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Yes indeed it is but was asking why you say I will have NTS?

Test results today look promising Amo 0.25 (it was yellow with tiny hint of green so recorded as positive) Nitrite 0 Nitrate 40 but darker then yesterday so possibly climbing? Ph 7.6 Dosed tank up to 2 so will sit and wait patiently to see what happens!!! What makes you say I will have...

I think I did?? On my first post .. nitrates were 40 then down to 20 with a water change! If that’s the case then happy days!! I have never used bottle Bacteria before and although it’s kind of been straight forward the nitrite being 0 is what threw me After being so purple!! But was expecting...

I started testing for nitrates as soon as I saw nitrites appear just not every day and was always 20 until tonight. I did ph a few times and was always steady at 7.6

No using api liquid test kit, those strips are useless aren’t they !!!

So last night I did do a waterchange, dosed tank with a bottle of tetra safe start and dosed with ammonia (using online calculator) up to 2 doing a test before and after adding.i used tetras water conditioner in the new water I added. I used my own ammonia rather the The dr tims I bought due...

Thank you for your reply and suggestion. Ph has stayed a steady 7.6 throughout and will do the 90 % change tonight and see if that nudges things along. Im thinking maybe I shouldn’t use prime ( I have others) Also whilst I’m changing that amount I have some tetra safe start and thinking maybe I...

Hi hope someone can help! I’m on day 24 of fishless cycling my 29 litre tank that I intend to keep one betta in.using flake for first few days then switched to ammonia. Roughly day 14 I added dr Tim’s one and only (half a bottle) but no ammonia as it was already at 4.0 From day 16 my ammonia...

A LATE BIG THANK YOU! havent been online for a bit but would like to thank the kind people on here for there advise reg my guppy fish (dotty) who was quite ill with worms! she is fighting fit now and growing big and strong! good.gif xx

A LATE BIG THANK YOU! havent been online for a bit but would like to thank the kind people on here for there advise reg my guppy fish (dotty) who was quite ill with worms! she is fighting fit now and growing big and strong! :good: xx

def not an ulcer!

yeah will do in 3 weeks time for eggs that may of hatched in that time :sick: !!! just thought id ask but there isnt anything else it could be really is there? if it was an ulcer it would be clearly visable on the outside of the fish wouldnt it??

all done! will keep updating on her progress! the instrustions didnt say anything about ph either!

all done! will keep updating on her progress! the instrustions didnt say anything about ph either!

:good: i got some!! had to pay over odds for it though! the man didnt say anything about ph with this particular stuff though? am starting treatment tonight so fingers crossed! she is so much better today swimming normally again and starting to eat-little and often! :good: thank you so much for...