Recent content by heathm_wa

Hi There, I have a new crab in my 29l tropical tank ... a few days ago he escaped and I found him today (was so happy that he is still alive) He's back in aftera good clean down in seperate treated water. Any ideas on how to hinder his escape attempts ? I've moved the heater away from the...

Well I eased up the feedings by quite a bit and maintained the water changes. I'm getting a new test kit for Ammo tomorrow. The Ammonia levels have dropped a bit .. not zero but a bit. All my fish are still acting very active, playful so hopefully something is going right. Thankyou all for your...

I've also heard both ... Can you please post the results of your research ... thanks rdd1952

Hi everyone, Thanks for your input. Its really appreciated. I've reduced their feeding by quite a bit since I posted this and have continued the water changes. I'll lay off the Stress Zyme and start using Ammo Locak every other day. As mentioned a couple of times I have tested the water in...

Hey thanks for your advice. As mentioned in my original post, even after making the water change the ammonia reading doesn't appear to drop. But I'm continuing to do them until it does. I thought the kit maybe faulty as you suggested , so I tested several other sources of water and it came up...

I like many other newbies has made the mistake of setting up my tank and adding fish staright away. I have then done reasearch into their odd behaviour and realised my mistake. So as my descriptions says I'm trying to make the best of a bad situation. I have had the tank now for 4 weeks. It is...