Recent content by pob_16

Thanks for that Waterdrop, its something I will look into over on the planted forum. I suppose since I have had the plants in from the start and they have been growing quite impressively (having to prune every week to stop it looking a complete jungle!), I won’t really know what is processing...

Tap water pH is 8.0. Drop checker is in the post and shoud arrive tomorrow, already have my 4dKH water and pH test kist on stand by. My tank is an 80 us gallon and CO2 is currently around 3 bubbles per second injected via a powerhead. Does this seem high or about right?

Thanks for the advice. I did a 50% water change yesterday then added the ammonia and after 12 hours did a full set of tests. Day 26. 10:00 pH back up to 7.5 NH3 0ppm NO2 0.5ppm NO3 80 – 160ppm (difficult due to the close colour changes on the chart) KH back up to 110ppm or 6.2deg GH 8.9deg...

Thanks for the reply Thommo. I have been testing the water daily, and since the nitrites have been processing, testing every 12 hours. My NitrAte levels are off scale high, but I have been reluctant to do a water change as I have read somewhere that if a water change is done too early in the...

Hi all. I have a question about the KH of my water. I am currently in the middle of a fishless cycle, waiting for NH3 and NO2 to go in 12 hour stage. Now the KH of my tap water is 170ppm/9.5deg but in my tank it has dropped to 50ppm/2.8deg. The tank is fairly heavily planted and I am injecting...

Yes, it's very similar to that. :good:

Not exactly sure what you mean when you say powerhead. Its just a small pump that sits in the tank and has the tube after the bubble counter that goes into the suction of the pump. The CO2 bubbles come out of the pump quite small and seem to stay submerged for quite some time so I assume its...

Thanks for the link :good: Is the pump a good method for dissolving the CO2 in the water?

Hi, I am currently setting up my new tank going through the fishless cycle. I have always preferred the look of heavily planted tanks and thought I would give it a go. Info on my tank: 80 US gallon Lighting around 2.6 watts per gallon CO2 injection via a pressurised DD kit. 3 bubbles per...

Todays results: NH3 0.25 NO2 off chart NO3 5ppm ? Tested the NO3 twice and came out the same. Think I will be a new test kit.

Hi, thanks again for the info and help. As regards to the reagent 2, it is a relatively newish kit that I have been using on my other tank and I give it a good shake for the 30 seconds stated on the back of the card. Will have to wait until tomorrow and see the results. It may have just been a...

Thanks for the adivice. :good: Hopefully the rest of the cycle will be as quick!

Hi everyone, This is my first post on here, but I have been an avid reader for quite some time now. I am not new to the hobby, but after a number of years have decided to upgrade my tank. Now it is the first time I have tried to do a fish less cycle and just wanted to make sure I am going...