Recent content by Ap0ll0

update for anyone that cares - there are now 11 fish in the tank (and about the same number of various plantS)   3 boesemani rainbowfish - pretty sure its 1 male and 2 females but I'm not 100% about one of the females   NB: the common consensus on the interwebs is that my 200l, 1m long tank is...

cycled. got up this morning, checked the nitrites, didn't believe it, double checked, all gone. stuck another capful of ammonia in and will check again at 8 tonight to make sure. the donor media really did its job (I'm guessing it wasn't the NF Cycle, as that was a month past its date to begin...

sorry I was unclear - I meant to the cycling process - I will for sure do a water change and get the nitrates way down before adding fish, but I was wondering if high nitrAtes impact the cycle at all - I've not seen anyone saying this.   I never dosed 8ppm at one time but it got up to 8ppm. I'm...

hi I have a question - I'm a week into my cycle, I used a great deal of donor media that although it was in (wet) transit/storage for a while (48 hours max) but it seems to have worked quite well -   I raised the ammonia up to around 8ppm initially, and it dropped back to almost zero, and I've...

ok so quick update just tested the water again - nitrites are showing 0.25-0.5ish, ammonia is down at about 2-3 from about 8 initially, and nitrates are RED at about 40+   I've not had a nitrite spike, in fact my nitrite levels are as high now as they've been at any point, but I've definitely...

ok so I'm thinking/hoping the cycle might actually be starting already and that the seed media is doing its job - I tested for nitrite last night and it was a faint blue, and I tested again this morning and it was a bit stronger - I thought this might be wishful thinking so I tested my tapwater...

the water got to about 22c which i figured was probably about the temp of the water the old media was in so I whacked most of it in the ex1200 and the rest in the fluval.    I do have api liquid test kits for everything except chlorine which i kinda forgot about when i was at the store so was...

ok so bump and update - I've now got the water, the heater on, the filters running, and about 4ppm of ammonia   I asked a mate I suspected to be a good bet if he knew anyone who could donate me filter media, he jumped the gun slightly and turned up last night on my doorstep with a tupperware box...

i have some pool filter sand arriving (i'm assured) early this week - they had two grain sizes and i went for the larger 0.8-1.2mm

well as I say I shall be looking to get a better heater before adding any fish, so if that is the best option I'll go for that. Then I guess I have the other heater spare as backup/QT heater, and if I was going to be away for a period of time without anyone checking in on the tank I could stick...

Hi there,   I've always wanted to have tropical fish and now I feel I have the time, money and space to take it on as a hobby.   So far I've got myself   Fluval Roma 200 + Cabinet, came with heater, internal filter, 2xT8 lights, thermometer etc Tetratec EX1200 Filter Some 1mm grain PFS that I'm...