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yea its the api one.i did shake it a bit but not alot and i didnt wait the 5 mins either.   64l tank,and she seems to be swimming ok ,when she does come out.   Plecs are bristle nose,one is a baby and the other around an inch long.I only got the second one on saturday as the original one...

hi,   ph is around 7 ammonia is 0 nirite is 0 nitrate is 0   used a liquid kit   Tank is well cycled,i did a fishless cycle   There are 3 mollys ,3 platys and a baby one and 2 plecos,ive only just put the 3 mollys and 3 platys in,last saturday.   Just been to have another look and its as though...

Hi guys,   I recently brought 3 molly's , 1 black and 2 white.   Now on day 3 of them in my tank and 1 of them is acting strange.   The one white one seems to be always hiding in the hollow log at the bottom . does come out on occasion and have a swim about but goes back.I've also noticed that...

Hi sorry to hear this,   I've had the same problem recently ,11 fish died ,with no explanation,over the coarse of about a week.The only thing i had changed was my heater as the original one was broken.Then once they started dying i removed my danios took them to the store to save them.  ...

Ok checked this morning and he/she is swimming upside down and sideways etc...   Must be swim bladder, time for a DE shelled pea.   Only thing is I know I have to stop feeding them for a while but wont the lack of food affect the other fish in my tank?   Or do I need to isolate the poorly fish??

Hey all   First of all my perimeters etc   PH 6 Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 10 ppm Temp 26 64 litre tank 2 live plants (not sure what they are but been there since fish less cycling) 2 mollys 1 pleco 1 swordtail 6 platys (think this is correct ,ive forgotten)   One of my mollys is...

took my driftwood out and after a 50% wc and then tested the next morning the PH is back down to 6 again???   Really doing my head in now cause the tank is cycled and i wanna put fish in but this Ph issues is driving me bonkers.   Ive read crushed coral can help so im thinking of that,i know i...

I tested my water from the tap today and it was around the 7.6 mark.   I tested my tank water approx 24 hrs after a 40% water change and it had dropped to 6 Ph ??

Heya again guys.   My tank seems to be now cycled im adding ammonia and 24hrs later its gone with no sign of nitrites and nitrates are at a safe level.   My problem is the PH level has again dropped to around 6 ,I did a 40% water change and tested the next day and the Ph was still 6 (i didnt...

Ok i did do a 50 ish % water change last Monday and got the ph back to 7.6 ish.   What has made it drop so quick in 4 days almost?

Hey guys.   Im fishless cycling and using ammonia.   My ammonia levels are going down as suggest by the guide on this site but my nitrite and nitrate levels dont seem to be going anywhere (except UP in nitrate)Nitrite is over 5pp and nitrate is around 80ppm perhaps more.   surely this cannot be...

Hey all hope you are all well ?   I'm in the process of fishless cycling and finally the ammonia levels started to drop and nitrite and nitrate started to rise. Hurrah !!   After a few days I noticed the ammonia level had got to less than 0.25 ppm and nitrite was 5 ppm + ,and now my nitrate has...

ive just thought of something else.   When I brought my 2 sets of live plants they have a small piece of foam and a kind of metal clip on the bottom of them to hold all the stems together,Should I of removed this ,is that the cause of my strange white slime and oily surface water ??

yea I was gonna do a 25% water change on Monday get the 4ppm down a little And no I don't have any rocks,just a lump of wood from the aquatics store

I'm almost 3 weeks into a fishless cycle, bearing in mind I didn't add ammonia until at least day 6,before that and during I was using a filter start solution by interpet.   I used the calculator on here for the required amount of ammonia to be added, which I did. My ammonia level shot up to...