Recent content by szatek

Hi Seffie, Thanks for the reply. Bearing in mind I've got the tank together with the filter what is the next step to set up the tank ? Can you please provide me with some more details like brands, equipment type and parameters, etc. Best regards, Szatek PS. As for the plec I was advised to...

Hi All, I've started my adventure with aquariums about 3 years ago. I had a bowl in the beginning with one gold fish, then I moved the goldfish to 60L aquarium and bought another one. At the moment I'm running 200L aquarium with two large goldfish, one baby goldfish and one pleco. The reason...

Hi All, From what I've read here and on the Internet I think it's brown diatom algae. I'm currently switching the lights on for about 7 hours per day. Should I reduce it and to what amount ? Best regards,

Hi All, I came back home after two weeks holiday and to my surprise there is no Ammonia or Nitrite in the water. I didn't check for Nitrates but I bet it will be high so I'm planning to change about 50% of water. As far as I can see both fish love new tank and especially new hiding places. The...

I had quite a lot of fun catching both fish yesterday and putting them in the new tank. They were a bit confused in the beginning but after a while they started going through the gravel. I've got two happy fish now. Thank you for all the tips.

I don't think I will have a choice. Leaving my fish in the old tank for two weeks will definitely do more harm than putting them into tank which didn't go through the qualifying week. That's my theory anyway. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I started adding more Ammonia for last couple of days...

I might be in difficult situation soon in that case. I'm going on holiday on Thursday for two weeks and I can't imagine leaving both fish in the old tank as without at least two water changes per week Ammonia level will be unbearable. I just hope it will be enough time to cycle.

My first drastic drop in Nitrites level within 12 hours :).

I think I choose the first option waterdrop. I noticed that being patient with fish tanks is a very good attribute. I can only see advantages of such behaviour so once again I will leave the films and wait for the results. I don't want to remove any beneficial bacteria. It took me too long to...

That helps a lot waterdrop. Thank you very much. I will wait until Nitrite is being processed within 12 hours and will do my first water change. I will take care of that greyish film :).

Hi All, I noticed something strange in my tank today. First of all there are patches of some greyish stuff over decoration. Also there are really thin and small worms floating around. I can see them moving just like snakes. Is that normal ? Best regards,

I added 7ml of Ammonia today to top it up to 4 ppm. Do my readings mean I'm in my qualifying week ? :)

Right. I'm almost getting double zeros now after 10 hours. Should I start adding more Ammonia to top it up to 4-5pmm ? Best regards,

Is it possible ? No Nitrite at all after 24 Hrs. :) My first double zero :).

Je ne sais pas.