Recent content by Doobdonk

I was a little naive when i got my two mollies, not realising they were livebearers, were better in numbers to avoid stress etc. Anyway, i have two dalmation mollies. I thought that females were larger than males. The thing is, my larger molly is sleek and streamlined, whereas the smaller...

Hi, yep, seems to be plumbed in correctly, takes me an age to fill a bucket and i'd guesstimate that i only get around 10% of the water i run through it. I haven't got a TDS meter, will have a look on ebay.

It seems to be around 25/30 coming out of the RO unit.

The only time i introduced white spot i used a product called by King British called white spot control, that contains malachite green. Other than the staining in the tank that took some getting rid of, i was cleared of white spot within the week with the loss of no fish.

Hi, I have a frustrating issue with nitrate levels in my tank, and am looking for a relatively simple way to reduce the levels to acceptable. At present the levels have caused no noticable stress or losses but i need to take precautions. Ok, tank has been running since January, ammonia and...

Ah, right, thanks. Don't think i'll be removing that anytime soon then!

Hi, My 90litre tank has a ledge about an inch from the top all the way along the entire width of the tank. I presume this is for strengthening the tank, but i notice that not all tanks have it. What is the real purpose, and is it necessary, as it was a major pain trying to fit my external...