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hi all I have just setup a new 160 litre tank, it is going through a mini cycle at the moment, I am keeping the ammonia levels down to almost zero, just waiting for the filter to mature a bit, I added the medi from the old tank so I am hoping it will only take a week but who knows! I have added...

Sorry just bumped this as I have added a picture of my sick platty!

ok The old 60 litrer tank had about 24 fish in it (hence I bought a bigger one ha ha) no casualties in at least 6 months although overcrowded! I took 100% of the old media for the new tank and had a 2nd filter that had been running for a few weeks along side the old one, this one stayed in the...

I have added a picture of my sick platty! Not sure what to do for her, managed to get ammonia to o.10 ish, lots of water changes etc lol Hello All I have setup a new 160 litre tank, I moved all the old mature media from the old tank that had been up and running for a year but I still have...

Hello again! My test kit arrived but I think it's the wrong one! It's an ammonia one not that master one lol Anyway I have tested the big tank and the levels were about .25 ammonia, so I did a 80% water change, reduced it to almost zero. Tested again and it has gone back up again to about...

It's more for my 6 year old boy, he has seen one at pets at home and wants to rescue it!! I want to rescue their their entire stock wnehever I go in there! They way they have dead fish floating around is sickening, they had a notice on the front of the guppy tank saying "not for sale due to...

ok that's great! It's far easier to do 50% water changes on the little tank, I really dont fancy 50% chnages on the 160 litre one took ages to fill it up lol! When it has cycled could I add one betta to the platties, the filter is a gentle one so hopefully wont annoy him!

he he yes it's om it's way!! Just a thought but in my old 60 litre tank had a cartridge filter on it, when I decided to get a new tank I cut all the old media off the old cartridge and left it in the filter and then added a new cartridge so bacteria could build up on the new cartridge while...

ok thanks, I teted both and nitrates and nitrites were showing zero or white on the strip, exactly the same in both tanks at the moment, and thats the same result i have allways had, infact i am going to stick one under the tap and see if i get anything different!! Thanks again

Well I have moved all the females to the new 160 litre tank that has been up and running for a few day's, i started it off with most of the media from the old tank and a fluval u4 with fresh carbon. So far all of the fish seem very happy, she spent most of yesterday milling around and came out...

ok that's good advice thanks!

I dont know exactly how many males there are as they are still quite young and it's hard to tell! I would guess at about 8 or 9 out of 16 Platties (i just counted them, there are 16 in total the others are still fry really!) some are still only 1 1/2 inch long but they still chase the girls...

Hi Guys, I will try to keep this short and sweet. I have a 60 litre tank with too many Platies! I have about 14 mature ones and 6 teenagers along with 4 cories. I do not have a LFS that will take the fish as they stopped selling them when pets at home opened up, I cannot take the fish to PAH...

Hi Wills, Thanks for your reply. OK to clarify I do water changes every other week of about 25% 40% ( not enough?) I added a couple of plants a month ago but no fish or anything else. I allways dechlorinator the water before adding it. I have just done a 50% water chnage and they look...

Hi All, First post so be gentle! I bought my first tank a few months ago, it's a 60 litre one and so far all has been o.k. For the last 4 months I have had 4 male Guppies, 2 platys, 2 corys without any problems at all! Anyway to cut a long story short I noticed this morning two of the...