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The bathroom is a bit far away, and there are two separate faucets for hot and cold water, so I'd probay be better off changing thr kitchen faucet if nothing else works.

That sounds a bit beyond my diy abilities lol, but I'll ask the man in the house :) Thanks!

Never heard of the Claber Koala. Great idea, thanks! Although from what I've read, it won't fit on curved faucets. Looks like I'll be replacing the faucet altogether, if the universal adaptor doesn't work...

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. Definitely worth a try!

I really want to buy a python, but our faucets don't have any threads on them. Is there an adaptor that would work on this type of faucet?

I couldn't agree more. Just this morning I overheard an employee at Pets At Home answering a question "How many peppered cories do you think I should get?" "Oh I wouldn't get more than one, these things grow huge and eventually will outgrow your tank!" Seriously?

Phew. Thanks. I sure hope so!

Haha what can I say, I'm an animal lover, but mothers in law are "always right"!

Yes it was submerged (providing the water stays in the canister if the power goes off?)

Here are my readings from the last 3 days (just before redosing ammonia to 2ppm): 13/2 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrites off the chart (~10ppm?) Nitrates 30ppm pH 7.0 14/2 Ammonia 0ppm Nitrites off the chart (~10ppm?) Nitrates 60ppm pH 7.0 15/2 (tonight after power cut last night) Ammonia 0ppm Nitrites...

Help! I woke up this morning to find out there was a power cut during the night. I I have no idea how many hours we were without power for. I'm half way through a fishless cycle on a 55g. What are the chances I lost all the beneficial bacteria due to no flow through the filter?

I'm the same! I knew nothing anout nitrogen cycle when I first set up my 15g community tank. And those daily water changes were a pain! Now 6 weeks into my first fishless cycle and just can't wait to be done!

I agree. I started at 4pm as I'm planning to slightly overstock, and now my nitrites are sky high even after numerous water changes...

You're welcome :) I found it impossible to find pure ammonia in my town, apparently it's harder to get now after 9/11 (bomb ingredient). I had to get mine from eBay. Good luck! All that established stuff should help a great deal.

Use this calculator to figure out how many mililitres for your tank. http://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm

I hate coming to visit my mother in law and seeing her heavily overstocked 14g every other day. She knows nothing about fish and refuses to read up on the stuff. Makes me want to cry. I do secret water changes on her tank everytime she leaves her house... Another thing that ticks me off is when...

Thanks. I opened it up and there was nothing much to clean. So I took out a bag of carbon and put it straight in the tank instead and the flow is back to normal.

Thanks, I thought so but wanted to make sure.

Did you give it some time for the water to circulate properly before testing? My ammonia reading is usually higher when I wait 30-60mins after dosing.

I dose 8.4ml in my 55g so sounds about right!

I'm currently at the second stage of a fishless cycle on my 55 gallon. Ammonia is converting within 12 hours at this point, just waiting for nitrites to start going down. I've noticed twice today that my canister (Fluval 305) was working very loud for a while and the flow is decreased, so I'm...

Oh. The picture. Lol.

Thanks all for your reply! Yes, I meant the colour of the water changing the resulting colour in the test tube - sorry, I should have explained it better! I have added two bags of carbon into my cannister (I've got purigen but don't want to slow the cycle) and although the tank looks still the...

Here's the before and after

I'm currently in the middle of a fishless cycle on my 200l tank. I'm adding ammonia and using the "add and wait" method. My water is stained with tannins from my driftwood at the moment (boiled and soaked previously). I'm adding a picture of before and after to give you an idea on the colour of...