Recent content by s_bonnewell

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i ran my tank for only 5 weeks with plants prior to fish. The tank went cloudy at first but i was told to do a 50%change as it may be amonia and it went back to normal. At the mo, My nitrates are coming up at 30-35. my ph is 7ish and my temp is 27c Im using the strips with the colour coding (6...

Thats alright, well, I had the tank running for a full month with fresh plants to take plant also. I heard the plants can help treat the water also. I have cycled the tank, experienced the early stages of cloudy nitrate and matured the filter, I think enough? I used tetra aquastart at the...

I think youre right with the ram, I may have to bag him up and take him back if he get aggressive, hes ok at the moment and seems quiet and dosile, either i'm lucky or he's eying up. I have lots of fresh vegatation to hide in so it may be ok. the guy informed me it was a goldspot bristlenose...

Just to let you know I went with cichlid based. a pair of dwarf congo cichlids (very small), 1 blue ram, and 8 cardinals. they seem to be doing ok together at the moment. Due to size i got a dwarf gold spot pleco instead of suckerfish. you all helped great

Pfff lol oh man... seems like i have a lot to learn, by trial and error as in start small. Add slowly (without busting the bank lol) I will let you all know how I get on. Thanks to all.

Thank you all very much for your help. I think I prob be better off replacing cardinals (however tempting) with 8 male guppies with a betta. do ottos come in different varieties as i have only been able to find 1 type. guppies khulis & ottos, youve sold me on the toilet mess (less of lol) with...

Yeah your prob right. I might go with the Cardinals. The Ottos look ok actually. you say a few khuli's, you think i might get away with 3 then? I didnt realise plecos make a lot of waste, What about the dwarf variety though? so here it is: 10 cardinals 2 or 3 khulis 3 otto (still hung on the...

I have a 55 litre tank, would i be able to stock this as i’m worried my list is high. Its a deep square style tank. Minimal planted in small gravel with small rock/cave formation. Fluval mini and rena 25watt heater. 2- Kuhli loach 1- Red tail black shark (Centre piece fish for a small tank)...

hi everyone, just a quick hello to all. Just getting back into aquarium freshwater tropical with a starter 30l tetra tank with rena 25w heater and fluval mini. just thinking of what to stock with and what substrate and if im gonna have a rock or wood. I want real plants so best to prob have...