Recent content by damwee

Ok i just done a 20% water change, my results are now Ammonia - 0 ppm Nitrite - 0.50 ppm Nitrate - 20 ppm Should i do another 20% Change tomorrow or leave it to it. Cheers for all the help so far, i know this topic gets thrashed to death. Dan

No wasn't a fishless cycle. I never heard of it before i already had the initial fish. I think i added to many fish at the same time. 1 to 5 is alot i guess. Well I'm doing a 20% water change now. Hopefully that will bring the levels down.

Its a 90 litre, i completed the cycle 1 week ago

Ok, 9 weeks in. I got a guppy, 2 corys and a sucking loach. I got my test kit and these are my results. Amonia 0.25 ppm Nitrite 1.0 ppm Nitrate 40 ppm They were all on zero b4 i added my 3 new fish 1 week ago. Cheers, Dan

My water test kit should be here by friday, so i wont be going back to Pets at home(superstore). I've taken everything on board but some questions still stand: My loach has cleared the tank of all its algae(in a couple of days). Is he now gonna starve??? Has he eaten the cat fishes food...

Cheers water drop. I'm glad I'm already doing alot of what you have already said. I hand test the water temp, i use conditioner. i will have the test by Friday i hope. On the water changes, on the packet it give how much dose to use for 38L. That fine for filling an aquarium but when your doing...

hmm seems to be Common name: Algae eater, Sucking loach, Chinese algae eater, Indian algae eater Scientific name: Gyrinocheilus aymonieri was told he wouldn't get too big. ill ask when i go back to the store

I got a a Fluval tank 90L, Fluval U2 filter and 1 plant. I started with 3 fish 2 peppered corys and 1 Platy(Of course the pet shop didn't tell me about fishless cycling!!) My Platy died 2 days later. The cat fish soldiered on for a couple of weeks until one died leaving only one. He made it...

Hello, My name is Danny. I've been keeping a tropical aquarium for around 8 weeks now. I think I'm fully cycled now :good: I have a Fluval tank not sure the model but its the 90L one :hey: I got 2 Corys (peppered), 1 loach(a yellow one), 1 Guppy(did have 2) :( Hoping it wont all fall...