Recent content by Glensmole

Oh wow, thanks Blondie.  That sounds simple enough.  Just looked at this forum about how to sex a platy......I could be wrong, but I think I have a male and female.....Yep just studied them "Carrot" is a male and "Ice" is a female.  Also, when we got them home, Ice looked bigger in girth than...

Hey I'm back.  Well the fish are doing fine and........erm I've got Fry!!!!  3 to be exact (think they are Tetra, but quite small so not sure yet!).  Well I know I was overstocked before, but now we've added to the problem.  OK the good news is I'm getting a new tank....Woop Woop.  I think it'll...

OK I get your point.  Thing is, even my wife is talking about a bigger tank now  .   I'm checking levels every couple of days with the test kit and so far the filter is doing it's job.  I've added a real plant and an air stone.  I've got some Stress Zyme just in case.  I have added a small...

So here it is.  We went to our stockist and as a family we walked round and around. I went up to a nice gent who looked like he knew what he was on about.  I explained that this was my first tank and I'd successfully cycled it (being very proud of myself!). I said that I thought Tetra's were a...

Thanks Blondie.  I took a wobble for a moment there, but as I've followed Daize's doctrines so far and they have worked for me, I went for it and this morning did a 90% water change (not forgetting the tap conditioner ).  So there we have it.  The next time I type, I hope to have a stocked tank...

Oh but the smell is soooooo lovely.  I think I will use it as air freshener!!! Brill, I will do the water change on Thursday then.  Fish, I'm really not sure.......Actually I don't want any fish to spoil my lovely water now!!!! LOL . I'm going to my local Independent stockist (who I've been...

YeeeeHaaaaar!!! It's done!!!!!   I tested at 8am this morning (as I was too excited to wait. Also work meant that I'd be a couple of hours over the 24 hours).  As it was 8am, it was 3 hours early, so definitely within the 24 hour margin. AND LOOK!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to shout, but I'm really...

Ok so I've tested this morning and here are the results.  So I'm going to add my full amount of Ammonia and test tomorrow.  We're getting there.

I think I agree with you Daize that it's more like 1ppm.  I'll test again tomorrow and check levels.

Hello everyone   Well it's 24 hours later and as you can see, my Ammonia is 0ppm...... My Nitrite isn't though (I'd say about 0.50ppm) and Nitrate is about 40ppm. So what do I do now.....I'm confused Am I at the stage where I keep testing and do the snack in a couple of days?  Or do I add...