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Right ive just got home and done another PWC. i waited a hour or so and have re done the tests and they are as follows: HR PH - 7.8 (Im going to add some buffer) Phosphate - 0.5 Nitrite - 0 / 0.25 (lower end i would say) Ammonia 0 / 0.25 (about mid way) Nitrate 80 I dont know why the nitrate...

Sorry what does LFS stand for :) ive managed to keep up with most of them :) (PWC's ect :D) The tank was cycled they werent all added at once, It stared off with 2 cleaner shrimp & snails & hermits for 2 weeks, then 4 fish were added. and left for 1 month then ive slowly been adding more fish /...

Well i didnt actually make it home as i was called to a urgent meeting in another city, So im now at a hotel. I get back on saterday so will update you will the water status then. But i will keep doign the PWC's. How often do you think? once a week? im currently doing a bucket full every week.

You mean test the RO water for nitrates ect? I have sand on the bottom of the tank. I don’t know the colour of crushed coral so it might also be this. It has a fair few red and blue bits mixed in with the sand, and sometimes the fish manage to dig up a small rock or so from it, so I really...

The worrything thing is, that i keep doing big water changes, i dont want to do too many as it might harm the fish. But each time i do them it doesn't seem to reduce the levels. Im using RO water which i get from my local Fish Shop, and i then treat it with aqua safe type products and add the...

The fish are all really small. ill get a pic up of the whole tank. The shop where i buy my stock from is apparently the best in Europe and has won loads of awards ect and im now on first name basis and the bloke who deals with me says im about at my limit of fish now, he wouldn't let me...

Think i posted this in the wrong forum!! sorry

Hi All Nice to be part of such a big forum for fish :) Unfortunately my first post is a question about some sort of illness with one of my favorite fish. I have 2 boxfish that have been in my tank since it was set up, which was mid November. But i noticed today that one of the box fish has a...