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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...