Liverbird's New Fishless Cycle

[Twinklecaz]

Yeah probably. I had one or 2 12 hour readings before it did it consistantly. Not long before though which is the good news.


You decided on fish yet?

 

[Liverbird36]

Yeah probably. I had one or 2 12 hour readings before it did it consistantly. Not long before though which is the good news.


You decided on fish yet?
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Cheers hun. I've done a couple of lists. One of them requires a higher capacity filter and on that was 5 Cardinal Tetras, 3 Guppies, 1 Blue Ram, 1 Bolivian Ram and 1 Dwarf Gourami. I have changed it a bit though as I know that the rams and Gourami's don't tend to colour up unless with another of the opposite sex so have changed it a bit. The filtration I have at present is great for list number 2 which consists of 2 Bolivian Rams, 1 Blue Ram, and either 1 Dwarf Gourami and 3 Guppies or 2 Dwarf Gouramis and no guppies. Not quite sure as yet though. The site advisor info was great with each list just need to upgrade filter if going for list 1. Haven't a clue lol Hope your fish are a bit happier today. Have read your posts but have been a bit busy so haven't been able to take time out to answer. Oh, and trust me, kids are DEFINITELY more stressful than fish !!! I have two

 

[PDSimon]

I wouldn't recommend blue rams for beginners to be honest unless you're commited to it

 

[JoshuaA]

I wouldn't recommend blue rams for beginners to be honest unless you're commited to it

Be prepared to water change more frequently to keep the water quality pristine. My girlfriend does 30% every 5 days now. Keeps the Nitrate around 15-20ppm.

 

[Liverbird36]

I wouldn't recommend blue rams for beginners to be honest unless you're commited to it

Be prepared to water change more frequently to keep the water quality pristine. My girlfriend does 30% every 5 days now. Keeps the Nitrate around 15-20ppm.

Are they a tough fish to look after ??? Are grateful that you are all being honest with me. The advisor site recommended a 30% weekly water change and are quite happy to do that every 5 days but if they are quite tricky to look after then that's cool as I'm happy to go with something else.

 

[PDSimon]

I'm not entirely sure whether they'll get on with bolivian rams either, did you check about that? They are one of the more difficult to fish to look after and I've been told they actually need 28 degrees + for them to live a good length of time. Guppies probably don't prefer the higher temperature? maye gouramis - I'm just guessing but you know what I'm getting at.

 

[Liverbird36]

I'm not entirely sure whether they'll get on with bolivian rams either, did you check about that? They are one of the more difficult to fish to look after and I've been told they actually need 28 degrees + for them to live a good length of time. Guppies probably don't prefer the higher temperature? maye gouramis - I'm just guessing but you know what I'm getting at.

Yeah I checked it with the Advisor site. Said not to put 2 Blue Rams together but everything else came up ok. The temp the site recommended for the list was 26c. I am open to suggestions and your opinions matter so If in your opinion you feel they are going to be tough then I'm happy to look at other fish

 

[PDSimon]

I only know the very basics so if I were you i'd make a thread on what stocking ideas you have

 

[Liverbird36]

I only know the very basics so if I were you i'd make a thread on what stocking ideas you have

Yeah cool. Was throwing ideas around in my head. Thanks for your input I appreciate the honesty. Gonna be a while I think before I get to the stocking stage though.

 

[Liverbird36]

Gonna do a water change tomorrow as Nitrates off scale. Maybe it will help with the Nitrites.

 

[Twinklecaz]

Yeah it prob will. I swear it helped me

DON'T forget 2 golden rules.........don't let your filter media dry out and don't forget to decholrinate before you but the filter back in the tank

 

[Liverbird36]

Yeah it prob will. I swear it helped me

DON'T forget 2 golden rules.........don't let your filter media dry out and don't forget to decholrinate before you but the filter back in the tank

HAHAHAHA !!!!! don't think i'l be forgetting the dechlor in a hurry

Hope all is going well with your fish.

 

[Twinklecaz]

Meh yeah, they SEEM ok. The main symtom that I know is definitely something wrong (aside from the red gill thing which may just be my paranoia) is the white/stringy poo but I am hoping to get some answers soon.

Have to do my first water change with the fish in today

 

[Liverbird36]

Nitrates off scale so have done a 50% water change but 1hr after water change Nitrates are stll off scale so going to do another tomorrow.

 

[PDSimon]

don't forget to syphon the gravel/sand really well with those waterchanges