Recent content by v8will

Thanks again for the advice, I've brought the ammonia level up to around 8ppm and I'll monitor it over the next few days to see how it decreases. Funnily enough my other plants are thriving and the tank lights are on around 14-16 hours per day, except for trying to slow the algae bloom. Lough...

I began fishless cycling my tank on 4th Sept, added some ammonia (and then some more 1 week later, correct amount calculated for 115 litres), API Stress coat and some API Zyme+. Only got my API master test kit today, showing 2ppm Ammonia but no Nitrate or Nitrite. I have 4 plants in the tank...

Ok, well I made my first error. Didn't buy the API master test kit, well there is one on route to me so I should have it by Monday or Tuesday. The API test strip kit I did buy doesn't fulfill my needs but shows the following: water spec GH 120-180 (colours somewhere between the two) KH 120...

Thank you, this forum has been invaluable already. Hopefully it'll keep me on the right path I've got a new pump so cycling has begun.

Hi Everyone Brand stinkin' new to this forum but I've done a spot of lurking for a while... Anyway, I picked up a Rekord 800 kit a few months back and due to the demands of work, SWMBO etc I've only managed to get a look at setting it up in the past few days. Didn't much fancy the proper...