Recent content by packard60053

I haven't done all the sides yet but I will! Only thing is that my fish aren't 'hiding' like I thought they would... The plants are in the corner,they can get behind them but they ain't. Maybe worth giving them a little more room?

Well I just didn't expect something like that! :P

Oh Jesus I am stupid... It was the glass! There was a 'film' on it...

Either way, why is my water cloudy? Any ideas?

Anybody?

Apologies, just Nitrates. and yes I did 20% when I put them in.

Got everything sorted after my bloom ages ago, and yesterday I put 2 new artificial plants in there. The cloudiness I've got isn't bloom cloudiness, I think it may be from the EasyBalance I put in which has stuff to reduce Nitrates + Nitrites. It's like a milky, thick liquid so I knew the water...

It was from my LFS, and the guy is pretty knowledgable, but I'll take your advice.

Just got a new ornament. It has green algae on it in 'strand' form, but the guy said that was GOOD. Was he right? Or am I going to get a big problem here?

All the other fish are fine, but this little guy was really suffering. He couldn't breathe or swim straight and was getting bullied. Had to take him out and end his pain. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but he was in a bad way.

It wasn't cycled but the fish HAD to go in (long story). The bloom happened and when I'd sorted that out, I did the water changes to clear the water.

Been doing 20% a day for last week to clear up the last of a bacterial bloom and everything is ok now, just this one fish. I have to scoot off but I'll sort it all out when I'm home.

Just upped temp, ordering test kit now =] Shall I put some Ammonia removal stuff in?

Ah yes I'm using the strips. pH - 6.8 CL2 - 0 KH - 3 GH - 10ish NO2 - 0 NO3 - 20 Temp - 22 Tank size - 50l approx. Fish - 6 guppies, 4 neon tetras, 2 swordtails, 1 dwarf gourami and 1 tiny fish I'm not sure what it is but it's just a regular little fish, nothing exotic. PS. I know I have too...

All levels are fine, checked them when I first noticed, and it's just this guy. All levels were in the 'safe' zone on the bottle, with no exceptions or close ones. It looks as if he's off balance, but then sometimes he swims normally, and all of a sudden goes 'crazy'. Maybe his fin is damaged?