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Thank you old man for replying.Ok i think maybe the first come first catch method, except for the rams:)

Rip Dennis you were awesome :(

How do i delete it? I reposted in Tropical discussions.

Hey there, I have been setting up an 86 gallon aquarium for 6 weeks now and it has just finished cycling, though i will recheck tommorrow. I have 12 fish waiting to move in, and was wondering which one to put in first. My fish are 4 bolivian rams, 3 black widow tetras, 4 scissor tail barbs...

oops i am very sorry i think i have put this thread in the wrong category :( nuuuuuuu! it is not an emergency , i am so silly *sighs* :crazy:

i forgot to say that i seeded the aquarium with some of their filter media gravel and some ornaments, i dont know if that makes a difference to any answers but thought i should mention it incase. Laura B

Hey there, I have been setting up an 86 gallon aquarium for 6 weeks now and it has just finished cycling, though i will recheck tommorrow. I have 12 fish waiting to move in, and was wondering which one to put in first. My fish are 4 bolivian rams, 3 black widow tetras, 4 scissor tail barbs...

thanks you two, i am sorry it has taken so long for me to reply. Update... I did a test with a bucket of their water a bucket of tap water and a bucket of tap water with the gravel in. the results were that there water had high levels from the test kits and the tap water was fine heatly on all...

The fish were fine for one day with lower nitrates and now they are high again. so i did a small water chang and took some gravel out to be tested. i will test it this evening. I wont be able to get a 30 gallon , i have had them for 3 years i dont know if i can part with them but maybe i...

Thank you to both of you! Yes i gravel clean once a week i do notive amethyst dust where the stones has been crushed from gravel cleaning leaving a fine heavy amethyst powder which wont suck up the siphon, I think you are both right, i must over feed them. I alternate food, i find with...

I have just done a nitrate test and seen it is high about 75 on the scale dark orange in coulour nearly red on the test. and the ph is 5 yellow in colour on the test, i also have planarium (spelt wrong) hairlike worms i see them whenever i clean the aquarium but i have been told they are just an...

Hey all, I have had a situation with my cold water aquarium (i dont know if this is relevant for a tropical fish forum, but i amd desperate) for about 1 year now :o i have tried everything to resolve it. But nothing is working. I also have a tropical aquarium which is completly healthy. What...

Yay, i am glad they are looking better :good: There are things you can do in power cuts to help your fish, If you have a heater you can just put a few blankets over the aquarium to keep it warm, But i imagine it is pretty warm in south africa :) Also if the power is out too long like over...

oh ok, so i do need to disturb the sand then maybe :crazy: :D lol so the fact it could be harmful is a myth? as if it ever escapes with my help or not it will always be neutralised on coming into contact wth oxygen wether i disturb it or not? :lol: sorry i am a girl :hyper:

I have heard a lot of people say that they don't believe they are as effective as an internal or external, but i realy wouldn't know, i have never thought to get one, i could never understand how i could clean it :lol: There are also people who love them. Maybe if you start a new thread about...