I think my cycle broke....

[Fishmanic]

You should do a very large water change...nearly 100% --- to remove nitrates. You want nitrates to be 10 or less before adding fish. Hope it works out for you (finally).

 

[Rocky998]

You should do a very large water...nearly 100% --- to remove nitrates. You want nitrates to be 10 or less before adding fish. Hope it works out for you (finally).

I filling it with the hose... not a bucket... Imma just add dechlorinater to the tank and put the hose in

 

[Colin_T]

Unless there is a pellet my lps sells that has spiriluna

Buy spirulina tablets from a health food store and use those for algae eating fish. We did it for yrs in the shop. It's a lot cheaper than buying special spirulina based fish foods.

Peacock gudgeons don't normally take dry food (flake or pellet). They normally take live or frozen foods. You can try them on dry foods but they might go hungry.

 

[Rocky998]

Buy spirulina tablets from a health food store and use those for algae eating fish. We did it for yrs in the shop. It's a lot cheaper than buying special spirulina based fish foods.

Peacock gudgeons don't normally take dry food (flake or pellet). They normally take live or frozen foods. You can try them on dry foods but they might go hungry.

Prime time aquatics said: "There is no fish that "only" eats live or freezed foods. Just keep feeding them the dry foods and eventually they will be hungry enough to try some." It makes sense... The first few weeks I will only feed dry foods because I dont want to deal with frozen stuff just yet... I do want it, but imma wait a week or so.

 

[Rocky998]

Out of curiosity, should I clean the aquarium glass before adding fish? I haven't done it yet since getting the tank.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Out of curiosity, should I clean the aquarium glass before adding fish? I haven't done it yet since getting the tank.

Won't hurt anything...just keep cleaning to a minimum, glass only

 

[Rocky998]

Won't hurt anything...just keep cleaning to a minimum, glass only

Ok. When I brought it up to my mom she said: "You should have thought about that BEFORE ordering the fish" .... I will try to get to it but if I cant clean the glass, could it be deadly for the fish?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Ok. When I brought it up to my mom she said: "You should have thought about that BEFORE ordering the fish" .... I will try to get to it but if I cant clean the glass, could it be deadly for the fish?

No...the fish will be fine with dirty glass...it's just biofilm and/or algae

 

[Rocky998]

No...the fish will be fine with dirty glass...it's just biofilm and/or algae

Ok, thats good to hear. Thank you!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Ok, thats good to hear. Thank you!

 

[Essjay]

Scrape the glass clean just before doing the big water change so you vacuum up any bits it leaves in the water.


I recently bought one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000S5JMXI/?tag=ff0d01-20
and it removed everything, even traces of nerite eggs.

 

[Rocky998]

Scrape the glass clean just before doing the big water change so you vacuum up any bits it leaves in the water.


I recently bought one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000S5JMXI/?tag=ff0d01-20
and it removed everything, even traces of nerite eggs.

Looks cool, but, for some reason this product isnt available much in the US. I saw it on eBay...

 

[Essjay]

That's interesting, I would have expected Tetra products to be available in the US

 

[Rocky998]

That's interesting, I would have expected Tetra products to be available in the US

Oh tetra is very much available in the U.S... Just not that product from them I guess.

 

[Essjay]

Unless sellers are scared people will injure themselves. I cut my hand on mine when putting things away in the garden shed in the dark and caught the corner of the blade. That'll teach me to use a torch in future


Edit - torch in the UK = flashlight in the US