slakey

Well here's are my fish tanks and the fish living in them

















Enjoy
The bigger tank still has 2 pieces of mopani wood to go in yet. (Currently being boiled)

COBettaCouple

Beautiful fish.. are you planning to move the guppies to the larger tank when it's cycled? do you have a home for the pleco (he looks like a common pleco)?

slakey

the guppies are in the larger tank now to cycle it, so far it's 4 weeks in cycling so added them to speed it up.

and the pleco is a ancintrus? that only grow to 5.5inches max

but if he/she does outgrow the tank, then I'll take him/her back to the store.

slakey

Water Test Results for the 125:





pH: 7.6
Ammonia: 0.25 - 0.50
Nitrite: 2.0 - 5.0
Nitrate: 40 - 80

How can I get down my Nitrite and Nitrate?
It tells me in the book to get API Nitra-Zorb. If I do get this, where does it go in my filter?

jsalemi

The tank isn't cycled; you should have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites when it is. The best way to reduce nitrates (and at this point, the other two) is frequent 20-25% water changes (every day or every other day) until the nitrates are down below 20.

Nitra-Zorb would be a short-term fix, and yes, it goes into your filter. But frequent water changes are your best course of action.

Butterfly

You could also add live plants to use the Nitrates
Carol

slakey

I currently have five live plants, and 2 days ago done pretty much a full water change, only had a few inches of water left.

but I will do a 25% water change tomorrow.

COBettaCouple

25-50% would be the amount to change at once. Every couple days. At those levels, fish aren't likely to last too long and will be damaged if they do. If you can get a water conditioner called "Prime" or "Amquel+", those can help protect the fish somewhat from the ammonia, nitrite and nitrates.

slakey

any idea of where I could get some from?

slakey

All the fish look fine, not signs of them getting affected. No heavy breathing or gasping for air.

What signs should I look out for?

Some pictures of the lil pleco







And one of my male guppies



Now going to put in the mopani pieces.

slakey

Here's what the tank looks like with the mopani wood in.

COBettaCouple

You might post a thread in the general forum to get input from other members in the UK on where to find Prime or Amquel+ there. You could also order online from websites like:
http://www.fishandfins.co.uk/seachem.htm

Signs of distress from water conditions could be heavy breathing, gill discoloration or illnesses.

slakey

thanks COBettaCouple, I think my LFS has some of the Seachem Prime stuff, so I shall go there when they're open.

COBettaCouple

Sounds good. Oh.. but you're a Tottenham supporter, I take it?

slakey

yeah I'm a Tottenham supporter

Dino

Is the plant on the right side of the last picture in post 11, fake or real.

If it is a live plant, it is not a true aqautic, but a bog plant.
It will probably rot in less than 6 months.

COBettaCouple

I'm a bit partial to Wigan myself. I hope the new manager can get them going and avoid relegation.

slakey

Dino if you mean the one against the filter, I have been told that it's a house plant.
Strange as I got it from a fish store. :/ What could I replace it with?

COBettaCouple - bad loss for Tottenham Hotspur today Ref was biast though.
Since you live in Denver, do you support the Denver Nuggets basketball team?