Recent content by kporteo

To be honest your pretty much up to capacity, you've got around 17-18 inches of adult fish and a 17gal tank. If I were you I would get my tetra numbers up to around 5-6, which is recommended for tetras and leave it there. K

Try a week of testing your ammonia and nitrite every 12hrs, if both sets of readings give you a 0ppm for the week then your tank is cycled....woohoo!! What type of tetras do you have? There is a general rule of aquariums, 1 inch of adult fish per gallon, you have a 10 gallon tank, so 10 inches...

:o Im female, and IM the one who wanted a tank in our house, weve now got 2, one IN the living room......although I have toned it in to match the furniture!!! ;) K

Is your tank cycled? Or did you fill your tank up with water and add your fish? When you say your readings are fine, what are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate reading? Are you using test strips or liquid tests? Sorry for all the questions, but the more info we have the better K

Last time I checked this site wasn't somewhere we come to get fingers pointed - I own a Biorb and, like Adam, I find it a fantastic tank - for the right fish. Not everyone who owns a Biorb is bad or a crap fish keeper. As for the shark comment, yes it was wrong, but the OP should take posts...

The nitrate tests can be a tad inaccurate, as they rely on you shaking the bottles super well, if the suspension is not perfectly mixed, the readings are out. To be honest though, the nitrate reading doesnt matter while your cycling, once your getting your readings down in 12hrs, and your...

Thanks for the advice, fingers crossed she'l drop soon, my mate is currently fishless cycling his tank for when theyre old enough to be shifted! K

Heres the largest Ive seen my molly since ive got her - and I sit and watch the tank a lot!! Surely as for the swordtails - theyve been slim forever!! Think il increase my feeding, i cut it down as I had snails but Ive got a few assasin snails and theyve helped. K ps, I have quite a bit of...

Hi, I have a male swordtail and 3 female swordtails and a male molly and 2 female mollies - from what I heard, there should be no problems breeding these fish and if anything I should have a problems stopping them breeding. Ive had them for approx 4 months now and have no signs of pregnancy in...

What are you water parameters? Has your tank been cycled? K

What you using for your heater and filter? I currently have a 30l biorb with a goldfish in and will be converting it once she dies and would love to do a sand substrate tropical in it. K

Your cycle is going fab now!! Sometime during your cycle, its best to drop your ammonia to 2-3ppm - but I cant remember when!! Waterdrop is the man for that fact - give him a shout! K

:hi: to the forum! Firstly, any ammonia is bad for you fish, i know you say your tap water has ammonia in it, but how much is in it? You need to get your ammonia to 0ppm as soon as possible. Secondly, what tests are you testing with, strips or bottles? Strips tend to be pretty pants to be...

Ive got fine black gravel in my tank, got it it P@H, have a look at my tank in the tank of the month winners gallery for an idea of how it looks. I did mix in a bit of white gravel but theres no need to. K