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I have a mahoosive apple tree in my garden, when we trim the branches I leave them in the shed to dry out, give it a thorough scrub with a stiff bristle brush and soak it in boiling water. Never had a problem with it :) It does tend to grow white slime when you first put in in the tank but a...

Whoops worded that wrong! :) What I meant is that I added some food on top of the daily dose of ammonia, and the fish are not currently in the tank

Thanks librarygirl. I tested my water today and the ph is at max on the chart, nothing new added except for a flake of fish food as I read it can help the cycle (my lfs have kindly agreed to house the fish until my cycle is complete), Am I doing something wrong here?

Also, my PH is showing at 8.0 after the water change but it measures 7.4 (The lowest my test will show) out of the tap, is 8 too high?

about two weeks...I didn't add anything as I thought I had enough material to kick start it with :/

Ok thanks...Was dreading that lol, just don't understand what happened! All the gravel, some decorations and the internal filter came from an established tank...Guess it's just one of those things

Hi all. I thought my tank had finished cycling (read zero ammonia and nitrites for two days) So I ordered 6 cherry barbs and 4 japonica shrimp. Tested my water last night and the levels were off the scale, I don't know why as I did nothing to the tank. The fish are in transit and are due to...

Thanks guys :)

Ok, will do, Do I have enough space for them? Thanks btw!

Thanks for your input cgthebeast. I took a trip to the aquatics shop, due to the stock they carry (I'm not too keen on mail order fish) this is what we came up with... 3 x cherry barb 6 x diamond tetra 3 x lake kutubu rainbowfish 3 x boeseman's rainbowfish 3 x peacock goby 1 x clown plec And a...

Hi all, I am in the process of doing a fish-less cycle (about a week in). I would like your advice on what to stock it with once complete. I have had freshwater tanks in the past so know how to care for the fish but my dad was the one who stocked them. I'm not too keen on mollies and platys and...