Recent content by Lucy1

They're male - which probably explains the scrapping! I've done a water test. Results are as follows... Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0 P.H - 6.4 (this was previously registering 7.2 but the last few days its been going down slightly which I'm not sure why?) Does that explain the problem...

Hi - it's been a while since I posted on here, after falling into the trap of not cycling the tank first, and introducing 4 guppies to my tank, I've been doing a rather tiring fish in cycle for the last few weeks. Unfortunately 3 of the guppies died, as the toxic levels in the tank were...

Thanks Miss Wiggle - I'll not worry too much about the nitrate level then. I've got a plastic plant and an ornament in the tank already, and they seem to enjoy swimming around those so I'll leave them to it! Thanks Simplysim - I'll let you know how I get on. I'd like a bigger tank too but I...

Hi Simplysim - I've only just seen your reply, I must have missed it before. I got my Biorb off the internet and got advice from a local tropical fish dealer who only sold me a bottle of de-chlorinater, so it's not like he was even trying to get me to do it wrong so could sell me more stuff...

Thanks guys - you've all given me helpful advice which I'm grateful for :good: I've got a liquid testing kit now- did a test and the ammonia level was slightly high so I did a water change, waited re-tested and then did another water change. Just re-tested and ammonia and nitrite are both...

Brilliant - Thanks guys :thumbs:

Thanks again for your helpful replies ^_^ So whats the best way to go from here to get the tank properly cycled while the fish are in it? Should I buy more accurate liquid testing kits and test the levels daily? How often do I need to do a water change and of what percentage? If I can get...

I seem to have mixed advise here - The advice I got from speaking to various people before setting up the tank was that I didn't need a "setting up period" and could introduce the fish after just a few days. I set the Biorb up as per the instructions - dechlorinating the water and adding...

Oh right :huh: well I followed all the instructions for the set up of the tank correctly, plus I took advice from a local fish supplier and left the tank about 2 weeks, testing the water and making sure the levels were ok before adding any fish. I did read about leaving the tank quite a while...

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll stick with looking after and caring for the guppies for now then. Is cycling the tank where you replace 10% of the water every few weeks? If so, I think I know about that - but as you can all tell I'm still learning so thanks for your help and advise...

Hey - thanks for your reply. :good: I know the tank isn't all that big - but I've been told by several stockists that tetra's would be fine in it if I just got a small shoal? :blink: I've started with a small tank as I'm new to fish keeping so didn't want to buy a huge tank when I'm not...

I've just recently got a Biorb tank (30L) and have introduced 4 male guppies (2 Dragon Tail and 2 Cobra). What would be suitable companions for these? I've been thinking of a fighting fish, some neon tetra's and ruddy nose tetra's. Would these be ok? Also I'm after a pleco to keep the tank...