Recent content by Fish4Andy

Do you mean water or filter media? There is no specific answer but genrally a lot quicker.

+1 for Fluval Although they do leak if turned on their sides :D

Thanks water! I have BioMax in my filter at the moment, and yes these are ceramic rings. After reading some online reviews, some people don't rate the ceramic rings at all. I have ordered a few bits and bobs online tonight and SeaChem Matrix was one of them. I have plenty room in my filter so I...

I understand what you are saying but why do they make HOB filters with only two cartridges if you can't remove 50% in one go? Anyway... you know the bio media such as BioMax/Matrix/etc.., can you add additional media into the tank itself?

The HOB filters only have two cartridges, so surely when he replaces one I could just use the whole thing rather than go cutting up bits of filter?? Your method sounds too complicated. Plus, with only two cartridges in his filter, hes going to have a hard time replacing 1/3 :P

A friend has a fully cycled tank. If I got his filter cartridge and just floated in my tank, would this help spread the bacteria? Alternatively, if I gave him some BioMax and asked him to stick it in the gravel for a week or two, then transfered it to my filter, Would this work?

I have a Fluval 105 for my FreshWater tank. This filter has two baskets but one has a inner basket. At the moment the bottom basket has a bag of carbon, next up from that is the BioMax, followed by the polishing pads. What filter media is recommended for FreshWater fish? Is it necessary to have...

Ammonia: 0.25 Nitrites: 0 Nitrates: 0 These are my water variables are have been for several weeks. I have done weekly gravel cleaning with a 10-15% water change every other day. I have 9 plants and 2 moss balls so I expect they will take some of the ammonia/nitrites/nitrates out of the water...

I am not reading the nitrates wrong, 0 is bright yellow, 5 is orange. BIG difference. There is no ammonia in the tap water. Is it possible that the ammonia is actually breaking down into small amounts of nitrites which the plants are taking up, thus the results are showing 0.

I've tested every two days since setting it up. Even if I read the ammonia wrong (which I haven't), why was there no nitrites and nitrates? I have a heavily planted tank, will that have any effect?

The only thing I can think of is my water conditioner is dud and isn't dechlorinating the water.

API Master Testing Kit

I have a few fish in. 10-15% water changes over other day.

My tank doesn't seem to be cycling. Its about 6 weeks in and the ammonia level has always been around 0.2 with nitrites and nitrates being 0. Any ideas?

I bought a special fry tank yesterday which is just a plastic box with a cotton mesh around it. Sadly within a few hours all the fry had escpaed. I have 9 different plants in my tank so they have plenty places to hide, although I have noticed they don't stay in one place for more than a minutes.