Recent content by HeroDave

So im starting my 220ltr tank for a third time! :S Ive spent so much money and put in so much time that this really is the last time in going to bother! I've just threw my old background out (as some of you may know, it was a marine background for a tropical tank . . . school boy error...

Hey guys So after my second disaster i was gonna call it a day! The family dont wanna give it another go but i am! Ive just been out, bought a black background, a massive piece of bog wood and some plants. I need to get the background on spot on! Whats your advice for getting this done? This...

Tank was cycling a month The cleaning was BEFORE the tank was filled to cycle Nitrate levels are only ever so slightly above the bottom reading on my test kit so i cant see them being high enough to have killed my fish! Nothing could have got in the tank, its in the living room, good lid, only...

I did a water test just yesterday, results were fine apart from the NO2 and NO3 levels were slightly above their original. The tank was emptied, cleaned and recycled so whats died before isnt relivant! Some disease prevention/treatment solution was applied to the water earlier but we're talkin...

Ive just got home, looking in my tank. My large pair of angel fish, my betta and my pleco are all dead! They're all lying on the bottom of the tank next to each other dead! WTF's going on? Whatever goes into my big tank dies! Theres just one molly left in there now! Im so annoyed, frustrated...

7/10 - Fry are new to me, its always nice to seem some! :) Heres one of my angel fish: I bought a new pair of them about a week ago, their my prized fish! B)

I like the second fish . . . Mixed colour! :hyper:

WOW! Fantastic photos! Your water looks so clear it looks like there isnt any!

Yeah, the Angels seem fine! I dont know how much its risen by . . . Im not 100% sure how to read this test kit, its just got bars and they've moved from being spot on to slightly in between the first and second bar!

Read up on cycling your tank . . . Those levels will come right down! Its a must!

I cycled my tank for four weeks! On my final test reading i got the all clear so i went ahead and put six fish in my tank! Its been afew days now, i woke to find a dead fish! I retested my water to find all my levels pretty much the same. My pH, KH and GH levels are all reading the same but ive...

Could be a nice tank once youve got it going! Dont worry about being new and knowing nothing. I was new not too long ago and ive recieve nothing but good help here! Just make sure you read around this forum, you'll pick things up in no time! :)

Looking nice! I like it! :good:

Looking nice! Real or fake plants?

I live in england . . . Its freezing! Hes still in there, its a big tank, i havent seen any aggression since but i still intend to do something about it! My other tanks no good. Theres a smaller angel fish in there and a bala, Its got afew Neons and Tetras in there too!