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  1. fish_food

    Ammonia In The Tap Water

    Hello all! I'm new to fish keeping and I have a query about water quality.   My current set up involves a 100L tank containing 1 bubble-eye goldfish and a small pond containing 5 goldfish (a mix of orlandas and regular goldfish).  I've had some trouble recently with ammonia poisoning with my...
  2. MadameFizzgig

    Quickly Cycle A Tank To Combat Ammonia Poisoning - How?!

    Alright, I made a post a few days ago regarding my violet goby and he seems to now be showing signs of ammonia poisoning. I had him in an uncycled tank. I've done 2 25% water changes so far and attempted to add one of those fizzy ammonia tabs to lower the levels, but no luck. He's still gasping...
  3. H

    Nitrate Levels Won't Go Down!

    Hi all,   So basically, I've had my tank set up for nearly a year now, and It's been fine for a long time. Recently (about 2 months ago) I noticed that the Nitrate levels were increasing, I increased the number of water changes to twice a week. Now I didn't take a lot of water out the second...
  4. Mamashack

    Qt Bacterial Bloom And Ammonia With Ro Water?

    I'm in the process of setting up a quarantine tank for some new shrimp I'm getting this week. I'm using the 12L to quarantine the new ones when they arrive in a couple of days. My plan was to use a mature spare filter that has been running in the 60L platy tank for months now. Also going to run...
  5. W

    Treating Clown Popeye Ammonia Help

    hiya, ive had to setup a qt tank due to my old clownfish injuring her eye and getting pop eye, im on day 2 of myxazin which treats popeye, 1.5-2ml of it in a 28liter qt tank, think is i need to do water changes cos the ammonia is creeping up ever so slightly and i want it nominal, the question...
  6. TheFishCellar

    Test Kits.

    Hi guys !    It seems it about time for me to get a new test kit, so i was wondering if any body has had any experiences with a particular kit witch has made you go " WOW , that's awesome" or "CHRIST , that's naf "  i'd prefer to make up my own test kit of different brands this time so i can get...
  7. simonero

    Ph, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate Problem... Need Advice & Knowledge&#

    Hello there!!!   Due to thievery of buckets and general busyness/laziness with perfectly maintained tanks... my tanks are no longer perfectly maintained and my water is crazy.  Now I have some questions.  For the stats, after the LFS telling me I had issues, I bought a test kit yesterday to test...
  8. B

    Very High Ph

    Hi all, New to hobby and have a few questions. 20 Gal tank that is about 6 weeks old. We probably should have waited but were worried about only have 3 danios, so we found a small locally owned store, and bought 2 snow white danios. So we have 5 danios, a platy and a mollie. They also recommend...
  9. F

    Ammonia Crisis, Fix Old Or Use New Tank?

    Sooo... My Daughter moved to japan and left us with her comet goldfish, a black moor, and a pleco, 3",1.5", and 3". They're currently in a 5gal tank. Just got the API kit ( fish acting oddly lately) and ammonia is 8+ ppm, Ph 6.0, nitrites .5-1, nitrates 160. We had figured they needed a larger...
  10. P

    Cycling, Maintenance And Stocking

    Hello,   After my initial attempt at cycling my 125L tank for 33 days without any drop in ammonia, I cleaned out the tank and filter completely and started again.   On the second attempt the only difference was that instead of using water from the tap I filtered if through a Pozzani to remove...
  11. Kabernick30

    Mini Cycle?

    Will changing the filter pad cause an ammonia spike or are most of the benefial bacteria in the c nodes (i have a fluval c3 filter), should i replace it or just rinse it out a bit in declorinated water?
  12. C

    Api Stress Coat: False Ammonia Readings?

    About 50 years ago, I used to have an aquarium -- a very happy healthy one.  My success must have been blind beginner's luck, because I knew nothing of the nitrogen cycle, yet my tank flourished!  Okay, so here I am 50 years later, trying to pick up this hobby where I left off.  Unfortunately, I...
  13. TemStar

    Cycling After Fish Fail?

    So I had a tank for about a month and 2 weeks ago I began testing the water. I saw that the nitrates were through the roof! So I had been doing water changes everyday of 20% and then eventually to 50%. After I saw no difference, I did an 80% and all the fish died, but anywho...   With a fishless...
  14. P

    Advice Needed On My Water - Please

    Hello All,   I am sorry to be having to ask a fishless cycle question when there is so much information available online, but here goes again…   My tank is a newly set up 125 L Fluval with an Eheim Professional 3 filter.  I measured the water going in and there is 112 L.  There is a 1 cm think...
  15. P

    New Setup, Water Readings

    Hello All,   I have a new setup as follows:   Roma 125 tank Eheim Professional 3 250 filter   I put 1 cm of Tropica Plant Substrate in a couple of days ago, then 3-4 cm of gravel that came supplied with the tank over this, a medium piece of washed in fresh water bogwood from Petsathome and a...
  16. FB333

    Nitrites In 1 Day!? Bloom?

    Hi all,   This is my first post on this forum, although I have been reading it for some time now.   I have recently purchased a 25l tank for a single male betta to live in.   I have planned to do a fishless cycle and have been reading about it for weeks prior to buying my tank.   I got my tank...
  17. Ch4rlie

    Ammonia And Bacteria Starter Sources

    I thought I would start a new thread on where to source ammonia and live bacteria starter for those of you wanting to start a Fishless Cycles.   Link for Fishless Cycle -  http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/421488-cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first/   Since I am UK based...
  18. LunaBug

    Plants Helping With Ammonia?

    I have been reading up on easy to care for plants to add to my aqueon evolve and was looking for some input. I came across the Marimo Moss Balls and was wondering if anyone had experience with these. From my understanding they are a great addition to the bio filtration in a tank and are helpful...
  19. LunaBug

    Ornament Of Death?!

    So I've had this nagging suspicion about an ornament that I purchased for my tank. The local petsmart had this lovely porcelain looking Buddha statue in their aquarium ornament section and I didn't think twice when I purchased it. I've been having issues with the tank that I put it in having...
  20. L

    Gasping Fish

    I set up a 10 gallon tank just over a week ago and have 3 guppies. The water has been tested often and I'm doing water changes about every other day. My fish eat well (I feed them once a day) and overall seem fine, but recently one keeps opening and closing it's mouth. The tank isn't cycled yet...
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