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i have held my hand in front of the filter pump and its working, im new at this and unsure the rate it should be working at but it is brand new and im sure it works fine. can u turn filter pumps up? i have a juwel 180 vision tank with built in filter. i have added some gravel from an...

The ammonia was advised to us on this forum and is from homebase. i have got some gravel from my friends tank and have it hanging in mine now in some tights. on your advice ive raised the temperature. fingers crossed i will cycle soon

Every other day i check the ammonia and its always 4ppm ph is at 7.8 - 8 . no nitrite or nitrate, we have been trying to cycle for over 4 weeks. We have a juwel 180 vision tank, this week i added an airstone to try and oxygenate the water more. The temperature is at 26 degrees celcius, we have...

i havent posted any reaults but every other day i check the ammonia and its always 4ppm ph is at 7.8 - 8 . no nitrite or nitrate, we have been trying to cycle for over 4 weeks. We have a juwel 180 vision tank, this week i added an airstone to try and oxygenate the water more. The temperature is...

Hi, We are trying to cycle our new tank, we added ammonia (from Homebase) over a month ago and nothing has happened - no drop, no nitrites, nothing :-( We are trying to figure out why, and I was wondering if anyone has used JAD dechlorinator? Does it work or is our tank potentially full of...

Thanks very much for the reply, I think we will definitely stay clear of the Black Phantoms then, definitely wanted to avoid any nippers with the Betta. I was confused by the amount of fish we could have in our tank, as I read that the general rule was one inch per gallon, but that got me...

Hi, Myself and my husband are very new to keeping an aquarium. We have recently ordered a Juwel Vision 180 tank and are planning to do a fishless cycle before stocking the tank. In the meantime, we have been researching the types of fish we would like to stock it with but we are unsure if the...