Recent content by The Fish Fan

I've finished cycling and still have most of a Homebase bottle left. I'd like to keep some back, but if you have a spare strong bottle (tamper proof lid etc) you could post it to me with a return envelope/jiffy. I guess the Royal mail will have an issue with it, like everything these days it...

Just to second this, I'm new to the hobby. I've been cycling my tank since the 11th of October, and put my fish in yesterday! The cycling period gave me time to see what would happen in the tank without fish, I've been able to rescape the interior slightly, tweak lighting and heating. Trim...

The eggs all hatched into snails and are now merrily wandering around the tank. P.S. The pictures were taken at f8, 1.5s on a 50mm f1.8 with extension tubes.

You want to be feeding more ammonia in. Use this calculator to work out how much to add. http://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm

Ask the staff in Homebase where it is. I looked round the Leeds shop for ages before finding in the cleaning/mops/brushes area.

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Animation of snail growth over three days. One day per frame. You can see the algae growing too. Some people may dislike snails, but we love the new visitors to our home - for now anyway!

OK, other questions then... How will peppered corys take to a newly cycled tank then? And what easily available stock would live happily with them in a new tank... More tank readings: Last night after my test (day 16) I added ammonia to get it to around 3.5 This morning under daylight...

Hiya vinylman. Are you suggesting Neons might not be good for a new tank, or have I misunderstood? I've been to Paws for Thought on York Road a lot, they have Neon Tetras in a tank with Peppered Corys which both look visually very good and I assume they get on together in the long term. From...

I'm in Leeds too, and I've just looked at your Media Donation link. I wish I'd seen it sooner. Duncan.

Hello Again, The plants are growing quickly so are the snails!! The small tank is very bright with two 15w bulbs which were on about 12 hours a day (now shortened slightly) However I guess the Nitrate results are still quite low. I think the API master kit readings for Nitrate are fairly...

Thanks for your nice words. I don't know what plants I have, I need to spend some time working it all out actually. I've described the camera setup above in the thread. It's all down to the extension tubes on the SLR and of course a tripod. Cheers Again, Duncan.

I've been reading about the peppered cory here: <a href="http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Corydoras_paleatus" target="_blank">http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Corydoras_paleatus</a> And we be getting more than just two, thanks for your advice too. I can't see there being room for 6 though! And...

Hiya OldMan47. I've been cycling since the 11th, I add ammonia up to 3-4ppm every night and the next night it's almost back to 0, and so is the nitrite. It's almost fully cycled surely? As a followup to the snails eggs, they've changed a lot since yesterday: Saturday Sunday Tape measure...

Here are the timers I just bought from B&Q £2.99 each, 2 for £5.