Recent content by Charmian

Thanks so much! You are a life-safer! I can't thank you enough. I will do the 90% tonight and treat the water with the nutrafin aqua plus that I have. I also have a bottle of chlorine control which is the same thing but will use the other one just mentioned. What would I have done without your...

soybean, on 16 August 2011 - 04:24 PM, said: Gasses? There won't be any really. Just make sure the filters provide ample surface agitation and that will allow oxygen and co2 to exchange. Take out all decoration as it takes up swimming space. Do a very generous water change just before you go...

Thanks so much for all this! I took out all the gravel apart from a handful yesterday and all the plastic plants. They hovered over the corner of small stones for a while. I think it was because they could see their refection in the bottom of the tank? They are fine now. Should I do 90%? Out of...

Hi I did 20L this morning I will do 40L tomorrow evening and I will remove all the gravel after I have written this post. I will leave the three filters going. I have the two small ones with little single black sponges in and the big new one. No there is no-one who can come in. I have no family...

Hi again. They have always had a filter when I have had them. As soon as I got them from my neighbour I put them in my 10 L with a little pump. Then I transferred them into the 60L and bought a new 200 pump because I didn't have one in that tank. I did not expect to get these fish. But they were...

There is a green sponge in the filter and a black carbon sponge in it too. The box says dula-action filter medium with activated carbon. There is also a spray bar that comes out of the side of the pump which the water comes out of and sprays back into the top of the water causing bubbles to drop...

The pump says it is for 100-200L and I have a 60L

I did a 20L water change an hour ago and did the gravel all over. The API Nitraite test kit showed the level as 2.0 (one up from the bottom). So that is real bad! Should I turn the setting on the Aqua-Flow 200 pump up to MAX whilst I am away or MIN? The pump is more powerful than I need. The...

after my initial post when I first got them they are now doing fine. After a couple of days being in the 10 L tank they perked up as, I guess it was better than what they were in and the shock of the move. Now they are in a 60L and all three swim together exploring and looking happy (as a...

Hahaha..... yes that is a good one! I guess you have gathered that I have not given the fish back? I have been posting about the Juwel Rekord that I started up for them. I bought a new Aqua-Flow 200 filter pump. I am now trying to cycle it. When I get back I am going to either give them to the...

Hi Thanks very much! Which area do you live in? Charmian I have just noticed you live in Essex... that is too far I am afraid. I have driven to parts of Essex before (Dagenham and ROmford) and it takes ages. Thanks very much for the offer though! C

Thanks for that. The nearest person is London but I don't know which side. I live nearest to NW London. I have written to him and I will wait to see where in London he lives. I have also put a post on asking if there is anyone else who lives around Watford Hetfordshire or Edgware Middlesex. Thanks C

Hi, I would really like to find a local member who could help me with some filter media to help kick start my new tank set up please? I have looked in the relevant section but there is only one who may be near (London) but he may be South London which is no good to me. I live near NW London...

Hi... Thanks for writing The goldfish are in the 60L. I am going to write to see if anyone out there is in my area now. I hope I can find the link?

Hello Soyabean - part 2 I asked the petshop to fill my 10L bucket with their water so that I had their good bacteria which he did. I then put it in my little 60L tank. I still have the 3 goldfish. It was the public pond which I think is stagnant and that is why I said that I would rather take...