Recent content by Stylix1981

I watched the video but it says that the filter does not create much flow in the water only a localised current. That is not what is happening in my tank, though after watching that i have no idea why.

To be honest, im not sure.

I have a strange question, I am unsure if anyone has had this issue before. It appears that my filter is causing a current in my fish tank that is sausing my neons to struggle a little when swimming against it. It does'nt matter where i aim the filter, there always seems to be a current in...

Yeah I did notice that some of their prices are quite high. I am limited to the 2 stores though without a car so if PaH don't get any neons in then i will have to get them from Maidenhead.

Pets at Home sadly haven't had any neons in for a while, hence going to Maidenhead lol. There's £5 difference in price for 6 so it isn't too bad.

Thanks. I don't drive unfortunately. So unless i can talk my neighbour into taking me one day i will have to settle for Maidenhead Aquatics lol

Where is the best place to get ph information for specific fish from? I have been researching and everything i have read says that neons are ok in ph between 6.8 and 7.8 and platys are ok in ph between 7.0 and 8.0.

I am planning on adding 6 neons then waiting a bit then adding 6 platys then will be adding 3-4 otocinclus once algae is sufficient for them

So i checked my ammonia and nitrates yesterday and i was still showing nitrites 0.25ppm. So i redosed ammonia and waited to test again today. My ammonia and nitrites are both showing 0, tested for nitrates and it is at 40ppm. So its looking like my cycle has finally finished. My query is...

So i tested yesterday and i still had nitrites showing so i added a little ammonia as it had been 2 days since i dosed the tank and i didnt want the bacteria to die. I tested again today and both ammonia and nitrites at 0, checked nitrate and its at 20ppm. So i have added more ammonia and will...

Nitrite levels are reading either 2 or 5 the colours are really close, i would guess at 5.

While i am waitin g for my nitrites to start dropping and creating nitrates, do i still have to dose ammonia every day? I have read some articles that state that you shouldnt do it everyday as you can create too much nitrite while the bacteria is growing to turn it to nitrate. What would you...

so I just took around 4.5 - 5 litres of water out of my tank and scraped some of the algae off using the end of the gravel cleaner while emptying water. I have finally managed to waterlog the driftwood enough to place it in the tank (pic at the end). Would you advise testing water parameters...

Would cleaning the diatoms off the rocks not disturb any bacteria that is potentially growing on them?

Thanks I don't plan on taking them out lol, im still trying to get the driftwood to stay sunk enough to put it in the tank and then decor done lol. Another question if you don't mind. I have read various posts regarding water changes and adding dechlorinator. Is it best to add the...