Day 30 In The Fish Tank House

[littlenemo]

just thought i wiould let every one no im cycled. woohooo 30 days it has took. with the help of aquatom sending me some media. my ammonia and nitrites are 0 ing now in around 10 hours and have been for about 5 days now nitrate around 40 and ph about 7.6. so in the morning going to do a massive water change and go get a few fish and maybe some shrimps.

just want to thank everyone that has answered all my post and took the time to guide me. i have learnt so much from everyone on here, so once again thank you all.

will take some pics when my fish are in.

 

[Biulu]

Congratulations! What are you planning on putting in there?

 

[littlenemo]

to be honest not 100% sure yet. just going to put easy fish to start with.

 

[Tizer]

Ha, maybe we have tempted him away from crappy guppies, mollies and platies

Go get yourself a nice big school of something! Rummynose / harlequins / neons or cardinals etc will look ace

Ps, great work on the build/cycle, nice to see people wait it out patiently and do it right from the start, looking forward to pics

 

[littlenemo]

a up tizer you have tempted me away from crappy guppies, mollies and platies lol. but thanks to you mate for all your help and putting up with my silly questions lol

 

[Tizer]

lol

To be fair, although i diss them, they do add some nice colour to a tank...but thats about it. Tropical tanks do tend to end up being very "silver fish" like. I'm guilty of putting half a dozen orange Platies in my tank at one point. You stock it with whatever you like mate, its under your roof not mine

 

[littlenemo]

lol. im gooing to go to lfs and have a good look he has some strange fish in there. defo a plec for alge and some bottom feeders. neons defo. so just got the good job of massive water change now. kind of be strange with fish in there lol been looking at just water for over a month.

ps. seriously thanks for all your help mate.

 

[Ruskull]

Why no love for the Guppies? I have 4 different colored males in one of my 20 gallons and they're some of the most beautiful, active & interesting fish in any tank I have. I rate them right up there with Corys for activity.

 

[FishBlast]

Why no love for the Guppies? I have 4 different colored males in one of my 20 gallons and they're some of the most beautiful, active & interesting fish in any tank I have. I rate them right up there with Corys for activity.

Definitely they are some of the most lovely fish! I miss my flamed tail guppies... The green tail ones were beautiful too, the worst ones in color were the gray+red endler lookalikes (I didn't even have endlers for that many years to wake up with endler hybrids, so I wonder how that happened...)
Though I haven't noticed them having any outstanding personalities, unlike swordtails and Hoplos.

 

[Aqua Tom]

lol. im gooing to go to lfs and have a good look he has some strange fish in there. defo a plec for alge and some bottom feeders. neons defo. so just got the good job of massive water change now. kind of be strange with fish in there lol been looking at just water for over a month.

ps. seriously thanks for all your help mate.

Neons may not be such a good idea in a new tank, they can be a bit friagile, have you looked at cardinal tetras? They are even more colourful & a bit tougher.

Tom

ps, glad the donation worked well, I was worried it wouldnt, what with the cold snap we have been having.



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