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The Bactinettes were in a small plastic container in a fridge. They were black in colour, a few were clear. On the whole I'm not sure if they had any effect. Finally got nitrItes down to zero :D last Wednesday. Taken about 4 weeks. At times nitrItes reading went above API test kit reading of...

Tank still going well. pH=7.2 NO3=40 NH3=0.00 NO2=0.25, nitrates are nearly gone. :D Still got the 5 Danios. Sick one recovered. :) I've been cycling the tank for 3 weeks now. My final conclusion on the Bactinettes is that they don't do a lot. :no: Maybe from the initial stage they helped...

Little sick Danio seems to be getting better. It's been in & out the air curtain all day and is still swimming round the tank. Hopefully he might recover.

Here's an update of my cycling with bactinettes & fish. I added a hagen CO2 on 24th Nov, plants are doing well. Date pH NH3 NO2 NO3 24/11 7.2 1.0 2.0 10 25/11 7.2 1.0 2.0 20 26/11 7.2 1.0 2.0 10 27/11 7.5 0.5 5.0 20 Unable to change water as Water...

Any particular Cory in mind, I did read Panda's needed mature tanks. That's why I'm not so sure about them now. Oh and some of the little bactinette balls got out when I pulled the filters out to look for the missing danio, still no sign of it. I've found out the cloudy water was being caused...

Got my Juwel Rekord 96 last Friday. Set it all up on Saturday. First substrate layer is a plant fertilizer substrate then a layer of fine substrate.I've added some plants from Greenline. The LFS recommended I use the Bactinettes I last mentioned about. I bought one small container on the Friday...

Forgot to add that it's also got a large carrying handle built in to the molding of the bottle. When I do attempt this I'll take a few photo's too. Steve

I presume when you have to change some of the water in a tank that most people use buckets. I've thought of an idea to use something with a larger volume. I've just 'Aquired' ;) a drinking fountain water bottle. Rigid plastic, for drinking water use. It holds 18.5L, about 4 gallons. It has...

Hi All :good: Just wanted to say Hi to all on this forum. I'm just about to start fishkeeping. Wanted to for about 2 years but not able to, now that's changed. :D My name is Steve, I live in Littleport near Ely in Cambridgeshire. I've got a few LFS around where i live so I have a choice...

Many thanks for all your comments. :D So far what I think I'll do is this, let me know if anyone thinks different. :look: I'm going to add the bactinettes to the filter to start that off a bit. But still go for the fishless cycle adding some raw prawns. (Tesco??) (How about adding some...

I'm going to get my first tank next week. :D Decided on the Juwel Rekord 96. I've been reading a few books, many tropical fish forums on hints & tips for setting a new tank up. As far as I've read the best way to cycle a new tank is the fishless way. But, I've seen in one of my LFS aproduct...