Recent content by newkeeper1982

Thanks, gonna do a water change tomorrow after work :)

Hi, been away for a few days- it was lovely! Raptorex- the filter always has brown smelly sludge (even worse last night as the mother in law has overfed the tank :(- we did tell her how much to feed them but she still did it wrong!) I now have a massive spike in Nitrates- should I do a PWC? The...

Hi rapptorex, the gravel is black and white and most certainly washed until the water was clear! I have previously been told (another thread titled Who is the culprit?) that my bottom feeding Cories should ideally have sand not gravel even though it is smooth not sharp! So I am thinking of...

Thanks, I will put the bogwood back in :) We have small, smooth gravel although I have been advised to change it to sand :)

I have just been offered another tank with heater and pump free on Freecycle, therefore shall I put all Kribs in together with the gravel and leave the Platy's, Cories and Pearl Danio's with new sand? Much appreciated New Keeper

Thanks for the reply :) I use strips to test the water- should I try a different brand? Last water change was 2 weeks ago but will be doing another this evening! I don't gravel vac as the Cories seem to be doing a grand job of looking after the gravel!

No wood as we took it out thinking that was what was causing the tinge (even though we soaked it for 4 days!), shall I put it back in? Yes, cleaning the filter with tank water! Thanks

Hi, our tank is 6-7 weeks old now. All tests are coming back as ok but my water has a brown tinge to it. It is NOT cloudy and actually very clear apart from having this tinge! I clean the filter once a week and have Cories feeding from the bottom so all food gets eaten. We have done 2 partial...

Yes, the tests seem to show that everything is OK!

Thanks for your replies. Caprichoso- I immediately thought the Kribs as I have read they will eat other fish and that the other fish were 'peaceful' but I had reservations as its taken 6 weeks for them to be eaten. I also asked at the time I bought the Neon's if they would be ok with Kribs and...

Good Evening, I am new to this forum and to fish keeping! Our aquarium has been going for about 6 weeks now and its been going very well until a couple of days ago :( Some of my fish have disappeared and I would like to find out which of my other fish have eaten them!! I started with 8 Kribs...