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Just a quick note to let you all know that two weeks after stocking my tank, all is very well. Fish look happy and healthy. Promise to take pics soon, and a big thank you to all concerned, couldn't have done it without you....Happy new year to you all..

O just how much food should we be feeding them? A pinch to me is so vague!

Wondered if someone could tell me! Do fish need the light on when feeding or will they find it in the relative dark?

Hi, just finished my fishless cycle and put fish in yesterday. Should I need to do a PWC (excess nitrate or low pH etc) how accurate do you need to be with the temperature, will within a few degrees be alright, or does it need to be pretty accurate? Don't want to mess it up now!

Ello, just wondering if I had two tiger barbs, two ruby barbs, and two golden barbs, does that count as a nice shoal of six barbs, or is it three pairs of unhappy barbs?

Started looking into ferts and came across "the nutrient company". Phoned them up to place an order and found them to be 1 mile down the road. To cut the story short, the owner "Nigel" dropped off a litre of TNC complete. Told me It is good stuff, but it would be cheaper to make my own from dry...

I have a 33 gallon tank, with two t5's and CO2 at one bubble every five seconds, for eight hours a day ( time lights are on ). I have just bought some TNC complete. Anybody know this product and is it any good. Thanks for any comment offered.

Hi, part way through a fishless tank cycle. Have the air curtain turned up to full, as advised for cycling. However the water now contains hundreds if not thousands of tiny bubbles. Is this good for my plants or not, and should I turn the air pump down. Got CO2 going in eight hours a day (when...

Have a Bluwave pump, does anyone know if these are any good?

Hi there. Just getting going with my new tank. I am in the middle of a fishless cycle and have purchased seven medium size plants which I am very pleased with. I am running a fluval 88 CO2 system, running eight hours a day, when the T5's are on. I am wondering if I need to be adding ferts and if...

Saw some nice fish today - thought they would suit my tank nicely BUT VERY EXPENSIVE !!!!!

Added ammonia to tank last night. 4 parts per million. Really hope this works so I can go back to my LFS and tell him he now knows someone who has successfully cycled a fishless tank. Even managed to get a nice piece of dirty old filter from my now new favourite LFS. PH 7.8, tank still cloudy...

Ello, wondered if someone could confirm something. Am I right in thinking if I put standard tap water into a 125 litre tank that has no fish or plants in and leave it for three days the chlorine will evaporate. Will be starting fishless cycling in a couple of days.

Hi all, just wanted to post a quick pic of the tank. It arrived this morning, which took me by surprise. So, you can guess what I've been doing all day. Hope you like it and many thanks to those kind enough to post responses to my jibberings, without you I doubt i would have got this far. As...

P to yesterday I was convinced that the best way to go would be starting the tank with fish less cycling. Read up on everything and decided it was the best way to go. Visited the LFS and was told three worrying things 1) Don't do fishless cycling - waste of time - don't know anyone who has been...

Ordered some nice white sand, five plants ( attached to wood ), a fluval CO2 thing and some liquid plant feed from Seapets. Yesterday I bought an air pump with two 12" stones to create a bubble curtain back drop. Can't wait to get things going. Up early tomorrow waiting for delivery man. Will...

Just took delivery of my lovely new white aquarium, only to discover that it has hairline cracks in three corners of the base pane. So everything now on hold - which is a nightmare for an Aries male like me! Now all the hassle of returning it begins......don't suppose I could just seal it and it...

Hi, just ordered a nice 125 litre tank in white. The good lady has returned from work and is grumbling about a White tank, reckons black would be better!! Anyone feel like me that a white tank is cool - PLEASE.

Hello to you all. I live in Manchester, UK! And have been considering an aquarium for some time now. Yesterday was my breakthrough and I have ordered my first tank. The tank is a Ferplast Dubai 80 in white (125 litres). I hope to take delivery in a couple of days. Feel I have a lot to learn so...