MrsM
Fishaholic
hi, just wanted to say hi to everyone 
im new to this fish keeping lark really, although i have studied hard and learnt alot (through mistakes!! 
)in the last month or so..my hubby started a tank up, its a 75(ish)ltr tropical tank, he had it runnig about a week, chucked in some white ball things,the man in the shop said it was to start the bacteria in the tank and that he could add fish as soon as he wanted...so hubby adds 3 danio, 2 whitecloud minnows...leaves it a week adds 2 guppy and a gourami, then the next week adds a cory catfish and a sucker fish and then finally 3 serpe tetra.....all seems well....THEN BAM the water goes cloudy...fish start dying left right and centre 
...hubby has a hissy fit :stupid: and wants to rehome the fish and put the tank on ebay....i was gutted 
so i decided i would take over the tank and fix this major problem...after trolling the web and visitig a more reputable fish shop...i descovered the fish had ich due to crappy water conditions, so i treat them with waterlife protozin for the whole 6 day course, then wacked the temp of the tank up a degree an hour until it was/is at 30-31 degrees, id read that ich will stop reproducing at that temp, its been at that temp for 8 days now, i read that it should be at that for 10 days just to ensure the ich had gone...after the treatment i put the carbon back in the filter and within a day or so the water went VERY cloudy, almost like milk, so off to google i went again...a bacterial bloom, not a bad thing i discovered 
so every day for the last few days ive done 15-20% water changes and i added a stocking of gravel from my cold water tank...seems it cleared over night after the gravel was added, its almost clear today and my nitrite levels are pretty much AOK!! after all that today i am left with an almost clear tank with 2 occupants the cory cat fish and the sucker fish(not sure of what his real name is 
im sure my tank is fully recovered and cycled i just want the water crystal clear before i add another inmate, sorry if i bored you...but if i ever have probs with water etc i can always refer to this post..lol...i look forward to advice and friendship, MrsM x
im new to this fish keeping lark really, although i have studied hard and learnt alot (through mistakes!! )in the last month or so..my hubby started a tank up, its a 75(ish)ltr tropical tank, he had it runnig about a week, chucked in some white ball things,the man in the shop said it was to start the bacteria in the tank and that he could add fish as soon as he wanted...so hubby adds 3 danio, 2 whitecloud minnows...leaves it a week adds 2 guppy and a gourami, then the next week adds a cory catfish and a sucker fish and then finally 3 serpe tetra.....all seems well....THEN BAM the water goes cloudy...fish start dying left right and centre ...hubby has a hissy fit :stupid: and wants to rehome the fish and put the tank on ebay....i was gutted so i decided i would take over the tank and fix this major problem...after trolling the web and visitig a more reputable fish shop...i descovered the fish had ich due to crappy water conditions, so i treat them with waterlife protozin for the whole 6 day course, then wacked the temp of the tank up a degree an hour until it was/is at 30-31 degrees, id read that ich will stop reproducing at that temp, its been at that temp for 8 days now, i read that it should be at that for 10 days just to ensure the ich had gone...after the treatment i put the carbon back in the filter and within a day or so the water went VERY cloudy, almost like milk, so off to google i went again...a bacterial bloom, not a bad thing i discovered so every day for the last few days ive done 15-20% water changes and i added a stocking of gravel from my cold water tank...seems it cleared over night after the gravel was added, its almost clear today and my nitrite levels are pretty much AOK!! after all that today i am left with an almost clear tank with 2 occupants the cory cat fish and the sucker fish(not sure of what his real name is im sure my tank is fully recovered and cycled i just want the water crystal clear before i add another inmate, sorry if i bored you...but if i ever have probs with water etc i can always refer to this post..lol...i look forward to advice and friendship, MrsM x
thanks for the welcome!!! just having a good nosey around, this forum seems a good place to "hang out" 
not sure i can actually write the name of the shop...but i have found one closer to home...run by a lovely man who actually knows what he is talking about..he's like a real life google haha!
