Recent content by Milo75

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Update: Now the cycle us up and running, decided to add a few more fish. Got 5 cardinals to add some colour into the tank on Saturday. They seem to be doing well. However, I've got a problem with one of my platys. Last few days he's been sitting at the bottom of the tank and only surfaces for...

Ammonia and nitrite now showing zero. Cycle is well under way now. Thank you all for the great advice. Fish are looking happy and I've learnt a lot more about fish keeping in the last 5 weeks.

I have only ever added API stress coat to the water when doing water changes which at he moment I am doing 25% once a day. Ammonia is 0 and Nitrite has dropped to 0.25ppm so it looks like the cycle is getting there but converting the Nitrite to Nitrate is taking longer. I'm keeping it under...

Well, I'm starting to get some different readings at last. Latest tests show no ammonia but nitrite has gone up and Nitrate has gone down.   pH 7.6 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 2.0 ppm Nitrate 20 ppm

I'll do a water change tonight. Might seem like a daft question, but when I use API stress coat to treat the water, if this instant? Or should I wait 10-15 minutes before putting the treated water back into the tank?

OK, great thanks.

Right, well the first water test has been done. Results:   pH 7.6 Ammonia 0.25ppm Nitrite 1.0ppm Nitrate 40ppm   I'm correct in assuming I need to get the Ammonia and Nitrite levels down. I have not done a water change today.

Sadly not, due to my LFS giving me some bad advice. I'm working on it though (posted in beginner section).   Yeah, my 3-year old picked them out, I couldn't say no,   Thanks for the welcomes.

Great advice, thank you. API test kit is in the post. I'll do the water changes this week while testing the water. I'll post back my results.

Hi all   I've been running my 47l tank for 3 weeks now and according to the LFS my cycle hasn't started yet. However, I do think I did something very stupid to begin with.   LFS told me to add water to the tank and simply leave it with filter on for 1 week before adding fish (naively I did not...

Hi everyone   My name is Ian and I've recently just entered the world of tropical fish keeping. Currently, I have a 47L tank which is home to 3 micky mouse platys, hope to add more soon.   I've only had the tank for 3 weeks and I'm a complete newbie to this, so I'm hoping to learn a lot from...