Recent content by Sophiaqua

Just got back home from the fish shop, got my water tested. :good: Results are: Alkalinity/KH: 9 Ammonia: 0 Nitrate: 2 :blink: Nitrite: 0 pH: 8.2 The man who tested my water said my nitrate test kit may be faulty, told me to bring it in and, if it is, he will replace it. :good: Also, there...

Hiya guys! :) Quick update, here are yesterday's water test results: Ammonia: <0.25 Nitrate: I'm unsure about, so I took a photo: What do you think? I'm almost certain I did the test right, but the liquid in the vial seems very dark, whereas when I had my nitrate tested at the fish shop on...

Hiya guys! I know I haven't posted anything in a couple of days, I'm sorry, I've been a bit busy lately, but thank you very much for the replies. :) My tank is the 65 litre Boyu tank, definitely not the bigger one, my mum wouldn't let me have that one! :rolleyes: The nice lady at the shop told...

Just did water tests! :) Results are: Ammonia: <0.25 Nitrate: 5 :unsure: Nitrite: 0 :) Salinity: 1.025 And temperature has stabilised at 26 degrees (after soaring up to 30 yesterday! :shout: Had to turn the heater down!) I also rearranged my live rock to make a gap between it and the glass...

Thank you for all the good advice everyone! :) I will be rearranging my live rock a bit later on when I do my water tests. I'm not worried about it toppling over though, I spent about half an hour poking and prodding it to make sure it wouldn't move a millimetre! :P Yes, it is my very first...

Hiya everyone! :) Okay, here goes... My shiny new tank looking a little bit empty: My test kits and other bits and pieces: (Cost me an arm and a leg!) :X Here I have added about half a bag (or so) of CaribSea live sand, five nice, big, chunky pieces of live rock and, of course, lots of...