Recent content by MajorTom

Hi Luca, Thanks for the advice, I'll be cautious adding fish for sure. My nitrites were still not below 1ppm last night (60 hours after dose to 2.5ppm ammonia) so it feels like maybe I'm not quite as close as I thought. My tank is soft and acidic so I'm expecting things to be slower. Good...

Neeaaaarly done cycling (hopefully)

Hi, My fishless cycle is hopefully nearly done. I got zero ammonia and nitrites yesterday, RE-dosed, the ammonia went back to zero but not the nitrites. I'll keep RE-dosing and testing until i get there! The tank is planted and has developed a big (and really interesting!) population of...

Great, thank you everyone, will get some research done! DoubleDutch thanks for that! #rookieerror

Hi, I'm new to the hobby and need some help identifying the plants I have. I bought most of them with my tank from a lfs that I regret going to. I've since found much better. The plants were a bit iffy looking at the shop, but the staff member said with ferropol and easycarbo they would...

Brilliant news, many thanks!!

Hello everyone, I'm brand new to the hobby as well as this forum and setting up my new tank. It's a Juwel Primo 70 (60x30x40cm). I am starting a fishless cycle using Tetra Safe Smart and fish food to get it started. I've ordered an API master test kit but it's not arrived yet so I have no water...