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Hi there, I've got a 7 1/2 gal tank, which is 12" x 12" x 12" for my computer desk, with a fluval 1+ internal filter and a 50w heater. Any ideas as to what I can keep in it? I dont want to do anything clever with the water, which is at pH 7.5 out of the tap and will do 25% water changes once a...

The reason for two heaters, is that if one breaks and sticks on, then it is less likely to boil your fish, as the other one will stay off because of the thermostat. If all the heating power is in one, then the temp of the tank could rise much more quickly. Similarly, if one fails off, then the...

See what pH your lfs is keeping them in at the moment. If they use local water to keep the fish in, then they are probably at the higher pH already. If they are used to it it probably wont need much aclimatisation, however, if they are kept at a much lower pH at your LFS, it may be a little more...

How about half a dozen zebra danios? They are hard as nails, and dart around all over the place so your tank wont look quite as empty as only one platty, yet the load wont be much greater as they are quite a bit smaller. regards NB

After 24hrs, ammonia is 0, nitries are about 0.1 and nitrates are less than 5 (the same as my tap water). I dont think I left the old tank long enough for enough bacteria to grow in the filter, the gravel must have been doing a lot of the anti-nitrite thing. What is max safe level for nitrites...

Is there no-one near you on this forum who could post an old piece of filter media to you to help the tank cycle quicker. It could only take a couple of days if its a gooey enough bit. NB

I've got my fingers crossed for you Moxie, you seem to be having a bit of a run of bad luck with your tank

I think I might get rid of the little Fluval 1 plus in a while, it looks a bit daft being so small in the corner of the tank, however, as this came from the last tank, which had just completed its cycle, it probably contains most of the bacteria in the tank. (I dont want to go through the whole...

Good Evening all Today, I invested in a larger 25 gal tank, as I my 7.5 gal tank is not big enough. The tank had completed cycling (just) after my lfs gave me a cup full of gravel from one of the tanks I got my fish from. Because the new tank takes up the same place as my old tank, I couldnt...

The ammonia level has now dropped to zero, so I guess phase 1 of the cycle is over, only the nitrites to contend with now. I still havent got a nitrites test kit, so Ill have to continue with the water changes to keep them low. My LFS kindly donated a small bag of gravel from the tank the two...

Hi there, I've purchaced a heater for the tank, in order to take the temp of the tank up a few degrees to around 72, this will have the advantage of hopefully speeding up the cycling a little bit, and also making sure the temp of the tank doesnt fluctuate too much when im away from the house...

The level climbed to around 1.2 today, so I carried out another 25% water change, and its back down to a little under 1 again. I'm going to see if i can pick up an NO2 test kit tomorrow, once the shops reopen, as hopefully I should be starting to see signs of that soon. I'm also thinking of...

That Bio-spira stuff sounds fairly good. I wish you could get it over here, but I guess the ime taken to post things to england would mean it would go off by the time it got here. I'm currently on day 9 since I set my 10gal tank up, and I'm keeping the NH3 down to 1ppm by doing 20-30% water...

Hi there all I have a new tank, which has only been running a week, and today I bought an ammonia test kit, after reading a few posts on this board. I dont know about the cycling of tanks when I bought my fish, and I currently have 2 small (1 1/2 inch) goldfish in the 10 gal tank My current...