Recent content by Crippsy999

yer ive done some research into drip acclimation using airline tubing. thanks for the advise!!

ahhh ok! once ammonia is converted to 0ppm in 24hrs for a few days am i right in saying i need 2 do a 90% water change?? let it settle and get to temp and then i can start stocking?? :fish2:!! :thanks:

hey, i just recently bought a 2nd hand tank off a friend, set it all up and i am now doing a fishless cycle. its a planted tank, temp is set up at 28c, also i am using the old filter which was running all ok, thinking being it would be good 'seeding' material. i started fishless cycle using...

thanks for all your advise!! ok so i think im going to try a honey gourami with the angel ( theres plenty of hiding space in the tank so will chance it if they dont get on i will move it 2 another tank) so then 3 zebra's angel gourami school of 5-6 lepord danios or do you think i could maybe...

ok so heres some idea's for stocking 3 zebra's 2 bristle nose plec's 1 angel fish school of maybe 5/6 Congo Tetra 1 maybe 2 if i can get away with it Yellow Honey Gourami any better?? im strugling here 4 ideas! :S

tank dimensions are 70cm long, 55 cm high, & 40 cm deep so its quite a high tank rather than long.ok zebra's im sold on! how many do you think? angel is a deffo, and i would quite like another maybe 2 colourfull fish in there, what would you recommend? maybe with a smaller school of tetra??

hey, yer i did mean bala sharks, ahh glad i asked sumone with a bit of knowledge! and as 4 the clown loaches :( i really like these! oh well if i cant have them i cant have them, what about Zebra Loach (Botia Striata). mumma if this was your tank what would you stock it with?

Hey Phil, yer I've got a test kit, I've got a nutrafin full test but not 2 happy with it so ordered up a API master kit, all levels are at 0 at the moment. Yes I used some of my old filter media. How long before I start seeing ammonia? I've got 4 prawns in there, but ammonia has been dispatched...

hey all! got my new tank cycling at the moment & wanted to know what i should stock it with?? was thinking maybe: 4 or so silver sharks 1 Angel fish 4 clown loach Siamese fighter and a small school of tetra's what do you think will it work?? overstocked? all advise would b appreciated as am...

Hi all rich here from not so sunny warwickshire, england. Jst got bak into freshwater aquariums- at the mo I'm cycling my 135l tank been cycling now 4 about 5 days using the prawn method but now have managed to order up so ammonia do hopefully things will b alot less smelly!! :) what do u think...