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Went a brought new fish yesterday. Got 4 guppies 2 red 2 blue. 2 rams. 4 scissor tetras. I already had 8 neon tetras and 2 algae eaters. We added the new fish into the cycled tank yesterday. About an hour later one of the blue guppies had died. So we thought coincidence but this morning...

Hi my tank is now cycled has been for about a week now. I was wondering if I should clean my filter out now or will it disrupt the tank? Also is it ok to take the whole thing apart and rinse in the tank water or (sorry if this sounds a bit naive) will it remove all the good bacteria I've spent 2...

Hi I've just finished cycling my tank I have 8 neon tetras and 2 brown sucking loaches at the minute and I'm looking to add some more now my tank is cycled. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have a 25 gallon tank. Thank you

Hi can anyone tell me if my tank is cycled by this pic. I think it is. its not the best pic in the world but ammonia is definety yellow nitrite blue and nitrates tinge of orange. I'm doing a fish in cycle on about my 8th week. Fish had ich about a week ago but had no signs of that for about...

Would like people's opinions please on my tank parameters thought posting a picture would be the easiest way to show you.

Hi I checked my water last night it was ph 7.2 ammo 0.25 nitrites 1ppm nitrates 0. I checked my water today and it is ph 7.2 ammo 1ppm nitrites 0? So I did a pwc to reduce the ammo and its gone back down to 0.25. Is it normal for nitrites to appear then disappear?

I'm doing a fish in cycle. I put 6 neon tetras in last Tuesday morning. When I tested water last night it was ph 7.2 ammo 0.25 nitrites 0 nitrates 0. I have just tested tonight and it is ph 7.2 ammo 0.25 nitrites 1ppm nitrates 0. Does this sound right?

I've lost a fish! I just fed my neon tetras and just counted them and there's one missing. I had 6 put them in last tues to cycle my tank. Been testing daily all ok. But one of the neons as disappeared. There's no sign of it anywhere. Any ideas? X

Hi I have a 25 gallon tank. I put 6 neon tetras in it on Tuesday morning I've been testing water daily. Ph is 7.2. Ammonia is 0.25 (it's was 0.25 before any fish went in. It hasn't gone up.). Is it normal for the ammonia to have not gone up yet? Is it best to leave the 6 neons in now until tank...

Hi I brought 6 neon tetras on Tuesday morning. They seem to have settled in ok. I have noticed that most of the time 5 are always to tether and there is always 1 on its own. Is this normal?

Hi someone i know has offered me some swordtails to start my tank off but i cant have them for 2 weeks. Is it worth putting a pinch of fish food in the tank to start the cycle off until i get the fish or would this not work. Sorry for being niave but im new.

Evening everyone. I took a sample of water to the shop today to get tested. They said our ph was really low like below 6. And we bought some ph up to put in the tank to try and get the ph up to 7 ish. He said he didn't want us buying any fish until the ph was up which I agree with him about...

Hi. Can I have opinions on my tank please. I have added some plants and ornaments today. Is it too much, not enough, just right? Also what temperature should my tank be? I have an external thermometer at the moment which sticks on the glass and its reading 22c. Thank you

Hi I set up my tank yesterday. I'm very new to tropical fish but I'm trying to read up as much as possible so I don't jump in feet first and get it wrong. I'm very interested in doing a fishless cycle. As I don't want to put fish in potential danger. I've read up about using fish food to do the...

Hi just joined so new to this forum. Hope this picture uploads as its the first time I've tried. I apologise if it doesn't work. Anyway if it does this is my new/first tropical fish tank. It's 95 litres. We just set it up today. I'm taking a water sample to the shop on sat to see how the water...