Recent content by Fishywonder

Reading s of 0,0,0 would suggest an uncycled tank as Nitrate is the end product of the filtering process and the stuff that we dilute with water changes. I would not expect 0 reading on a nitrate test unless your tank was stuffed with real plants. Can you say what testing kit you are using...

Hope you can help Been cycling my filter since last Friday evening, so six days. I seeded the filter by washing a cycled filters media in tank water and pouring that water into the canister. Using the add and wait method, been processing 4ppm ammonia every 12hrs since Sunday. But my nitrites...

That makes sense, thanks

Should'nt need to change it at all, just wash it out in tank water when you do water changes. Don't wash it in tap water as the chlorine will kill the bacteria, and you don't want that!

Sorry don't know anything about the marina s15 but a quick google says it does up to 57l tank so more suitable then the fluval u1 which only does up to 45l which would be too small for your 60l tank. When you say the filter cycled in a month did you check the water parameters to check this? I...

Hi sorry, me again! Just been reading another thread and one of the responses has got me worried. The other thread was asking about running a new filter in and estabished cycled tank for a few weeks before transferring to a new tank. Someone responded saying that only enough bacteria will...

Ah ok that makes sense, thanks, will leave it a week as you say :nod:

Thanks fish4, numpty question how do I go about washing the existing filter sponges through the new ones?

Right we have now carried out the change over to the bigger 100l tank having bought a new Fluval U3 filter and 100w heater which does up to 150l tanks. Unfortunately I could not fit the filter media from the elite stingray which was in the original tank into the fluval so have the two filters...

Thanks Fish4 would not had thought of that, was worried about diseases but presumed anything would have died being out of the water for so long. Wills thanks again. We have discussed it this morning and are going to go for a U3 as well, no point getting the bacteria going in the fluval 2+ if...

Hi and thanks :-) 512litres! Wow that's some tank! Would love to see a pic ;-) The filter in the current tank that's leaking is a Elite Stingray, I've since found out they are not good but we have had this tank for a few years and it's been ok for us - we had it as a cold water tank until...

Hi I'm new here so hello! Hoping you can help. Our son has a tropical tank in his bedroom which he loves. Just a community tank so nothing fancy but he gets great enjoyment from it. Saturday it started leaking, from underneath we think. Anyway not wanting to risk his precious fish (there would...