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I have been reading alot of threads on here and also got some great advice on my earlier problems with cycling the tank etc. It has been completely fishless cycled and we are building our fish stock up slowly. Over the next few weeks I will be adding some more cardinals and another guppy to...

Oh yes we made the caves, we couldnt find anything we liked and the cost of bought ones is pretty high so we decided to make em. All they are is black plastic guttering, white stones from fish shop and aqua safe silicone. About £10 all in, the only issue was gluing all the little stones to the...

Hi, So my 250l tank has finally finished cycling as is home to 6 cardinal tetra's and 7 guppies (did have 8 but I found one dead this morning, no idea why, all tests are perfect, 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites, 5ppm nitrates) Everything is pretty much done with decor except the back which is in the...

Ok I found "Bob" and removed him from the tank (my mrs named him Bob).

lol removing him could be easier said than done, gotta try and find him again now. I used dry gravel, or at least it was dry and in packaging before washing it and putting it in the tank, there is nothing from another tank, everything is brand new.

Using the API master test kit and we dont have any real plants in the tank. I really dont know how he has managed to get in there, shall i just leave him be?

Hi, The strangest thing happened this morning, i found a tiny snail in the tank and its it the middle of a fishless cycle. Its a brand new tank, never had fish in it before and all the decorations, gravel etc are brand new, is this normal and im suprised the little thing is alive with the...

Ok let me see if I can explain it a little better. After about 3 weeks or so doing the fishless cycle in the 90l tank it seemed to stall at about 4ppm ammonia, 0.5ppm nitrite and 5ppm nitrate. It just wasnt changing the ammonia to nitrite etc. I also used some media from an established tank...

The only picture I got of the LED's from ebay is this one, they should be arriving monday or tuesday so as I have installed them i'll post some pics. I also started with a 90 liter tank and started the fishless cycle, it seemed to stall for about 2 weeks, no change in amonia or nitrites...

This is my hood so far: I gave the whole thing a few coats of white undercoat/primer and so far sprayed the inside with a white gloss, off the top of my head I cant remember the paint I used but the company said its waterproof and also will not harm the fish if left to dry/cure for a...

The hood is made from plywood so need to be either painted or sealed in some way to make it waterproof. I dont think krylon fusion is available in the UK, correct me if im wrong but I have looked for it and cant seem to find it.

Hi So I have been trying to find some infomation with regards to suitable paint for inside the aquarium hood. As I understand it people have been using Polyurethane but the only stuff I can find says its not good for aquatic enviroment and could cause harm to fish. This might be a silly...

Oh and regards to pictures I will get some posted when I pickup my new 250L tank on tuesday. I decided that 90ish liter tank just didnt cut it and ordered a 250L from a tank maker here in the UK. I'm going to complete the cycle in the orig tank for now and then just transfer it all over once...

26/02/2013 - I only checked the PH and Ammonia levels today: PH - 8.2 Ammonia (NH3) - 1 ppm Nitrite (NO2-) - N/A Nitrate (NO3-) - N/A Boosted the ammonia back up to 4ppm. 28/02/2013 - Tested ph, ammonia and nitrite just to see if anything is showing, PH - 8.2 Ammonia (NH3) - 3 ppm Nitrite...

At the end of the day from what I understand fish-in cycle is perfectly ok as long as you prepared for all the water changes etc. Yeah the hood is fairly easy to make, finaly use what my old man taught me and put it to good use lol. I like the lights on your hood, i'm not going to have plants...

My cycle has been going about a week now, tried several fish shops which all wouldnt give me anything, just so happened to passing another shop today and though what the hell might as well ask and they gave me some gravel. Ammonia source; I got a bottle of ammonia from a hardware shop (Robert...

Hi, Just wondering about using gravel from a mature fish tank. I finally managed to get the local fish shop to give me something to kickstart the fishless cycle. They gave me a handfull of gravel from one of the tanks, I placed it all near the instake to the filter (I have all ponds solution...

LOL i was like live rock, what the hell is live rock, that something else I need to go out and get. My heater is adjustable, although it is set to 30c I can put it up to about 34 I think. I've actually order a new tank, 250 litre, which will be ready in a couple of weeks, as I understand it i'm...

Hi, Ok so as I mentioned in some of my previous asking for help threads I am completely new to fish keeping. I dunno if this is the right place for this kind of post but I decided to document my complete cycle from start to finish with test results etc. My equipment: 98 Litre tank Prime...

Ah well thats interesting with the corys, its like very small white stones not rounded so I might have to rethink about having those. The filter I got was All Pond Solutions - 1000EF Aquarium External Filter - All Pond Solutions (All Pond Solutions 1000EF Aquarium External Filter).

Well by the sounds of it the guys in the local fish shop havnt a clue then, they advised that I can start with tetra's straight away and that I should wait for a mature tank before adding the Corydoras and that I could only get a max of 2 of them in my tank. I have read quite alot about tetra's...

I think I got a little mixed up with my calculations in my post, very confusing having gallons, us gallons and litres. Whatever the calculations for amount of fish was stupidly high or so it would seem. 5 Guppies seems like a good amount to start with, with regards to the Corydoras do you not...

Hi, I'm completely new to fish keeping and would like some advice as to what and how many fish my tank will take without over stocking. I have just started the fishless cycle and everything is coming along nicely, I managed to get some used media from a friend so now provided I have done...

No Luck I asked several places around here but none are willing to help, all the shops round here are national companies, there are none specialist shops so to speak. There is one fish shop but he was unwilling to help, even when asking about ammonia source etc for fishless cycle he told my...

Hi, I dont suppose anyone in the UK near Bristol can help me with some used media to kickstart my new tank and a fishless cycle or know of anywhere in the UK that sells such things? Many Thanks.