Recent content by Horcum

I am currently doing 15% water change every third day - my nitrate level seems to fluctuate - am I better to change a bigger % or smaller % more frequently?

How do you know if fish are wild caught? I have visited 4 different fish stores - only one mentioned that the African banded barbs were not bred in captivity, is it something I should ask? One store asked quite detailed questions about my tank but were still happy to sell me any amount of...

Perhaps I didn't make my self too clear in my OP, the tank now has , 6 guppies, 1 dwarf Gourami, 1 neon, I penguin tetra, 2 African banded barbs - I know I need to add more, there were more - I had issues with water hardness and had to change the substrate - so the QT would be for additional fish.

Well I'm all for caution! I think I may need a bigger QT tank though - is it possible to start a new tank off with water taken from my existing tank during regular water changes and some of the filter medium to make the QT as near to my main tank as possible?

Does not raising the temperature shorten the life cycle of ich?

Gosh 10 weeks! That's a long time - my QT tank would be quite small, only 19lt so only a few very small fish in that I guess?

Having recently converted an African cichlid tank of 190 lt to a softish water community tank I want to add some more fish - should I keep new fish in a separate tank for a while? Or am I being over cautious? I am new to this hobby, (son who has left home had the cichlids) . I would like some...

I will post it on another section - on a high note my tank is looking great and no more deaths ! Thank you for your help

I did replace some of the medium but not all of it, none of it dried out - I may have not helped by rinsing some of it out under the tap - which I suspect was the wrong thing to do. This morning tank not quite crystal clear, but clearer than 8 hours ago and all fish seem quite happy at the...

I am relatively new to fish keeping - I have a Juwal 190 tank that had been set up by my son some years ago with African Cichlids - he grew up and left home but left me the tank - I re homed the cichlids and gave everything a good clean and bought 6 guppies, all seemed to be going well so...