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Cool, thanks for the reply :)   I'll read more into a planted tank then. You say for planted I should 'dirt' the tank? Is this special aquarium substrate or would any good quality soil/fertiliser bag work?   OK I'll stick to fishless once I get round to it then, I still have some ammonia...

Hey everyone :)   Currently I have a small setup, 40L, 4 Harlequins, 4 Endlers & 3 Peppered Corys. The tanks been set up about 6 months now and everything is going fine. I'm wanting to get a larger tank soon, and make it more of a centrepiece in the room rather than just a 'hobby' tank. I came...

Well I did daily changes and the rest of the fish seem fine and the tank seems to have cleared up too... I am just confused because i didnt think a ammonia/nitire spike would cause visibly different water... however it does seem a mini cycle or spike was the cause... even though the tank was...

I figured the slight ammonia and nitrite was from a small spike, as obviously even though it is cycled it still needs to adjust to the fish's bioload. I do use flakes but I stopped because the Rasboras don't eat them and cory's usually leave them on the bottom.... So I thought I better stop...

Hey everyone.   Long story short: I set up my tank (gravel sub, unplanted, 40L) successfully fishless cycled it, and stocked with 5 HQ Rasboras and 3 Peppered Corys about 3-4 weeks ago. 4 days ago the smallest of the Corys was floating to the top, a gentle tap on the glass made him swin down...

Ahh Ok/// Do you think I'd be ok to pick up 2 more corys in a few weeks? to make it 5 and 5? Or just leave it at 3 and 5?

Yeah we're looking to get more, but didn't wanna overload it immediately, just like everything else in this hobby it seems patience is the key :P   Sticking with the small fish, what else would be worth looking into? Besides the Tetra variants... Im hoping If I can keep the fish on the small...

Just an Update!   I reached the 12 hours mark for 0/0 on thursday, and redosed friday morning to check and friday night we were back at 0/0   Today we went to get our first fish and came home with 3 Peppered Corys and 5 Harlequin Rasboro's   So far tank and fish are all doing great, and...

Ok so 12 hours on, ammonia is 0 and Nitrites are about 2ppm so not quite at the 12 hour mark yet.   What's the best way from here? Let the bacteria sort ALL the Ammonia > Nitrate before redosing, or just put 4ppm in every 24 hours and retest 12 hours after dosing until it is zero?

Bit of a novice here, but If the tank is planted (I am assuming due to their being an algae problem too) then wouldn't the plants convert Nitrates into other compounds**, therefore giving the test kit nothing to read... as there geniunely are no nitrates?   (**Nitrogen/Oxygen I think, but don't...

SKY BLUE BABYYYY!   Added another 4ppm yesterday afternoon after posting, and just did my tests.   Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrates - 80   ^_^ I don't wanna jinx it but I think I'm done!!   I guess the final thing is to dose 4ppm now, and then check both again at bedtime. :D :D

Good News :D   I've been dosing 4ppm of ammonia every 24 hours while waiting to see a change in nitrites. I was starting to lose faith because everytime I tested it was a deep purple. Today I felt like doing more accurate results.... I took 5ml of tank water in one phial, 1ml tank / 4ml tap in...

Just did a test along with a 1ml/4ml diluted test. Although it took longer to turn, it shortly turned the same fuschia colour :P Meaning my Nitrites are ridiculously off the charts...

3 Days of Fushia so far.

Thanks mate. Just added 3ppm of Ammonia again. Anything the NOB's like that I could do to improve? I've set the temp to 30-31'C because I know they like it warmer, but what about aeration/surface disturbance? Would this speed up/hinder the development?