Recent content by markward123

Yep - saw that in Maidenhead Aquatics Derby today as well - think it will save me at least £10 doing it that way. Thanks Schmill.

Thanks Minxfishy - unfortunately no, drops went in, no colour, after a quick shake light purple, 5 mins later, dark purple - just below that of 5.0ppm. Think I'll swap over to API entirely from now. Unfortunately I only have the Nitrite test from them, the rest has all been done using Nutrafin...

Hi All, I'm in the middle of a fishless cycle I've been using a Nutrafin liquid test kit - recorded as ppm (parts per million). Heard good things about API liquid test kits. So I bought one for Nitrite testing - the Nutrafin one only goes up to 3.3 but saw API went up to 5.0 - thought it...

Thanks Minxfishy - much appreciated.

Thanks everyone - I think I'll just keep PH up a little with bicarb so the cycle continues well. Visited Wharf Aquatics in Nottingham today (what a shop!). They said that would be a good idea, just quarter to half a teaspoon at a time to bring it back to around 6-7. In the long term I'll try...

Thanks Minxfishy - much appreciated. :) I'll move over to the 'Wait & See' approach as you suggest and bring it down to 3ppm. Regards crushed coral - sounds good but I've only got a small filter (Interpet PF1) so there's not much room in there to add stuff. Is it OK to just dump some at the...

HI All, Like the title says, sorry but I could do with your help / advice please? I'm Mark from Ashbourne, Derbyshire - completely new to the fishkeeping business so please excuse what may be stupid questions!. Thought I'd start off small with a 48 litre Interpet tank, 1 piece of bogwood, 2...