Recent content by Penny Farthing

Oh dear. Changed 45 ltrs Sunday. Monday - all fine. 4pm today - all fine and feeding. 7pm today - apple snail munching on a dead dwarf gourami. Stats - Ammonia between 0 and 0.6 Nitrite 0.1 Nitrate 5. Going to do another water change but I think this isdisease. Any ideas?

Thanks for your reply, Harlequins. The colour in the nitite/nitrate test tubes was as pale, if not paler, than the 0.1 Nitrite and 5 Nitrate comparison colours on the colour chart. These are the lowest levels on the charts supplied with the test. Also, the amonia was matching the lowest number...

I use a tube like that Rusted Knight. Also, the readings were all zero before the water change yesterday but I'll monitor. I don't rinse in tap water but probably do rinse too vigorously. Point noted for next time. The filter unit was new on 7th Oct but I will certainly do this today. The flow...

All fish are ok this morning. Thanks very much for your support last night, everyone. I think I'll just monitor things carefully for the next few weeks. I have some questions, though. 1 Of my 110 ltrs, how much should I change at a time if I do a weekly change? 2 I'm going to test the water...

I will do that, thanks. I have the Nutrafin test kit for ammonia,Nitrite, Nitrate and PH but I've lost the book that comes with the ph test so I can't judge that one accurately. Is the API kit better?

Yes Elsiew, I was a bit panicked when I saw the filter had stopped as I didn't know how long the fish could do without it. The shops were shut and all my old kit was in the back of my garage in the dark. I also had visitors of the kind who have never had fish but were trying to make lots of...

Thanks Rusted Knight. I'm usually ok and see some loss as inevitable but I don't know why I get so upset when any Neons die.

Tank size:110 ltrs Aquatropic T80 kit pH:unsure - lost book with colour chart. Colour tested was dark green. Live in Cardiff. ammonia:zero nitrite:no colour nitrate:no colour kH: gH: tank temp:28 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Seemed...