here's a log I did of my fishless cycle (http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/366477-phils-fishless-cycle/)   With regards to sending filter media I would be willing to post some but wouldn't have a clue how to do...

Started my tank in July 2011.......used this forum and others to do a full fishless cycle.......after 18months of enjoyment I've just got a few queries for those who have been keeping fish for years! Not sure whether its best to split up the questions below so if anyone thinks thats better let...

Hi... Sounds to me like your tank hasn't properly cycled so with the ammonia levels that high your fish will inevitably die off. The best thing I can suggest is doing an immediate water change 90-95% (obviously temperature matching and adding a de-chlorinator like Seachem Prime or Tetra...

Not had any replies on this but so far so good with my Swordtail.....I've done a 30% or so water change every week and she hasn't shown any signs of the fungus coming back so its seemingly a thumbs up for Tetra General Tonic from me! I added 6 Tiger barbs to the mix and they've settled in fine...

I recently moved house which was fun with shifting a fish tank - one of these days I might get round to writing about it to help others moving house! If you have any questions I can give some tips and also some websites I found useful. Anyway after the stress of moving house I noticed a week...

Thought I'd add a photo of my tank....not got any recent ones with fish in (this is what it was like after cycling) so will have to take some and add later.... Phil

That's what I thought - I know ammonia is an issue and should be 0 but since the reading is low as you say and the others are fine I figured it might be something else.... Any ideas?

Yeah I'm not sure why the ammonia went up as its been at 0 the last few times I've checked it and since nitrites are 0 I'm assuming the bacteria are still working ok. I did have a drop in temperature of a few degrees when I did the last water change as I was in a rush so didn't temperature match...

I got the 3 swordtails at the same time 3 months ago and have never had any problems. The other swordtails are females and the minnows aren't aggressive so wouldn't have thought so.... Sadly just checked him this morning and he's died in the night....will have to monitor the others and see over...

I've been away on holiday for a week and got back last night to find one of my minnows missing (subsequently found dead near the bottom of the filter) :( and the male swordtail acting very lethargic.... The other 4 minnows, 3 baby minnows and 2 female swordtails are all fine...110 litre Juwel...

Hi, Couple of questions..... I've got 6 baby minnows around 7 / 8 weeks old - they're in a tank with 3 Neon Swordtails and 5 adult White Cloud Minnows and currently all the fish are fed on baby brine shrimp around 3 times a week and flake food 2 times a week. I get the feeling however that...

Hi Welcome to the forum..... Not sure what type of tank you've got - do you know the make at least? Also a photo would help Regards Phil

Ok sounds simple enough.......when you're ready just give me a shout if you still need some media by then Regards Phil

Not an expert and sorry if I've misunderstood but thought I'd just put some ideas forward.... If you've transferred the filter media including bacteria across from your original tank setup then I would have thought that you aren't likely to get a large nitrite spike as the concentration of...

How do you go about posting mature media. I'd be willing to donate some (I'm in Manchester) but not quite sure how beneficial it will be since it will just dry out? Having said that my tank is only 3 months old so there is probably a better option from someone in the Birmingham area who has a...

I would try and steer clear of additives but then again I'm no expert on them so some might be perfectly safe! My tank had quite a bit of algae on the bogwood but I inherited a couple of pond snails via my live plants and they seem to have gotten the situation under control. I know some people...

Hi, I've had White Cloud Minnows for around 3 weeks now - one of them died a week after being put in the tank.....was never really active, hiding alot in the plants and then I couldn't find him and discovered he was in the filter. Not sure what happened. Since then the other 5 have looked...

Sorry I'm not an expert but just a couple of thoughts that might help.... Can you post a photo of the fish as that might help with a diagnosis. Also what temperature is/was the tank? Nitrates seem a bit on the high side - usually should be around 20ppm as a conservative target. When you say...

Hey - nice tank.....similar size to mine Couple of initial comments - Clown loaches need much larger tanks than 125litres and tetras do better in shoals of 5 or 6... As for other pretty fish you could look at there are quite a few community fish including Neon Tetras, Harlequin Raspboras...

The males are slimmer than the females who have rounded bellies or so I'm told! My 1 male does look quite slimmer than the 4 females - he also displays to the females by fanning his fins.... I have a mixture of fake plants and live plants and they seem to equally enjoy both and as mentioned...

I've found nitrate tests to be pretty hard to be accurate about and if you read around it seems to be the consensus that it isn't the most reliable test... I agree with you that nitrate doesn't get 'used up' by much (apart from maybe plants in small quantities?) which is why you need regular...

Hi Took me around 17 / 18 days before my ammonia dropped and I thought my cycle (link below) overall was quick compared to some others.... Think the only way it'll be quicker is if you add some mature media from an established tank - used to be a list on here of people willing to donate...

Hi Took me around 17 / 18 days before my ammonia dropped and I thought my cycle (link below) overall was quick compared to some others.... Patience is required but you will get there! Regards Phil http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/366477-phils-fishless-cycle/

Hi Took me around 17 / 18 days before my ammonia dropped and I thought my cycle (link below) overall was quick compared to some others.... I'm afraid copious amounts of patience is required but as someone on here said you should use the time to read up all you can about your fish so as to...

Hi After successful fishless cycling (blog on here somewhere) I got myself 6 White Cloud Minnows last week....sadly one of them never really looked happy and has since died. Not sure what was up with him - just seemed to hide away in the plants and was nowhere near as active as the other 5. I...

Hi, Welcome to the forum..... I was fortunate enough not to be taken in by what my LFS said and have just completed a fishless cycle....pretty frustrating when you find out you've been given 'duff' information From what I've read about a fish-in cycle (see the beginner's section for some good...

Think you've got the i and a switched round....nitrite is light blue when its 0ppm (thats with an API Master Test Kit). Also the highest scale from memory is 8ppm for nitrite Not sure its a good idea to be adding ammonia now that you have fish - think you should change to a fish-in cycle with...

Its a Juwel Rio 125 litres....

Hi, I'm only a newbie myself but just thought I'd add a few comments from what I've learnt during my fishless cycle... Firstly I can highly recommend the beginner's section which despite the title has some pretty detailed information and is well worth reading through. The general consensus...

Finished my cycle - didn't update the log for the last few days but was showing double zeros so decided to take the plunge with some White Cloud Minnows.....got 6 from my local LFS and they seem to have settled well (one of them hides a lot so not sure if he's got a problem or is just shy?)...

My experience seems to be slightly different to some comments although there might be mitigating factors.... I added 4 plants around halfway through my fishless cycle and whilst I did get some algae towards the end of the cycle it wasn't in significant amounts that made the tank look...

The Manchester Fort Boots had ammonia in stock on the shelf (not over the counter) with other cleaning products.....it was on special mind you so not sure if they were getting rid of stock. That was just over a month ago when I was starting my cycle...

Right finally got a 0ppm reading this morning so can't be long now.... Decided the tank needed a bit of a clean (algae everywhere) and wanted to get the nitrates down so I've just done a 30% water change and swished the filter wool around in the emptied water as the filter flow had gone down...