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that tank stayed nicely in good parameters with a weekly water chance to drop nitrate for 7 months ive now got a 5 foot 2 foot 2 foot tank up and running . 2 3 foot tanks + the original tank . had to split them up not due to water but due to territorial fighting , used the fishless cyclye again...

i have 6 really small chichlids would this be considered overstocked at there small size i have 2 tiny under 1" jack dempseys a 1.5 " greenterror a bumblebee hybrid chichlid thats about 1.5" a small 1" blue acara and a texas chiclid thats under1" im planning a larger tank already but they all...

just tested my water and ive got .5 ppm of ammonia im really confused and gutted whats the best course to take all other parameters are ok i had the stocking of gravel out for less than 3 hours so have put it back in ??? i have very small fish in the tank so wouldnt have thought theyd have...

just because the gravel is a different colour and size and its in a ugly stocking lol i have now got myself a 1.5" green terror and 2 tiny jack dempsy already looking for a bigger tank to upgrade to next :) james

cheers mate:) how soon can i remove my stocking of seeded media so that i dont upset my bacteria levels ? cheers james

nitrite 0 for two days solid now ,dosed one last time tonight then the water change tomorrow and drop the heater if tests show all is still well :) many thanks for all the help and support i will put a picture up on sunday nite for you guys to see what i get for the tank thanks again james

thought it may be worth putting that i did my tests about 3 hours earlyer today as i had to go out so may explain the nitrite still around will check in 24 hours bang on tomorrow cheers james

thanks guys today ammonia is 0 nitrite is at .25 :( and my nitrates are blood red :) yay i think hes just about there just going to hold out till my nitrite shows 0 for a few days hopefully will be getting my chiclids this weekend ph is 7.8 will keep you posted cheers james

yesterday showed 0 ammonia .25 nitrite and 80ppm nitrate and today ammonia 0 no nitrite and 40ppm nitrate any ideas why these are both dropping with out the water change im confused why my nitrate is dropping on its own ???? cheers james

todays report ammonia 0.5 nitite off the scale and nitrates is now singing at 80ppm

cheers mate today shows .5 ammonia off the scale nitrite and 80ppm of nitrate :) ph is still good at 7.2 so topped the ammonia again and will let you guys in on how its getting on tomorrow cheers james

today shows .5 ammonia topped up to 4 after 5 nitrite and 20 to 40 ppm of nitrate ph is still around 7.4 7.8 thanks again james

many thanks libarygirl youve been excellent with advise tap water is about 7.4 and doesnt change after 24 hours maybe rises alittle to between 7.4 and 7.8 today we had a little progress ammonia went from 4 to.5 nitrite is climbing again to .25 so it hasnt happened on its own it was the...

did a water change and its now at 7.4 will ihave done damage im really worried now

holly crap my ph on high range is 8.4 + so does this mean immediate water change yes ? cheers james

ok this is my log so FAR day ......... ammonia............... nitrite.............. nitrate 1................... 4............. .........0 ........................0 2 ....................4...................... 0........................ 0 3 .....................3.................... .25...

i dosed to much amonia 2 days ago so did a 20% water change now i have no drop in ammonia my nitrite shows zero and nitrate shows 5 ppm i used tapsafe so no bacteria killing any ideas whats gone wrong cheers james

nitrite now off the scale but still very little nitrate come on boys :)

now seems to show 2 to 3 ppm of amonia like its gone up slightly ???? but nitrite now on 5 ppm and about to go off the scale and nitrate is starting to get a gold tinge instead of yellow so nearing 5 ppm things seem to be going well , do i keep the ammonia at this level or let it drop to zero...

test now shows 2ppm of ammonia .3 of nitrite halfway beteen the 2 so quessed at .3 and between o a 5 ppm of nitrate so it is being converted yay , just waiting on my nitrite spike now keeping a close eye on it cheers for the help and kind words people james

first test showed a small drop in ammonia .25ppm aof nitrite and 0 nitrate so somthing is happening :) james

also juat about to drop in some seeded gravel from a work mates tank :) should help speed things up so i gather

ammonia now at 4ppm so fingerers crossed tomorrow i should have maybe a little activity as ive had my tank running for two weeks already cheers james

updAte i now have 9.5 % ammonia with no additives except water its from a uk chain called homebase and have seen online that others have used it sucessfully also checked and shook the bottle no foam what so ever , :) so i want to aim for 4 ppm yes ? and how soon do i test to check this after...

thanks so far guys its helping me work out whats really going on, the goldfish have been put in a goldfish bowl with a air stone and i do a little water change every few days but with out sounding horible im not hugely fussed on there future one of my missus mates offered to pick them up this...