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My LFS person has advised that I should wait 3 months before considering introduction of clown loaches to my aquarium. He did say I could introduce other fish before hand (but I forget what ones). Okay, so I understand and realise that I should stock up slowly but why wait for 3 months for the...

Cheers Riverman, Thanks for your reply, I really just needed to see if anyone else thought the same as me or if I had gone crazy! :fun: Last night the NH3/NH4 has dropped to 0.5 mgL, nitrites still at 0 and after another water change the NO3 is now only 10mg/L so it still seems to be heading...

Hi, I have had tropical freshwater tanks before and the cycle has alwasy been as expected. I am setting up a new tank (after a break of fish keeping for a few years) and I'm puzzled by the water chemistry. The tank is about 32 US Galls. Filled with tapwater after treatment for...