Oops I Bought Another Tank....

Schmill · Nov 3, 2008

If the pictures don't do it justice it must look AMAZING in 'real-life'

shelaghfishface · Nov 3, 2008

now why cant i find a man that accidently buys a new tank

looks great,but that plant as someone quite rightly said isnt aquatic and will rot, better planting it and putting in on the windowsill,its a dracnea or something like that,

shelagh xxx

muzzy · Nov 3, 2008

shelaghfishface said:
now why cant i find a man that accidently buys a new tank
looks great,but that plant as someone quite rightly said isnt aquatic and will rot, better planting it and putting in on the windowsill,its a dracnea or something like that,

shelagh xxx

lol im sure if you ask someone really really nice then they might.
thanks for letting me know about the plant, ill have to take out that plant i dont want it dieing in there.

muzzy · Nov 3, 2008

muzzy said:
shelaghfishface said:

now why cant i find a man that accidently buys a new tank
looks great,but that plant as someone quite rightly said isnt aquatic and will rot, better planting it and putting in on the windowsill,its a dracnea or something like that,

shelagh xxx

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lol im sure if you ask someone really really nice then they might.
thanks for letting me know about the plant, ill have to take out that plant i dont want it dieing in there.

Ok, non aquatic plant removed and replaced with a lilly

Also moved it cos it was a little to loud in the bedroom at night.

Thanks again guys for the advise

osiris · Nov 3, 2008

Go for the Dwarf Chiclids, they stay small, have character and if the water is perfect and setup etc they may breed!!

i dont think they are nearly as aggressive as the bigger chiclids but do when spawning and raising the young, go for a pair of rams, a pair of krebs and a pair of fairy chiclids. :good:

muzzy · Nov 3, 2008

osiris said:
Go for the Dwarf Chiclids, they stay small, have character and if the water is perfect and setup etc they may breed!!

i dont think they are nearly as aggressive as the bigger chiclids but do when spawning and raising the young, go for a pair of rams, a pair of krebs and a pair of fairy chiclids.

do the fairy cichlids have to be male and female?

Schmill · Nov 3, 2008

muzzy said:
Ok, non aquatic plant removed and replaced with a lilly
Also moved it cos it was a little to loud in the bedroom at night.

Thanks again guys for the advise

Just took my second of the two out tonight, only one leaf left on it. I also read on here someone said that if the plant has white in the leaves then when it does rot it leaches loads of ammonia. I'm now wondering if that is where the ammonia spike I've been having recently may have come from...

muzzy · Nov 28, 2008

HAHA!!! its ready!!!
I can now get some fishies!!!

Got a quick question... i will need to get the fish in as soon as i can but if i can do it until sunday is it going to be ok for me to just keep adding the ammonia until i can?

Cheers all

muzzy · Nov 29, 2008

hi all

Something is a little messed up and i need you help..... for the last month ive been doing a fishless cycle and its all been going to plan.

Ammonia was put in, it went off the chart
then nitrites went off the chart,
nitrates were off the chart as well
ammonia started dropping to 0 so put more in to keep the bacteria going,
and then the other day the nitrites went down to 0

So far so good, i was planning to get some fish tomorrow after i did a water change but having checked the ammonia, nitrites and nitrates ammonia is now 8+ nitrite is 0 and nitrates are 0.

This doesnt seem right.... can anyone give me a clue to whats going on??

Thanks