Recent content by steveb23

I think you all nailed it on here...now showing signs of cycling, an ammonia spike, a nitrite spike and a nitrate spike....finally! Only 3 months later than I thought it should have been! Thanks for all your help! Steve

I don't think I would know where I could get some from.. :sad:

Ok tested tap water and retested tank. Tap water is also 5. And its exactly the same colour as the tank test. PH is 8.0 What do I do? - I was hoping to put some more fish in! Steve

Thanks for that - seems a logical explanation. I'll check my tap water nitrate tonight and come back to you... My Temperature is 24 degrees C, my PH is unknown as have not tested in a while. Last time I checked it was between 7.5 and 8 which is fairly high? Steve

Nope have not touched the filter. Wondering when I should actually... The only thing I will say which is probably relevant is I was actually away last week on holiday, but I doubt that there would have been any spikes during this time as I would have seen something immediatly before or...

I don't know my tap water nitrate reading - will look into that. I have lots of live plants in my tank (I think 10) and they all seem healthy. Am using the Nutrafin Aquaplus water conditioner (is that the same as Cycle??) and using API Liquid test kit although bought the test strips before...

Thanks Andy - It is a Fluval U2 Internal Filter. Steve

Thanks for your replies. My results are: Ammonia - I think between 0 and 0.25 ppm Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 ppm Filter was new - came with the Fluval 90, and I haven't changed any of the media so I am assuming it doesn't contain an ammonia remover. Cheers, Steve

Hi all, In need of some advice... I have had 6 fish in my Fluval 90 Litre tank now for just over a month. My fish are 2 guppies, 2 mollies and 2 swordtails. I started off the tank with Nutrafin Cycle. I have been testing the water since about 1.5 weeks after putting the fish in, and been...