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(Sorry for the double post!) Just as an update, the ammonia's down to zero and we haven't lost any more overnight. This time, I'm putting my foot down about how quickly we add more fish!

No, not at all! Thank you for the explanation! It does sound like the Biorb filters aren't much cop, though, which is a shame. I think we need to investigate the best way of replacing the insides of the filter: I've seen a couple of guides to changing the makeup of the filter, and that might be...

Ok, I'll try it with extra conditioner. Thanks. I'm not sure I know enough about filters to be able to! As far as I know, they all have the same system, though: special 'ceramic media' instead of gravel, then an inch-high disk under the bubble tube, containing a sponge and some white and black...

It would be the white one that I'm not sure about!

Well, having been convinced that we were going to be a minnow down this morning, I was surprised that they're all still going, and looking happier than they were last night. Sadly, not so much the guppies: one of them was in the middle of the Java Fern first thing this morning, and seems not...

We've recently bought an aquarium, and I wondered if anyone could reassure / advise me. The aquarium is a 60L Biorb Life, and we set it up a fortnight ago. We've been testing the water regularly with an API Master Freshwater test kit, getting the following results: Date pH Ammonia Nitrite...