Recent content by strobe1980

Back after a while.Hi. Finally I've had my nitrite spike and ammo drop to 0ppm. Added enough to raise back up to 2-3ppm. Watch this space; )

I wouldn't want to kill fish off just to get my cycle completed, I have friend which has just completed a fish in cycle but it's not for Mr. And as for the hard scaping I have many ideas plus i can actually affird it this week :) plants will have to wait but bogwood and arick of some sort shall...

So every cycle is different in way,they all have there own personalities, mine is stubborn and awkward!! Reminds me of my 8month old son haha. I'm not going to obsess over the small points anymore, if it takes a month just to hit a nitrite spike it takes a month. I'm sure you said this...

Thanks for the reality check eagle,I think I am overthinking the whole process at the minute, I'll just let it run it's course and do as you recommended and research everything else I need.thanks eagle.

Hi again,I am starting to worry about my cycle,I wasn't happy with my ammo reading I had trouble distinguishing weather it was 4-8 ppm so i did a 40% water change,this was yesterday and it brought it down to 1ppm ,i checked again today and it was between 0.50-1 ppm but msybe it was 1 so decided...

Thanks for the quick response duckanddive, another quick question off the original topic,do you think these parameters would be ideal to keep,trigonostigma espei ,adolfoi cory,and maybe dwarf gourami or another small labyrinth fish as I only have 60ltrs? it will be planted aswell.

Hi,I have a question about my parameters, my tap water and tank water have a ph of 7.6 but my Gh is 125 ppm and my kh is 89.3 ppm. I thought a high ph goes in hand with a high gh but the gh is medium? Any help would be great,I am still cycling my tank at the minute so no fish to worry about as...

Just substrate, I'm waiting to add plants,but money is an issue for the next couple of weeks then I'll be adding rocks and bogwood. My Kh 89.5 Just substrate, I'm waiting to add plants,but money is an issue for the next couple of weeks then I'll be adding rocks and bogwood. My Kh 89.5

I did teat with high ph and it was the lowest on the chart,7.4.i have pettex premium aquarium gravel?

I was advised on using bicarb by lock man,my main question is, is this rise in Ph due to the tank cycling and lack of water changes and is this something to worry about once I have added my fish,I want to keep adolfi corys, flyweight tetras and maybe 2 apisto borelli or dwarf gourami. Is this...

Thanks raptor.

Hi,my tap Ph is 7.6 and my tank Ph at the start of my cycle was 7.6 I'm now 11 days in and I did a high range Ph test and it's showinformation 8.0! Is this possible? Would it be cause there hasn't been a water change? I know a Ph range of 7.0-8.0 whist cycling is preferred but I'm worried that...

OK thank you for the advice,although adding ammo remover wasn't even the question, I can see the link there. Ill read the links you have posted.

I'm in the same opinion that larger schoals of smaller fish are a lot more impressive. Once you are up and running you should post some pics,it sounds awesome. Thanks for the advice Mikey. I have just received my Kh test kit (API) and my tank water Is 5dkh well it took 5drops to turn from blue...

110Gallon! Very nice,now that is what you call a tank: ) I went for the Eheim as I read a fair few positive reviews, only problem is that it's an internal and takes up precious space. I'll check out the penguins, are they available in the uk?