Recent content by Black_Orchid

Thank you for the above. There's a lot to mull over there, I did use API quick start when I set my tank up. I also had some inherited bacteria from the pre used filter media. I've used the calculation and got NH3 of 0.0045. I looked up the nitrospiria and found they are found in tap water. I...

I did look at the goop, but I'd already bought some tetra bacteria and filter starter stuff. I bought the tap safe as well. The goop delivery was a bit pricy as well. With the goop I was tad worried as I've got a planted tank and from what I remember it mentioned something about KH etc, can't...

Thank you for replying. The tank got completely over crowded with guppies. Including the adult females I re-homed 70-100 fish of various sizes. My tank is fully planted although they need to recover a little from some trimming. I've bought some tetra bacteria & tap safe. I'll keep doing the...

Hi, I'm a new member to TFF, I've been keeping fish for over a year but my tank has a problem :(. I set the tank up over a year ago cycled it and added fish. When my male guppies started fighting nearly all the time I was advised by a pet shop assistant who tends to the fish to put some...

Thank you 🙂 it's been running for a whole now, over a year. Sadly the amonia spiked a little again today. I've checked Yorkshire water they say the water for my post code is slightly hard. I'm hoping everything I've done up to now will save my tank. I like it and don't want it to fail...

I'm not sure about the frogbit I used to have done with long roots.Everything went a bit off after the guppy over crowding. The tank wasn't right earlier found amonia again 😞. Wasn't sure what else to do other than a complete water change and gravel vac. I added fluvial cycle after that hoping...

😁 I do love both, when my Betta tank is done I'll post pics.

Here's a pic of the big tank it's not at its best it's still in the 'save the tank' phase. The red plants at the back are doing well. My frogbit has taken a bit of a hit.

Hi whistling Badger, I think it was one of my bamboo shrimp passing on. They were shy and I didn't realise it had died 😞. Sad thing is a other fish died. I found my bamboo shrimp on Wednesday. Oddly there was no nitrite. The temp tank saved my young boy guppies 🙂

Hi, I joined the forum recently it was suggested I do an introduction 🙂. My tanks: I've currently got one fully planted established tank, and a new set up that or the moment has my pretty little male guppies in it. Sadly I had an over crowding issue recently in my my main tank. I had to...