New Fishless Cycle Concerns And Slime!

[Mervin]

It is soo hard! In the mean time I'm making a table so I can cross reference different species of fish that I like and see if they are compatible with each other and with the water. I have columns such as Name of fish, PH, Temperature, Min Group (for shoaling ones), Length. It may seem a bit pointless but I find it quite fun to do things like this! And it allows me to rule out fish straight away and move others to the top of the list!

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Anything you can do to pass the time and get yourself to a good decision for stocking is a good thing!

 

[David J]

Hi Mervin,

I did a table too lol. I also had a column for whether the fish is top, middle or bottom dwelling. How sad.

I'm going to have a go at cleaning the white stuff off my wood tonight and will also be attaching some java moss to a part of the wood.

Will keep you updated on my slime.

David

 

[David J]

Right, removed wood, cleaned it best I could in a bucket if tank water. It's hard to see the stuff when it's out of water. I got a bit in my hand and it smells like mushrooms so definitely a fungus of some kind.

Glued my new java moss to a nice flat part of the wood. It's stuck good but now that I put it in the water I can see I've used too much glue as it shows up white underneath the moss. Hopefully it will grow to the point I can't see it anymore.

Can't see any fungus on the wood anymore but time will tell. There are lots of dusty particles in the water now.

David.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Did you use "super glue"?  The white is annoying to me too.  That's why I started just tying things on with a bit of sewing thread.  The color is chosen to match the color of whatever I am tying the plant onto.  For slate, I use grey.  For wood, brown.  Its far less noticeable.

 

[David J]

Yeh, super glue. With the cryowotsit. I considered tying but wasn't sure I'd get a good result. Seeing the glue, next time I may try tying. Do you think the java miss will grow over the glue and disguise it?

Tank water is nice an clear again thankfully.

 

[greenmumma141]

Yeh, super glue. With the cryowotsit. I considered tying but wasn't sure I'd get a good result. Seeing the glue, next time I may try tying. Do you think the java miss will grow over the glue and disguise it?

Tank water is nice an clear again thankfully.

 
Hope so bc I was very heavy handed with my glue as well. Its a little less noticeable a month later, so either Im just used to it or the java roots are spreading over it

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Java moss should cover it fairly thickly, eventually.

 

[Deleted member 107737]

it may be helpful but i just bought a bottle of
 
http/www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kleen-Off-Household-Ammonia-Suitable-for-fishless-aquarium-cycling-500ml-/370644379331?pt=UK_HomeGarden_CLV_Cleaning_CA&hash=item564c2066c3
 
its meant to be untouched ammonia ( un perfumed etc)
 
I bought some today as im cycling my own tank


so it is available in the uk but just like yourself i went everywhere and just couldnt get it...
 
 
some shops they said dont even know what it is