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Hi, so I tested my water before I added food and was getting ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and 5 nitrates. A few days after adding the food I’m getting ammonia 0.25, nitrites 0, nitrates 5 Would this be considered a mini cycle? Not quite sure what I need to do? Or, am I fine because there was still the...

Thanks for the reply. So if I ghost feed, and my tank hasn’t retained much of my previous cycle, I should expect to see an ammonia spike?

I had a previously well established tank, which housed my 8 yr old Cichlid. He died about 2 months ago and I have kept the tank running but haven’t been adding food or anything. A week ago I took out all the old decorations and added lava rock and live plants. Then yesterday I changed the...

Hi, I received some smooth lava rock today. They were fairly clean already but I washed in a bucket of water and scrubbed with a toothbrush before adding to the aquarium. Now I’m reading I should of boiled or treated with bleach. Should I remove them or would I have already compromised the...

Hi, what are your thoughts on the below stocking for 16 gallon 1 Bolivian ram 1 peacock Gudgeon 4 peppered Corys 6 tetra or raspbora of some description

Could I get 1 Bolivian with the corys or would it be lonely? And would it attack them? What could I get instead of the Bolivians? Is there anything with personality, that is friendly? Btw tank size in inches is 24L x 12w x 14h so slightly bigger than 15 gallon

Hi, I have a 60l (15 gal) tank. After losing my 8 year old Firemouth Cichlid a few weeks back I want to do a community tank this time around rather than keeping a single fish. I think I want 2 Bolivian Rams and was thinking some corys (peppered or Pygmy), say 5 and maybe some tetras. Would this...

Thank you for the response. Yeah I also thought about space so I have removed/ moved ornaments to give him more room. I have had him for about 8 years so the tank is well established. I haven’t changed the filter sponge recently but I usually only squeeze it out in aquarium water when I’m doing...

Also I have tried looking on so many websites but it’s hard to match this white spot with anything which is why I am unsure. I thought cotton wool disease but then it doesn’t exactly look like other images I have seen online. This is the only spot on his body More concerning is the gasping for...

He is the only fish in a 60ltr tank. When I noticed him not well I did a water change 25% that day and increased aeration. unfortunately I forgot to test water prior to the first change however 30 mins after I tested and the the nitrates were high, around 20 and ammonia was somewhere between 0...

Hi, wondering if anyone can advise what this infection might be (bacterial /fungal). My firemouth has been looking like he is gasping for a few weeks now and just mostly lethargic and not eating. At first he was sitting at the bottom of the tank then after some water changes he was hanging near...