Recent content by UkNath

Don’t worry first thing monday i will be getting some water sprite for the top surface and thankyou i’ll add them one species at a time and do it slowly, id rather be patient and overly cautious then let my inexperience harm any fish and hopefully in the future as i get more aware i may be able...

Honestly thankyou so much! You’ve spent a lot of time helping me through and giving me sound advice i will ditch the co2 booster and just continue with the leaf zone fertiliser for the plants shall i do this as stated once a week or a little more often (feeding plants once a week seems sparse)...

Okay i shall a do a 90% water change. Is it that the tank is in essence probably already ‘cycled’ then as i have seen a spike in ammonia and nitrite whilst they both then fell and got replaced by nitrates and therefore will be safe to add the fish ? Or will i have to in effect now do a fish-in...

Oh shoot have i messed up then here ? I’ve been adding ammonium chloride up to 2ppm every time ammonia has got down to 0 and i’ve seen the ammonia spike and then fall then the nitrite spike and fall whilst nitrates rising i have also been trying to keep nitrites down to readable levels and safe...

Okay thankyou very much ! I’ve currently no fish at the moment i’m just getting towards the end of my fishless cycle after 19 days and have tested 0ppm ammo and nitrites for the past 3 days whist adding 2ppm of ammonia however it took 24-48 hours so as soon as it’s down to 24 hours to get from...

I’m sorry i’m just re-reading your advice again tonight planning the fish i will hopefully be getting monday as todsy i again tested no nirite or ammonia and high nitrates and am just wondering when you said .... ‘One of the "dwarf" species of cory (8-9)’ .... does this mean i could have 8 pygmy...

Cheers and there are a couple of tiny independent stores around but i mean like a sort of terraced house turned shop small but nonetheless worth a look. The larger independent store in my area is called daves aquarium and whilst i don’t want to talk bad of a place it simply wouldn’t be my ideal...

Thankyou again for all your help i’ll have a look into dwarf cory species and also into getting myself some floating plants before adding any of the gourami. Thankyou so much !

Thankyou very much for the detailed reply! I will take your advice on board and do 50% water changes weekly, ditch the guppy idea and the dwarf gourami. I’ve just done a quick research on your suggested fish and do you feel the T.hengeli or the T.espei would be available at local push stores...

Evening, sorry to bother you all but i’m relatively new to fish keeping. I’m 19 and we’ve always had a fish tank but i decided it’s now time to get one for myself in my room. I’m currently day 22 in a fishless cycle and tested 0ppm ammo and nitrite today with 80ppm nitrates. I’m going to do a...