Recent content by Rjoepenk

I completely resent that; you're totally out of order there. If you bothered to read the post properly you will note the past tense being used: I COULDN'T spare the time, so I didn't buy any fish until I did have time. Now I do have the time, and I am trying to look after them, but nobody starts...

I didn't do anything to try and cycle the tank, like I said I couldn't spare the time to look after the fish properly so I didn't want to add them straightaway, I only added water to allow the PH to neutralise. I checked all the parameters anyway just before I put them in as I thought I'd better...

No, I added fish a month after I set the tank up as I didn't have the time to look after them properly when I first bought the tank. When they went in all the readings - PH, Amm, trite, trate - were perfect and then the levels rose, and then fell. I will keep testing daily and see how things...

I mean I've had fish in there for about three weeks and all three readings were at next to nothing last week, so I assumed it had cycled. Maybe I've done too many water changes during the cycling process? What do you reckon? I've been doing about 25% every 3-4 days, have I screwed it up?

I use Interpret tapsafe as my dechlor, and my test kit is API. What do you mean by test the tap water? For ammonia? I know the PH is around 7.6

I'm sorry if I seemed a bit abrupt in my previous response. I bought these fish to chill out and whilst I wasn't expecting not to have any work to do, it seems there is always a problem around the corner. I will be working full time in a couple of months (I'm a student at present) and at that...

I am slightly suspicious that my filter may be broken, the funnel at the top is producing a flow but there is now 'suction' at the bottom where the water goes in. My ammonia is between 0.75-1 and I can't get it down, the tank was cycled last week but no matter how water changes I do now it just...

Thanks for the responses, judging by people's replies I think the best course of action would be to see if my LFS will allow me to return the betta if it's stressed, then add one and see whether or not they co-exist peacefully. On another note I'm sorry, but I just don't understand how my tank...

Just those: four 1.5" Chocolate Lyretail Mollies (Two male, two female). I'm not sure on what I plan to put in really except that I know I'm not interested in Guppies or Tetras and I want a Pleco at some point, although I'm not sure which. The Mrs wants a Male Fighter, but I'm not putting one in...

I have a 17G tank that is almost cycled adn am thinking of adding a male fighter next: bad idea? And also, is it likely to eat the fry that they have recently conceived if I can add it?

So I am pretty set on getting one the next time I get paid, but I can't find anywhere in the UK that sells them. Some people on here have mentioned finding places that sell them but irritatingly they haven't specified where...

Am going to the shop to return it before I go to work tomorrow. I will probably sell the babies back to the shop I bought them from to be honest, I didn't plan on this and can't afford to buy a bigger tank, and I don't want to keep them in an environment they won't be happy in.

Ah, ok. My ammonia count as of tonight is 0.2, the Nitrite kit I bought was missing the card needed to read the test results so I am unable to take a reading of that at the moment, and I have been told by numerous sources that reading the Nitrate levels is not absolutely essential as it can only...

Well, I gave it a go. I don't have a water changer so went for the old-fashioned Jugs, Bucket and Swearing technique! After feeding my fish I switched everything off, emptied 20% into the bucket I had bought just for PWC's, emptied it and then did as some people suggested - mixed hot and cold...

Cheers! They are Chocolate Lyretail Mollies, there's two males and two females, and we can only count three babies (There are lots of hiding places in the tank). The tank is 64L (Around 17 Gallon) and is currently in the middle of cycling. What do you mean by parameters?