Recent content by matthew xia

I use the API master testing liquid kit. And I haven't tested the tap water but will do.

Thanks Colin, What sort of filter is in the tank? It's a filter cartridge from Superfish - it came with the tank, a Qubic30l described as a Biological filter with Crystal Clear cartridge. How do you clean the filter? In a bucket of used tank water, I take the sponge out and the compressed...

Hi all. So far so good. We’ve a happy Betta in a 30l tank with two zebra nerite snails. I change the water every weds and Sunday (about 50%) and somehow when I test the water on Saturday it’s always showing as between 0 and 0.25 ammonia. Yesterday I tested about two hours after the change...

I want to thank you all so much for your help and guidance with getting the water right for Albus and his tank mates. I'm sure I'll have many more questions as we continue fish keeping.

He built a bubble nest pretty much as soon as he arrived... I annoyingly destroy it (accidentally) with some of the water changes... But he rebuilds.

Hi Libby - sorry about the delay... we have a fish! Our LFS started opening for three hours a day and selling livestock by appointment so we booked in a couple of weeks back. I’ve been kept busy with work / home (which of course are all the same thing at the moment) - and now also water...

Is this not a bit unusual as there hasn't been anything in the tank except the cycle....?

Hi - Can anyone tell me what this is growing on what I think is Hornwort... The patches of white/blue around the leaves (where they grow off the central stem) arrived recently and I wondered if it was a danger to the tank?

Thanks Sean - this is super clear! My next challenge!

I really didn’t want to have to get one, every extra expense seemed like it was testing my love for my child!! (The initial purchase of a tank and two now dead orandas was for her birthday) - then determination kicked in, so we got the heater, then the testing kit, then the ammonia, then the...