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Thanks waterdrop il be moving the goldfish this weekend so ill keep you posted! im sure they will be very gratefull for the extra space :blush: poor things. i must say though ive kept them very clean doing water changes weekly for ten years! and i will do an exrta cleanup before the new fish go...

Just like to say a big thankyou to everyone on the forum who helped me through my fish in cycle :good: Im now 6 weeks in and everythings going according to plan im now fully stocked in my 30ltr orb with 4 harliquin rasboras,4 neon tetras,(they survived the process!) and 1white cloud minnow soon...

Thanks wilder,yes i did wash the sponge in the old tank water and only very gently. none of the symptoms you listed apply at all? the fish are quite their normal selves! eating and swimming and behaving normally? maybe it is due to stress? and not enough of them? but i cant add any more for a...

Hi please can anyone tell me if my rasbora is sick? Tank size: 30l biorb pH: 7.2 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate:5 kH: gH: tank temp: 24 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): 2 of the small harliquin rasbora have gone very pale? im not sure...

hi sam yes all my fish made it though but it was hard work! despite the neons being too sensetive to cycle with. i now am 4 weeks in and added my new fish,4 harliquin rasboras. the ammonia rose slightly when i did this as to be expected but is now back to 0. if nitrites and ammonia remain at 0...

hi sam ive just been through all this myself so i know how you feel! ok your nitrites are good and ammonia only slightly up from what i can see. nitrates are up a but not at dangerous levels. mine are still at 5, 4 weeks into my fish in cycle and ive been advised here that this is ok. my nitrite...

well you got the best test kit matt so now you need to get the nitrires down so that means doing a large water change not forgetting the dechlorinator of course, then retest in an hour or so . if its still high then another water change. i take it you still got your fish? you need to get your...

hi matt ive been in your situation as well and its very upsetting.i didnt cycle my tank either but theres hope for you as this is a very usefull place to be! firstly what are your readings today? what test kit do you have? nitrite and ammonia are very dangerous to fish and need to be kept at 0...

thanks so much andy i feel great now! i put a real plant in along with the fish but i dont think its doing very well due to the terrible halogen light that comes with the orb :angry: im going to try and get an led light which is much brighter? is it safe to assume that my cycle is now complete...

hi just like to say a big thankyou to you all for helping me get this far! the orb is doing great. been testing water every day for 4 weeks its become part of my life! i still have my 4 neon tetras which is a miracle from what you told me about them preferring a mature tank but ive worked...

thanks W.D yes the fish been in 2 weeks now. tested the water this morning and got 0.25 ammonia and 5.0 nitrate the nitrite was 0. i did a 10ltr change with de-chlor. this is the firat nitrate reading ive had so it must be cycling now? going to test again this evening. should i still do the...

Hi andy the fish in the tank was a big mistake :blush: but i was given very bad advice when i bought my biorb. i did have very high ammonia at the beginning of my cycle and kept doing the water changes as adviced. the ammonia was very high but now its 0.so are you saying that this will be a...

Thanks gaz and W.D i should have said that ive got the fish in,4 neon tetras. my readings for nitrite and nitrate are 0 and ammonia is 0 with the A.P.I test kit. im still checking the warer twice a day but havn,t changed any water today. the fish are doing fine and are active and feeding. i read...

my biorb has been runnig for 2 weeks now and all my readings are at zero for the last 2 days. (i cloned the filter with a bit of filter from my mature tank) just wanted to ask is my tank now cycled or can i expect to see a nitrate increase in the next few days? also when would be a good time to...

hi there im also new here but ive had some great advice. been cycling my tank and taking readings for 3 weeks so i know a little about water quality. your nirates are too high. i was told to do 50 percent water changes when this happenned to neutralise the nitrates as theae are deadly to fish...