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Thanks BigbruiserAl

Hi all. My ammonia was dropping to almost zero from 4ppm a day, but Nitrites weren't coming down, then finally the Trites dropped to zero last night but the ammonia only dropped to 3ppm. Ph is stable at 7.4, Trates are reaching top end of the scale. Anyone else had similar experiences...

I managed 4ppm with food, I'm currently dosing to 2ppm, the minute the nitrites sod off I'll up it to 4ppm and time it to zero, once that is 12 hrs, massive water change then in go the fish. What y'all think?

That calculator goes against all I've read with 5ppm, including all the guides on here

Cheers Xraymark I was thinking along the same lines.

Aqua reef 400, I'll count it out when I do my last big water change before stocking. Then count it in again.

I counted the water in myself, I was perplexed, so emptied it and double checked, It's a planted tank with JBL substrate the soil stuff under the fine stuff, which is quite deep compared to sand and it has 3d background which it quite thick in places, 2 inches easy.

It's supposedly 400 but holds 290 with substrate etc.

Cheers folks, I'm on it like a car bonnet. Just over 15 ml for me to 5ppm.

Finally today after 3 weeks of cycling with food, my jeyes kleen Ammonia has arrived, time to start cycling accurately.

Hi, Nice bike. Got an SV650 myself.I use this http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/calc.html there is a heating calculator on there. Dave

Cheers Lloyd, I'm in catch 22, I'm limited by my hard tap water if I don't mix. But I suppose really I need to decide what fish I want, as to what level of mixing is required

I've do a 50/50 mix and it comes out as; 6Kh 11Gh 7.4Ph. So I'll run with that one i think, there is not much if any difference between these results and a 60/40 mix. Thanks all for the input Just need the good little bacteria to sort their act out now.

Thanks for the reply, High teen to low twenties of GH and KH sorry. My tap Ph is 8.6 and 40ppm Nitrates.

HI. I have hard water and high nitrates. so I purchased an RO filter and fitted it under my sink in the Kitchen. I was £90 so will have paid for it's self soon enough, the local fish store sells RO water for £3 for 5 gal, but then initially I would of had to buy the containers as well, so to...

Thanks for the info, I'll do a 50/50 mix now and see how that fairs, the tap water is very hard, and high in nitrates. If I remember correctly it was up in the high teens.

Hi, my tank is still cycling, so to combat the itchy finger I've got of wanting to get on with it. I've been playing with water chemistry. I'm using 1 part tap water to 4 parts RO water and these are the results. PH 7.2/7.4 can't make my mind up on the colour. ( Using API master kit) GH 6 Kh 3...

Yeah, I've seen some stunning Gourami. I've got a four foot tank, over two foot tall and a foot and half deep. So what'd ya reckon, one male two females?

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. The Gourami are the ones that are causing my grief, I want a nice center piece species. So have not 100% decided on them. Would 4 or 3 be better, and get something else in with them? My tap water is very hard. 8.4 and GH of 26. So to give me more options I'm...

Hello. My cycling is coming along nicely, Been reading intensely for the last week or so about stocking, and I think I'm coming to a conclusion, I've got 290 litres to play with. I'm thinking along the lines of. 12 Corys of yet undecided type 10 Black neon tetra ( would love normal neon tetra...

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Hello,I've been running a tiny tropical tank for 6 months now. However the time has come to upgrade, I've purchased an Aqua One 400, it is technically a Marine tank but I'm running it as a Tropical set up. I'm currently on day 5 of a fishless cycle in the big tank. I live in a very hard water...