Recent content by Gary-S

thanks again waterdrop, i'll leave it till the weekend,think i'v stressed the new cardinals enough .

thanks for the replies, dont think i'll get the fighter . if anyone knows a good small to medium fish that will eat snail eggs and maybe snails i'd appreciate the advise, the more colourfull or interesting the better, gary

has anyone got one of these with guppies ?i know there is a chance they will attack the guppies but is it possable to get a less aggresive one that might not?also do they eat snails and there eggs? thanks

thanks everyone for the advice, i managed to tie the bogwood down to two stones ,its looking quite good, but unsure on the java fern the roots are just floating around was told they dont go into the substrate just attach to the wood, anyway i'll see how it goes. i'll take a picture of the tank...

thanks for the advice, the fish shop guy didnt ask any questions just sold me the fish, i had read that the otto and cory would do better in a mature tank, didn't realise the same for the cardinals.

thanks for your replies i'll take a look at those

95litre tank , 80x30x40high, what do you meen by pramas? amonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 5 ph 7

i've got 2 guppies 6 cardinal tetras just now, plan to get otos or julli corrys if anyone can recomend a comunity fish to go with those it would be appreciated, looking for something 3inches 7.5cm's long , colourfull, non aggresive,can be kept on there own or with one other. the tank ph is 7 ...

hi again, the tank is going well, 0 amonia, 0 nitrite, 7 ph. around 5 nitrate. so i have just added 6 cardinal tetras, they seem to be doing ok. i've also got a second piece of wood for the tank and some java fern. the questions for this week are :) how can i get the wood to stop floating...

waterdrop thanks for the indepth reply, its appreciated, I ended up getting a test kit from the local store, i didnt want to wait on delivery. it tests wide range ph amonia nitrite and nitrate, did the first test today, before the test was done i had only done 1 20% water change, i have done...

i've ordered the api kit, thanks again for all the replies

found this but it doesnt test for nitrAte, or did i miss something?tetra laborette or this one but it doesnt test for generla hardness and carbonate.api test kit what tests do i need and which can i do without ,if any. sorry i know the info is here on the site ,but there is too much info to...

thanks for your reply, i have only got the 2 guppies just now, the reason i only want 3 corries is so i can get more of a differant kind later, plan on having 6 neon tetras,the 2 guppies,3 small corries , and one maybe two of something else, i read here that 1inch for 1 gallon is about right...

Hi everyone I bought a 95l fishtank that came with a light, filter ,and heater,two weeks ago.I've got a few questions i need clearing up , when i bought it from a pet chain store i wasn't told about cycling the tank or anything else. all i was told is i should leave the tank set up for 1week...