Recent content by jo_85

Thanks will look them up now

Thanks, i have just added another 5 tetras while the tank is cycled fully. The rest will be slowly over a couple of months. Aren't cichlids aggresive? I used to have 2 blue rams but I'm sure they used to chase the other fish. Are these classed as dwarf cichlids?

Hello again, after using this site a year ago to get help setting up my 69ltr tank I thought i'd come back to pick your brains. So it started a year ago, I spent around 8 weeks cycling my tank with ammonia and added 6 male guppies and 10 neon tetras. As much as I loved the tank I wanted a bigger...

thank you, will do so when i next feed the tank

Thank you, when you's say pea, do you mean a regular green pea? lol, sounds thick but just checking there isn't something out there for fish called pea!!

Thanks but i dont have a spare tank to seperate him at the moment, should i take him to my lfs?

Hi, I'm just after a bit of advice, I have 7 male guppies in my tank but one of them looks like its either about to give birth or explode! It has gradually got worse over the past week or 2. Is there an illness where they get really bloated? Thanks

Yes i have plants in my tank. I follow the instructions to the letter, Shaking bottle 2 for 30 secs and the test tube for 1 minute. Guess my plants are eating it up, not complaining though!

My tank went into the final stage of the cycle the day after I last posted. I finally got nitrites processing in 12 hours. I tested for 3 days to be sure before stocking up my tank. The thing that is confusing me is the nitrates. They were 20ppm when I tested a couple of days ago so completed a...

these results are exactly 12 hours after dosing with ammonia PH 7-7.2 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite somewhere between 2-5ppm Nitrate goin off the chart again, somewhere between 80-160ppm thanks

Ok thanks will be patient for a little longer and up the temp tonight

8.2 was from the tap when i first set up, although when i completed my water change and tested PH again it was still 7.4.

I dose up to 4ppm with ammonia at 8pm every day. My nitrate levels are currently low as i did a complete water change on friday as my tank was looking rather dirty. Before the water change my nitrates were seriously off the charts and had been for around 3-4 weeks. Will my plants be ok with the...

My temp is 26, reduced it after three weeks as advised by someone else. My filter is interpet which came with the tank, not sure one the media. No air stones but strong pump which disturbs the surface alot

Ok so i'll start from the beginning........ I started adding bottled ammonia to my tank on the 24th August, my nitrite spike happened around 2 weeks into the cycle and my ammonia was being processed in 12 hours 3 weeks into the cycle. Since then I have been patiently waiting for my nitrite to...