Recent content by pobdave

In all honesty,al 29US gal tank is rather small for a pair of clown loaches. With your planned setup I would make sure I fed some frozen brine shrimp pr bloodworm at lightsout. I have a pair of clown loaches in a community tank but-at the moment my loaches think they are peppered corries!!

What exactly is 'petland' and other outlets... Im in the UK and we dont have these ''pet super centres''-except for garden centres that masquerade as lfs als due to the ornamentalvalue of fish.

What are you planning on having in that tank?

Off Topic but..''Trolling''! If that is what yourefer to as advice other than the usual..'your tank is too small,lower the PH' then I supose Im guilty.Im offering advice based on my OWN experience NOT being a google intellectual like some who could be classed as such. If my advice is classed...

In my experience-fishless cycling is crap!!! You are left uncertain. What would you prefer? Edit-nothing can substanstiate fishless cycling being either more humane or superior.Dont waste time or money pandering to supposed isues. I would bet that most of the people dying to jump in here...

In laymans' terms... Buy a few fish and put them in! Get a few guppies,chances are they wil be OK,should they start gasping then take them back. From reputable teat kits I have had readings that NO fish would have been able to survive. Take the plunge and reject all the self righteous...

What test kit are you using? I find the best indicator of water quality is the fish themselves.That is why I consider fishless cycling,although morally correct,to be flawed.You never really know if your readings are a true representation of the water and it's params. I have just cycled using a...

Im using AP master test kit-the liquid one.

Eggs now appear fungussed and no sign of anything hatched. :(

Increased the bioload the day before yesterday and moved all my fish into the tank. Load is as follows. 4 bronze corries 4 peppered corries 4 syndontis petricola 2 clown loaches 1 male/3 female guppies 1 male/2 female mollies 6 cardinal/4 neon tetras 1 peacock eel 1 L-18 golden nugget floating...

Did these deaths occurr shortly after a water change? Hatchets are very sensitive to water changes and conditioners must always be used.Im thinking maybe your local water params may have fluctuated or did you change de-chloro product?

Heavy filtration is a big no-no! Yes-the water quality will be better and it will be more aesthetic for yourself but the frogs and their lateral lines will feel as if they have a powerdrill ringing in their ears permanently! They do NOT like current.In the wild they do not live in streams with...

Ok... Undergravel filter-minimal disturbance and noise-caves and weeds. Dont be too sensitive with the water changes-they are used to crap conditions and too good conditions are unnatural.That does not mean neglect them though! Pm me if you have any more questions...im tied for time this moment.

Thats normal.

Nearly 2 weeks now,stopped using afet second bottle at ten quid a throw-last Saturday.Water changes with just de-cholo now. Have not done a water change tonight.Will test tomorrow pm and test and change accordingly.