Recent content by mellow yellow

well bruce the plec has gone to his new home tonight, and i've just done a 80% water change and the remaining fish seem a lot happier. going to get some new gravel and a water testing kit at the weekend. :good:

argh my cheap new hobbie isnt going to be cheap afterall :D test kit £25.00 gravel £10.00 bubble tube cover £25.00 pebbles £10.00 moss balls £5.00 plus some sexy new fish...... (when its cycled) and its only a tiny tank!!! dont think the better half will be too chuffed about my new "little"...

thanks, i think that it makes sense to change the gravel now. i'm now on the lookout for a cheap water testing kit.... i'm soooooooooo tempted to go with the paper ones.

welcome to the forum, i'm a newbie too and have had lots of great advice already, its a great place to learn how to do things properly. its alot to take in so my advice to a fellow newbie would be to read, read and read until you go crazy :hyper: and....... do it right and do it once :good:

yeah i used tap water, then used the chlorine liquid when refilling. chances are i've goosed up the good bacteria :angry: my own fault for rushing in. i'm not too bothered about doing lots of water changes as its only a small tank so i fish in cycle isnt a massive deal for me, plus it will...

huh? i'm confused :) am i in the middle of a domestic???? i asked about the paper test kits a bit further up along with a query regarding your earlier post... ;)

which? fish in cycle or fishless cycle? are the paper test kits really that bad? i dont really wanna be forking out £25 on a liquid test kit... but i am a cheapskate.

hmmmm perhaps i should give them up with the plec tonight and do a fishless cycle? i could always get them back? or maybe they would be better off in another home until i know what i'm doing. don't want anymore casualties. in the mean time i'll have a read up on a fish in cycle....

this is gonna sound bad now... I got it home from my aunties, bearing in mind it was very dirty, i put the fish in a bowl with water from the tank, took out ALL :/ the water, gravel, scenery from the tank and rinsed it all clean, scrubbed as much of the green gunk away from inside the tank...

lost a platty tonight and the other one doesnt look very well. he's just hiding under the bridge. when the plec goes tomorrow i'll only be left with 2 tiger barbs and 3 tetras. think i need to start from scratch and make sure all the levels are right and build the tank up to how i want it...

thanks blubble, the plec is getting picked up on weds and taken to its new (much larger) home. I will be replacing it with 2 or 3 ottos and some more tetras. I will also be having a little redesign of the inside of the tank over the next few weeks so no doubt i'll be asking a lot more...

its a set up i have been given, my auntie lost interest in it due to illness and new i was on the lookout for a tank so offered it to me, there are only 3 tetras 1 neon and 2 others. 2 tiger barb, 2 mollys and a big sucker, plec i've been told, i would imagine the tetras have been from larger...

hi there, i'm daniel and i have recently acquired this little 41 litre tank from my auntie and uncle. i have kept tropical fish before but had to give them up after a month or so because of a house move. my mum also has a little tank and has advised me on a few bits and bobs. i'm a bit of a...