Recent content by benmcmc

Ermm well from the three samples I have taken in, two were done on a strip of paper which were bright pink/red (this was instant). The one today was done by pouring some of my water sample in with some normal water and then it turned from light blue to purple in around about 5 minutes. I was a...

Well I brought in a sample to the fish shop today and the colour of the test water was a strong purple colour so clearly was not fully cycled? Do you think by carrying on using this positive bacteria it should be ok? I've been told to bring back a sample on friday!

I bought a baby biorb around about 6 weeks ago not knowing a lot about fish keeping. When I bought the tank the shop assistant sold me it with about 6 fish. Four of these died the next day as I did not know about cycling a fish tank. Since then I have tried to educate myself and also have been...