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if you rinse the gravel you will lose alot of the good bacteria there will be more beneficial bacteria in the gravel more than in the filter media imo if you decide to rinse gravel expect a mini cycle of sorts

what wood is that in the tank ?

thats good news keep up the water changes i wouldnt personally add your plec yet as bioload will increase keep doing what your doing till your fully cycled then you be ok to add the plec nitrites are deadly even low level keep up wter changes keep us post on progress will look at the pic...

if you go to most lfs in uk every item they stock gives instructions for 3.7L 1 u.s gallon NOT 4.5 L 1 UK GAL obviously the products which are uk made are in uk terms but most are U.S products so i can not quite get your point we still have to convert the instructions my point was not...

well that worked fine filled bucket with cold then ran hot supply it came through cloudy but went clear as it hit the colder water next question so i could get a twin faucet connector to single feed so hot and cold run into python or hose which would enable me to control the temp that was...

so does it clear up after a certain amount of time i guess i should fill a bucket of cold water and add the cloudy white from hot supply to see if it clears as it hits the cold water as temp drops this would be same result as going into tank i guess thanks for that info i now need to go and...

good advice from dkpate Melafix and Pimafix how long as your tank been set up have you checked your water parimeters lately ammonia nitrite nitrate ? seen as the plecs condition as got worse since you've had him this could be a factor what size is your tank width height length only asking...

i can not connect to my hot supply thats why i chose to try the cold feed on shower which heats as it runs my hot water is so discoloured dont know exactly why only any good for washing up dishes it comes out tap clear but once its heated it is white cloudy like it had soap blended into it...

i would do another one now like i said do them as needed twice a day if neccesary dont forget you will be doing this daily while your cycling with them fish in there

what about tempreture of water wouldnt cold water reduce temp too much i did try rigging up a hose to my shower facility at one point getting temp very close to existing tank temp but rubber hose heated up too much expanded caused a leek and i was moping up gallons before i realised what had...

just a few pics to update progress i still have to do more planting and get my stock so only guppy fry in aquarium at minute i was unable to take pics with tank lights on got (bad reflections) so i used nightvision and flash on cam i will get camera setting correct when i post completed...

yes just googled this info When calculating Its important to note that US made tank volumes are US Gallons which are smaller than UK Gallons. Australia used to use UK Gallons prior to metrification. When we sell our products in Australia its important to note...

australia use the same as the uk then ?

Jason7894561230 yes it was very ignorant of me just to mention u.s and uk so oppologies i am not familiar with australian measures but i am pretty sure this thread will discover the answer to australian and many more countries so everyone is made aware to make adjustments on measures when giving...