Recent content by biorb

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Thanks, didn't want to go through that whole cycling business again. Plus my plants have all taken root and it would have been more of a nightmare to sterilize all the gravel.

I had been really pleased with my tank over the last few months until I got greedy. I bought some black neon's and got them home into the tank then noticed they had ich. After an initial panick i slowly cranked the heat up to 85F. After a week my 3 guppies and 2 cherry barbs were totally...

Lot's of good replies cheers, I have been using tetrafin dechlorinator but i searched AA for brita and there were some positive things to say about it. Some people suggesting it would remove enogh limescale in order to lower pH. The tank was a christmas present, i assumed by doing a good...

I have a 10 gal biorb which is cycled and up and running for 3 months. It currently has 4 guppies and 4 cherry barbs all doing well and some live plants( oh and 1 rummynose). I bought 4 rummies last week and 3 died in the first 2 days, leaving 1 on his lonesome. I bought 3 more at the weekend (...

Hello people, After having a disaster with rummynose tetras this week i was wondering what do people recommend as the hardiest variety of tetra. Preferably the more placid species that don't nip fins. I still have one rummy left and he has started eating and generally doing ok, i have started...

To acclimatize the tetra's i just left the transport bag in the water for 30 minutes then used a net to spoon them across. I do 15% water changes weekly now that it is cycled. As for the crazy thing i can't comment, the tank is placed in the corner of the room and the fish seem to recognize the...

Hi, As this is my first post i thought i would thank all the great advice that got me through the first 2 months of my new aquarium successfully. I have a 10 gal biorb with 4 male guppies 4 cherry barbs 2 rummynose tetras and some assorted live plants. I managed to get my cycle established...