Recent content by Liamsdad

Water changes it is then 👍 thanks for the link to the fishless cycle.

Hi everyone, I’ve set-up my new tank last night and this morning woke up to the water being orange. After some reading up it appears this is due to the wooden decor i’ve out in the tank. Is there a good way to remove this colour? I’m guessing i’ll need to do frequent water changes but is...

Thanks for your reply. I’d like to have an area (possibly the front of the tank which is carpeted). I just wasnt sure if to just have substrate all over or substrate and then gravel on top. So many variations i suppose!

Hi everyone, I’m taking delivery of a new 180 Litre Rio Juwel tank tomorrow and am swaying towards having substrate on the floor of the tank rather than gravel. I’ve watched a few videos of tanks being set-up and I’m surprised that people are just emptying the substrate straight out of the...

Thanks everyone. Yes, we bought the tank through pets at home and were told to wait 1 week before introducing fish. We've got no live plants and apart from a few ornaments, there is nothing else in there. We added tapsafe to the water but nothing else. Hopefully the water clears up soon. Would...

Yeah washed the gravel before it went in. Takes a long time ha. The dimensions are: 53 x 51 x 44cm. During bacteria bloom, should i be doing any water changes?

Its a 94 litre tank. We havent got any fish yet as the tank has only just been set up but hopefully the cloudy water issue will resolve themselves soon.

Hi everyone, Just after some advice. We recently set up our new tank and after a couple of days, the water is extremely cloudy and dark. No fish are yet in the tank. Just wondering if i need to do anything at the moment or just leave it and let nature do its thing. Ive included a picture of...

Hi everyone, Just a quick hello ? We've just bought our 1st aquarium so are very new ro this. Any guidance would be great!