Recent content by its_greg

I have managed to rehome all the fish and they are going this evening. This means I have the opportunity to restock from fresh :) so your recommendations would be most welcome. The tank capacity is approx 54 liters (which i think is near enough 12 gallons) I tested the nitrate levels again...

Ok, so I have just got home and tested the water. They only had the 6in1 test strips, but these gave me the following readings: Nitrite 0 mg/l Nitrate 25-50 mg/l GH 162d KH 152d pH 8.2 Chlorine 0 I have realised that the anti-slime product that came with the tank is actually dechlorinating...

Thanks for the quick replies. So the lethargy in the tetra's is most likely due to water quality and not that they are in too smaller group? I was thinking that getting a test kit would be best so I can monitor the quality myself. I should say also that when the fish were moved there was...

Hi all, I am completely new to fish keeping and was hoping for some advice. I have recently recieved a Juwel Rekord 60 tank from a friend of a friend. It hadn't been looked after too carefully of late however, and came with a broken filter and broken bulb, a single dead plant, and, amazingly...