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have you got your inlet tube in the outlet and the outlet in the inlet, i did the same till i realised, lucky i had not switched it on!

Thanks to you both for the replies, the corries i have in the tank kept on going to the spot she was going to between the rocks and when they moved she would go in and start again. I tried to make a roof of stones to stop the corries going in but after doing that she stopped going in and out...

Hi, Been a while since I last posted here, things are going great with my tank at the moment, I was hoping someone here could tell me if this is normal for zebra danio's. Just this evening my danio female seems to be moving sand from between some rock crevices and spitting it out, she then goes...

Hi, I had a similar problem when i did my first problem and it did not seem to budge for ages, i think patience is going to be your friend as well as knowing oyur Ph level. I think this will be the first question asked by most people here. Good luck though.

Waterdrop you have a way with words that i will never have, i am new to the hobby and can understand the importance now of a fishless cycle. Had it not been for this forum i am sure i would be going out and purchasing fish to replace the ones that had died due to lack of knowledge, I can only...

Thanks WD, i will leave it a couple of days and see if there is any further drop in the Nitrite, if still no joy i think i will try the large water change, guess it cant do any harm as the bacteria seem to be coping ok with what i am giving them. Wish i could do it tonight but i promised the...

Well I cant say as i have not been counting exactly, but i must be at least on day 27, i was using some donated media from the wife's tank which sped the process of the ammonia being on 0's for a couple of weeks now, the Nitrite was stuck as normal and then seemed to be catching up. The other...

Thanks for the reply, i will keep an eye out, i was a bit discouraged to see it coming along so well then to see the Nitrite levels coming back again.

Sorry OM47 crossed wires here i think, this is the second tank i have, going through the fishless cycle so no fish involved, i do hope 50% water changes are not neccesary as its a blooming huge tank. :blink:

I previousley spoke of my first double 0's on my new tank, i checked the Ph and Nitrate levels this morning and my Ph which is notmally an 8.2 was down to 7.4 and Nitrate was a very dark red. Should i do a water change this evening as my Nitrite has gone to a 1ppm for the last couple of days or...

I got my first ammonia and Nitrite double 0's :hyper: Thanks to OM47 who suggested using my wife's filter, things have sped up so quickly :good: People at work and my kids just dont see what all the excitement is about. Just needed to shout it out

Thanks OM47, will stick to 24 hours then even though they seem to munch through the stuff so quickly :good:

There was a stall in ammonia moving anywhere for a long time, it was stuck at 1-2ppm, i added some more ammonia and got it up to 5 ppm and 12 hours later it was down to 1ppm, checked today after 24 hours and the ammonia was at 0ppm, so i got pass that stage, its just the wait for the Nitrite to...

Ok so my ammonia levels are disapearing fast everyday, the Nitrite levels are off the chart at the moment. Looking to the future i would like to know when the time comes to do a large water change, should i just use cold water from the tap, or should i heat the water up before adding it to the...

Ok i will say what everyone else is going to say...did you cycle the tank beforehand? I guess you just did what you lfs told you and added some sort of filter start? And what amount of water can your tank hold? Is it 2ft x 2ft?