Recent content by silver1956

Hi all,having taken advice regarding my previous problems ,i left my tank empty for 2 weeks and then added some bio mature ,and took some readings ammonia 4.00ppm and 4 days later ammonia was 0.00 ,nitrites were 5.00 and day after 0.0 so i did a reading today and got ammonia 0.00 ,nitrite 0.0...

water change done readings are ph 6.8, ammonia 0.25, nitrite 0.00, nitrate 0.5

Hi ,this is where i`m up to now , and any advice would be welcome ,tank been fishless for 3 weeks now just done approx 30% water changed and gravel vac ,unfortunatly the filter had been switched off for a number of days ,( will this have any affect on the tank) when i do the water tests later if...

i now have no fish in my tank ,what would be the best way to go about making it safe ,i have the white spot and fungas treatment but am unsure wether i need to put this in the water now ,or just change some water and vac gravel and leave to stand,if so how long would you recommend to leave it...

many thanks ,just one more thing if you could ,does white spot survive in gravel ,will i be able to just vac the gravel and part water change then dose ..thanks if i start from scratch and not touch the filter will it be like a new cycle ,not very well up on this yet but willing to learn ,lol cheers

Thanks for all your help and assistance in earlier posts ,this were i am up to now,i have 2 pltys and 1 tetra plus 2 plecos remaining in tank ,plec look ok but other 3 fish have got white spot on them,i have some anti white spot and fungus no 8 being delivered today ,what is the best way to go...

THANKS ,KCB i did a water test today and change a large amount of water teras have died today and2 pencil fish,my ammonia reading was 0.4 ,all others were ok. i have had a lot of plants growing in the tank very quickly and i dont have a pump with an airstone fitted ,i have the fluval ext filter...

i have had the tank for a few months and i`have been doing water tests wekly ,all have been ok ,i changed 50 ltrs last week (its a 240ltr) tank,i`m just a bit confused as to why 3 of the same species died at the same time and were bought at the same time ,i am going to change water again...

Hi ,I am looking for advice/help/explanation if possable regarding a problem i found today ,3 weeks ago i purchased 3 pictus cat fish and to day all three were dead in the tank , they looked to be a little white in colour and all 3 were in an upright position which i found to be strange ,i`m...