Recent content by Reedy

Awwww, wont show! Anyway its a 4ft Marine....I AM completely mad :banghead:

Soooooooo...Me again!!!! ahem...3 months later, fish healthy, lost all but 1 cherry shrimp - found out it was the drastic ph swing in new water compared to aquarium water - added another 10 cherries, I change 5LTR per week - SLOWLY, like drip slow - now spotted about 4 carrying...

OMG nooooooo, don't empty the tank, that sounds a bit radical to me :ermm:! When you say 'dirty' do you mean 'brown patches' on substrate and glass?

Thought I would post an update :-) Well (is it almost 3 weeks later?)...8 Galaxy Rasbora's/Celestial Pearl Danio's....6 x Cherry Red Shrimp AND 3 Nerite snails!! (got these as apparently they do not breed in freshwater..) Water parameters PERFECT. Last week I pulled out the Christmas moss tree...

Well.. It's been a week today since I added 8 Rasboras (Galaxy, or celestial pearl danios..!) and they're all doing well :-) Very shy fish but fun to watch! Turns out I've ended up with 6 males and 2 females....uh oh!...well - I called the LFS and asked to swap 4 males back in exchange for...

Just worried me so soon after cycling if I should

Thanks Jen! Yes, my PH has raised from 6.8 to 7.2...?

Me again :-) Need some advice asap plz So, it's been 3 days since adding 8cpd's to my tank and all seems ok..BUT I feed them a tiny amount of Cyclops (water fleas) and as you can imagine, most of them are stuck to the pre filter! can I gently swish this is some tank water to get them off...

Morning Jen �� From the first dose of ammonia, 7th to 25th march it's taken 2 water changes, 1 small pinch of fishfood - 18 days, in summary; 7 doses of ammonia on 7th/8th - 4ppm 13th - 3ppm 14th - 2ppm 15th - 3ppm 19th - 1ppm 21st - 2ppm 23rd - 2ppm 24th - 2ppm Water changes 50%...

Hi Wayne I've just finished my cycle but hope I can help with others (please 'chip in') Have you been dosing to 4ppm ammonia every day for 10 days with only a 1ppm drop? If so, I'm assuming your tank is 'overwhelmed', personally, if this was me, I would do a few water changes (based on you...

Well guys (and gals!) I expect this is my last entry/update on cycle As suggested by Jen, I'm cycling my tank to 2ppm. This time tomorrow, (probably sooner looking at my zero rate time scales) I should be done! After clearing 1ppm Ammonia > NitIte in 24 hours and to get my tank to cycle to...

Hmmmm yes something tells me things are not quite right yet.. I'll dose to 2ppm and check 24hrs later..Id rather be more safe than sorry :ermm: Thanks Jen for all your support through my cycle - much appreciated. I have followed your advice right through, although others have suggested...

I was thinkin Jen.. This is the second person seeming to be in the same situation as another member - post...Using Ace Ammonia? Wonder if other ingredient/s added..?

Soooooooo Here it is..! 90% water change last night at 8.30pm after; 0 Ammonia 0 NitrItes Nitrates 80<>160 Dosed 1ppm Ammonia at 9.pm After 24 hrs - 0 Ammonia, 0 NitrItes and 30ppm NitrAtes!! However!! - because I'm nosey, I wanted to check where, and what that level of Ammonia was doing at...

I have had 80<> 160 NitrAters for almost 2 weeks, did no other water change than 50% for PH purpose and have left my tank withought Ammonia for 3 days and guess what?? IM CYCLED!!:brows::fish2::dance: Will do a 90% water change now and dose 1PPM. Results on my post in the morning :) xx