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Hi all. I have a question...or two.. My tank is a 30 litre, Biorb (Life - so rectangular, not round). Its cycled and stocked with: 6 x neon tetras 3 FEMALE Platys 3 MALE Guppies The male guppies are chasing the platys around all the time (to the point that I often catch the platys resting...

Thank you everyone, baby is now balanced in a Jaffa cake tub, with holes floating on top. I have a 30 litre tank with 3 platys, 3 guppies and six neons. Can I keep him, or is my tank going to have a fit?

that sounds great, except I have a biorb which has a bubble tube up the middle so the poor thing would get shaken, rattled & rolled. any other ideas?

Hi guys, So i have a lovely cycled tank, added some fish a few days ago and thought id do a water change. I only syphoned out a baby platy. He was obviously hiding in the rocks, no more than a millimetre big. So, it's 9pm, all the shops are shut and need some advice. Do I 1. Put him back in...

I just wanted to thank you guys for all your help. today (exactly six weeks) im cycled! woo hoo im pleased to report (thanks to yr advice) all three platies & six neons are all asklive and happy! thanks again

Hello all, Another question, I seem to have them daily. A month cycling and still no nitrates (well any significant). I do have a friend with a cycled tank(very small 15 litres) She hardly has any gravel (so can't pinch that), a couple of decorations and obviously some water. My nitrites have...

Still no nitrates showing, so, still cycling after a month! Eak. Few questions. When I water change, I take out the decorations, fake plants etc - is the nitrate bacteria dying whilst it is out of the water for 10 minutes? Also every time I water change I vacum the gravel (just one side at a...

My local fish store, they have also advised not to do so many water changes. After seeing some nitrates, after my two massive water changes on Sunday (to control nitrites) I haven't seen any nitrates. They have recommended doing 20 percent every two days, but surely this is going to harm the...

I am still cycling . . Week four with the poor fish. When I have been doing water changes, I have been using tepid water from the tap and I have been told today that this is a big no, no. Could this have not helped the cycling process? I have been told that to temp match I need to use cold...

Hello. I'm just wondering your thoughts. I have three female platys and six neon tetras. I have space for two more little fish and was thinking of guppies. However, I have heard that guppies and platys can inter breed, like different temperature water and might be a little territorial. Is this...

Ok, great news, my stats are, Amm, 0 Nit, 0.25 Nitrate, 0 I am still assuming that I'm waiting for the nitrates to establish and if left nitrites will rise so, In your opinion, what percentage water change should I do each day to keep the nitrites in check @ 0.25. Thanks,

Hi guys. So we do lovely water changes with the biorb Syphon coming out, but getting new water in again is just horrendous. New water is higher than tank, but I'm pumping and pumping (I can't feel my hand as we type) but if I'm lucky I get a dribble. I'm either doing it wrong, there's a secret...

Ok, I've just done another water change. Fifty percent. That's a whole new tank of fresh water then. I'll do my readings in an hour or so. If I see high nitrite, I'm going to the pub! I'm actually a slave to my fish tank . . Never, ever will I do fish in cycle again, lol Oh I've just seen I...

Thanks for your help. I have just done today a 50 per cent water change and the nitrites are less, but still at 2! All of the nitrates (what little i had) have now disappeared too. Should I do another water change today or wait until tomorrow. :(

Really hoping you can help, I'm cycling with fish (very worrying, wish I'd known about fishless). I have been up and running 3 weeks, with ammo at 0 but it's the nitrites I'm stressing about. I have been doing pwc daily, twice daily infact today (20 percent each time, so 40 percent today). As...

Just out of wonder, what is the average time from nitrite spiking to seeing nitrates in a fish cycling tank. I just want to know how long (roughly) I'm going to be fighting nitrite. The tank is 30 litres, so quite small if that has any bearing on time.

Hi, Thanks for replying. I have done two water changes today and I think (fingers crossed) I'm getting a very small amount of nitrates (not yellow, a dark yellow). I'm testing with the API liquid, it seems pretty accurate. I hope. The tank isn't the normal round biorb, but a square shaped...

hello all. I'm hoping you can help. im a newbie who has ended up halfway through a cycle with three platys & six neons. made all the starter mistakes (thanks to the help in the pet shop & biorb instuctions). im so gutted I didn't know about fishless cycling. im currently showing trace ammonia...