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Can anyone tell me if there is any soft coral or pulsing plant I can put in my freshwater tank? There are tropical fish in there. I think the pulsing plants look brilliant :)

Done the high ph test and result is 7.4ph

My wife did the tests. I was at work. She did shake the tubes quite vigorously. I'll ask her to do the higher ph test and let you know the result. Will do all the tests again just to sure and will ask her to shake as advised :) My tank has been crystal clear since the last water change...

got my test kit earlier. Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate all 0. ph seems pretty high 7.6. Is this ok? If not, how can I fix it?

I realised my filter stopped giving bubbles because it was moved when i cleaned the tank few days ago. Fish stayed at the top of tank mostly. Sorted now and they seem happier :) Also found i was feeding them too mucn. Can't get a bigger tank yet due to room space! Will choose right fish and...

Done a 50% water change earlier, also went to lfs who tested water. They said all is ok but ammonia is slightly high. I was in a rush and forgot to ask what typ of test they've done! Should have my new test kit tomorrow so can test properly at home. Going to do a 30% water change tomorrow to...

That's the one :)

I'll do another test and see what it reads. The test doesn't seem to test for ammonia! Have oredered the api test kit so looking forward to getting that. Does the api kit test for ammonia? The test strips no2 starts from 0, next bloxk is 1, then is 5 and so on. So can't really get an...

Thanks tamtam. Hoping can get the cycle sorted :) will be investing in the api test kit. Have the tetra 6 in 1 test kit at moment with quite a few strips left. I did a test a few minutes ago with the following results. The test reckons all is well and...

I'm sure they (lfs) said 1 inch per litre!!

Yep, want the best for the fish :) Got the tank for the kids, but me and the mrs will be doing all the cycling, cleaning etc. Going to have a search on different types of fish and see which we'd like to go for and if they're compatible with each other and take it from there (and post on...

Have read that and feel good but then speaking to assistant at lfs gets confusing again!!

Thanks for all the above info. librarygirl. I have read up on cycling etc. and the bacteria bloom (clouding). It's just everytime I speak to assisstants at lfs, they advise different things! Not sure which testing kit they use but will get one done tomorrow and find out results and type of...

Hi all, I got a small tank for the kids (48 litre) with a live plant. Hoping to get another live plant in there. Have gravel, decorations too. It has been running for almost 2 weeks (tomorrow). I noticed there was a little clouding going on. Spoke to guy at lfs and he advised me to do a 30%...

Thankyou fort384 for the welcome and especially the info. I think in future, I wont use the lfs I have used. I remember reading neons aren't good starter fish but thought I'd go with advice from the lfs thinking they know what they're on about! The water in the tank has all cleared. I have...