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I've been treating with half the recommended dose so far and I don't know if it's related but one of the adult mollies is not looking good. She's basically hiding away underneath a rock on the gravel and leaning against it. I can't tell if she's got any white spots (she's a mainly white...

Thanks bigcheed. I've upped the temperature and got hold of some ws3 from lfs and dosed half the recommended dose as you recommended. Hopefully everyone will be ok

Just stocked my tank 6 days ago after completing a fishless cycle and I've just noticed tonight that a number of Neon Tetra's have got Ich.  I would say about 6 out of 10 neon tetras currently have between 1 and 5 spots on them.  From a distance you can't see them but if you look really close...

Surprise surprise, after less than 20 hours in the tank one of the mollies (not the one we thought was pregnant!!) started having babies. She basically spent all day yesterday alternating between hiding under an arch in a piece of bogwood and coming out and swimming about.  Every time we saw her...

Made the trip to lfs today and managed to get the fish in the tank with few dramas! Unfortunately discovered net was too big to net fish out of bags so had to tilt them into the tank after drip acclimatisation. Lfs didn't have much in the way of snails and shrimps but will be looking to add some...

Thanks again guys. Lots of advice there I'll take on board. Was thinking I'd try doing it without netting fish as this is my first tank (since I was a kid) and not sure what my netting skills will be like. Don't know who'll be more stressed, me or the fish:-)

Thanks for the replies everyone. Yes I've had both the ammonia fall and the nitrite rise and fall.  Its been cycling for a good couple of months now and was actually ready a couple of weeks ago but I was going away for a week and so decided to wait till returning before adding fish.  Since...

Hi all,   I've finally got to the stage where my fishless cycle is complete and the bacteria are clearing 3 ppm of ammonia within 24 hours and its time to finally put some fish in.  My tanks a Fluval Roma 240 with a Fluval 305 external filter.  I'm going with a peaceful community tank of fairly...

Thanks fluttermoth. That sounds like a good idea.  I guess the fish food will be better as it will be a continuous source of ammonia instead of a single big lump.   I've got a syringe with a cap on as well so I'll measure it out and leave for adding midweek and keep my fingers crossed I'll be...

After enduring a seemingly never ending fishless cycle my tank is now processing approx. 3ppm of ammonia in 24 hours.  Only problem is I'm going away for a week in 10 days!!   This is my first tank for about 20 years and I'm going for a peaceful community tank so should I stock it now or wait...

Hi viper20   I've been browsing the forum and learning all about fishless cycling for the last few months but this is my first post.   I read your post thinking this is the exact same post I was close to writing just over a week ago.   I'm a newbie (had a tank as a child about 20 years ago but...