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Hi All I am in the process of cycling my second tank. It is 36x15x18 which I think makes it a 35 gallon tank. It will have plenty of bogwood, caves, plants etc and I would like a little advice from anyone who has kept one or more Rainbow sharks in a community tank. The guy at my local specialist...

Thats about what I thought. Thanks for confirming it. My local fish shop tried to tell me that 10 - 12 would be fine, the other day. I just agreed and left the shop.

How many white clouds for a 3 gallon tank would be acceptable?

We thought that White cloud mountain minnows would be a good start. This first tank is only a 3 gallon so it does not have a lot of water to absorb any mistakes and I understand the white clouds are a very hardy fish and good for beginners. We have also just started cycling a 33 gallon tank...

Thankyou for that. Unless anyone else has anything to add then I will assume that my tank is officially cycled and the little fishies can have a new house.

Hi All I started cycling my tank on 04/06/08 Everything went as it should and I think that the process is complete but I would just like someone else to confirm this for me. Each morning I bring the ammonia back up to 4 or 5 ppm. For the last couple of days things have been going like this: 12...

Thanks guys. Your help is much appreciated

Thanks for the info. Could anyone give me a quick idiots guide for using hot water and bleach ( how much bleach etc).

It sounds to me that I should stop trying to be such a tight *** and just buy the stuff. Great advice though, thanks for spending the time to help me out.

Thanks for that info. Perhapse I should add that this is a stream in the hills of cumbria that has had no chance to get polluted by any chemicals or pollutants. It infact only comes out of the side of the hill about 50 yards from my house. I don`t know if this makes any difference to the answer...

Hi We have a crystal clear stream that runs past my farmhouse which actually provides our drinking water and water for the aquarium for that matter. Can I use Rocks, gravel, sand etc from it for the aquarium ? If so what do I have to do to it in order to make sure it is ok? Any tests that I...

Thanks for all the good advice , it`s appreciated

Thanks for the reply. Yes there is a heater in the tank....25w, it is currently set at about 75 whilst it is cycling but that will go down to 67/68 ( assuming white clouds go in).

Hi all Although I used to keep Fancy Goldfish 25 years ago when I was a boy, since then I have not been involved in fish keeping. I have spent the last 2 months doing research on the net about how I need to start and this is where I`m up to. I started the fishless cycle about 3 weeks ago using...