Recent content by PatrickL

Thanks for speedy reply Oldman pH was raised the day before i did my huge water change. I only raised the pH for 1 day to get as much ammonia as possible cycled. pH in tank at the moment is 7.1(from 8.4). My pH form tap is usually around 6.5 - 6.8. I have about 1 cm of sand in tank and...

Hello guys I thought I had finished cycling a 95 UK gallon tank. I have external tetratec 1200. The big Juwel internal and a 200 litre sponge filter. Fishless cycle was remarkably painless and within 22 days was clearing 21 ml (5ppm) ammonia and the resultant nitrite in a little over 9 hours...

Thank You Oldman Thats good news. Regards Patrick

OK Thank you for replies guys By the way Oldman what do you think of the Tetratec EX1200. The external filter that came with the tank was a Genio 2. But noise was really bad and could find no info on it. So I went for tetratec. Im kinda paranoid about the filtration as I will hopefully be...

Hello I recently purchased a 5x2x2 Wave Aquarium and will begin a fishless cycle this week. My problem is with an internal juwel filter.(16inches by 6 inches by 8 inches). 1. Can the filter be completely submerged. 2.If part of the filter needs to be out of water how can future maintenance be...