Recent content by kinusan

Hi All, I'm cycling a 24L heated tank (26C) with flake food (im in Australia and don't have access to ammonia). I've been adding about 1 spoon of fish flakes progressively to the tank over the last week. The way im doing it is initially adding them to an mesh bag (organza gift bag) and then...

alright so I got a handful of ceramic noodles and also about 500ml of orange gunk water from a mature filter. according to the owner of the mature tank the gunk water contains bacteria. I did 70% change tonight with dechorinated water and then dispersed the ceramic noodles among my filter media...

Thanks for your responses. I don't think its an option to rehouse my betta with my LFS. I have my own test kit and I test twice I day. so can I do multiple 50% changes in one day to get to ammonia to a safe level?   I also have a spare smaller 10L glass tank. Should I simply move my fish to that...

Hi,   Sorry about the long post, I could really use some advice on how to get my cycle going.   I bought a 24L tank with an internal filter (with two canisters containing various filter media) built in to the back on 1st June. I ran the tank for two days and the Fish store lady told me that I...