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During water change today.

 

Should be fine then. Prime should detoxify for 24 hours.

 

Cheers for that. .

should I do another water change today or just add more prime?

 

If your combined ammonia and nitrites are 1ppm or under, do not do a water change, just add prime.

 

Cheers for the info.

 

Been a few weeks since I posted on here my water has been changing but think I may be getting closer to the end of my cycle now.

Water parameters have been fluctuating weekly here is my latest
Ph 7.4
Ammonia 0.25
Nitrite 5.0
Nitrate 5.0

I have been doing weekly changes and using prime every 48hours.

Should I just continue as I have been doing??

Cheers guys

 

I would suggest more regular water changes. Your nitrites should be much lower. try to keep them around 1ppm. Prime will detoxify 1ppm of nitrites, but it can't detoxify the higher levels.

I wouldn't be surprised if you actually have 0 ammonia. For some reason prime can at times cause a reading of 0.25ppm ammonia.

Just keep going you will get there. Nitrites drop suddenly and then boom you are cycled.

 

I am about to do water change and I have spotted a platy fry. Its blending in woth my substrate in bottom corner of my tank. Scared incase I suck it up.

I found one in the filter. I put him in breeder box just now. Should I just leave the other one tontry and hide it seems to be doing fine its got a pland in tue corner so its just hiding right next to the aitstone behind ornament in corner also a plant their. Be very difficult to catch I would imagine.

 

I found one in the filter. I put him in breeder box just now. Should I just leave the other one tontry and hide it seems to be doing fine its got a pland in tue corner so its just hiding right next to the aitstone behind ornament in corner also a plant their. Be very difficult to catch I would imagine.

Yeah, I would leave them. Some will get eaten but ultimately some will make it to adulthood.

 

Should I release the one in breeder box?

 

Should I release the one in breeder box?

That's really up to you. Is this a breeder box that is inside or outside the tank. Unless it is made of mess, you will need to monitor the parameters regularly as there won't be flow and ammonia will build up.

 

It looks a bit small al maybe give it a day or two then set it free

 

Nitrate and nitrates still around 5.0 so did another 25% water change. And added prime to new water.

Just going to check every 2 days and do water change if needed. How long roughly should I expect to see these levels?

Also the small platy that's been hiding in my plant has staryed to come out of hiding, its blending into background and moving about stealthly. How long till the other fosh don't see them as food?

 

so I have been doing changes evry 2-3 days now my water readings are at

ph between 7.4-7.8
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate between 20-40 more on the 20 side though

8 weeks or so down the line finally feel like I have got there.

hopefully someone could advise my next step

 

so I have been doing changes evry 2-3 days now my water readings are at

ph between 7.4-7.8
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate between 20-40 more on the 20 side though

8 weeks or so down the line finally feel like I have got there.

hopefully someone could advise my next step

Awesome you are cycled! You'll want to keep the water at around the 20 ppm mark which probably means a weekly water change (although test for a bit to find out what your water change pattern needs to be. are you planning on adding more fish?

 

Yeah I done a water change today got right in about the substrate going to go again on friday to try clean the substrate get all the dirt off,then do a weekly change every friday. Was thinking on getting a couple of blue gourami tuen add more filtration next week. Was in aqadvisor and any more than 2 gourami was wanting me to add filtration.

How would I go about adding another canister filter?

just swap over the filter media?

 

Can you list what you have in the tank. This will help others advise on stocking and filtration.

 

4 siamese algae eaters, 4 platy, but I have 3 fry in tank.

 

Thinking on adding one blue gourami and 2 blue dwarf gourami.

Would that work?

 

Well here's my advice, for what it's worth. You now appear to be at the point where your tank is cycled and you should be able to appreciate the fruits of your labour. My advice is this - go to the fridge, crack open a beer, pull up a comfortable chair and spend bit of time just watching your fish - surely that was the whole point of the exercise.

 

Well here's my advice, for what it's worth. You now appear to be at the point where your tank is cycled and you should be able to appreciate the fruits of your labour. My advice is this - go to the fridge, crack open a beer, pull up a comfortable chair and spend bit of time just watching your fish - surely that was the whole point of the exercise.

I will definitely be doing this on froday night, quite looking forward to it. Work nightshifts so can't till then lol.

 

Thinking on adding one blue gourami and 2 blue dwarf gourami.

Would that work?

The different species of Gourami will likely fight. Neither are a particularly peaceful gourami. I don't think they would mix, but I'm not a stocking expert.

Anders247 will likely be able to advise if he's around.

Edit: DoubleDutch may also know as, if memory serves, he's knows quite a bit about dwarf gourami.

 

The different species of Gourami will likely fight. Neither are a particularly peaceful gourami. I don't think they would mix, but I'm not a stocking expert.

I

Anders247 will likely be able to advise if he's around.

Edit: DoubleDutch may also know as, if memory serves, he's knows quite a bit about dwarf gourami.

It’s good to have knowledgable people about to point me in the correct direction, thanks man.

 

What are the dimensions of the tank? Sorry if that's already been asked, I didn't want to have to go through this whole thread though lol.

 

W120xD400xH550

240L

I have just purchased bolivian red ram and an opaline gourami.
I googled it and found out read that people have housed these together in same tank without problems. can't wait for delivery. getting more plants added as well. roll on Friday, will post pics of new additions.

 

Yeah those should be fine together.

 

I woke up this morning and I have a lot of fry in the tank I really don't want too many platy in the tank. what is my options here? Think I may need to get rid of the male and then give away the fry. Dont want my tank overpopulated with platy.

 

Most of the fry will likely get eaten if you leave them in the tank.

 

They are at the stage where they are growing and swimming freely nothing goes near them.

 

They are at the stage where they are growing and swimming freely nothing goes near them.

Is your gourami still a juvenille? I would have thought it would make quick work of fry. Lots of people sell fry back to LFS or sell them on Gumtree if you are looking for a way to offload some of the platies.

 

I had a problem with the gourami, it arrived dead. I shall be making an other order today so should get it tomorrow.

I am going to purchase some danios or rasboras? Should either of these be a problem with gourami, or the ram?

 

I bought 6 congo tetra. so I am awaiting 6 congo tetra and 1 moonlight gourami coming next Friday.

AqAdvisor stating I need more filtration added to the tank.

 

What filter do you have?

 

Fluval 306

 

HI Everyone-

I’m new to having Discus. I purchased a pair yesterday and I absolutely love them. I’d like to have at least 8 of them. I’m purchasing a larger tank today so that I can keep a Discus tank. Would 90g be sufficient for 8 Discus plus a school of pristella tetras (9)? Or should I go bigger and consider a 125? If I planned on WC’s every 2 days, could a 90g hold more than 8?

Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated.

 

 

Great looking fish, bigger is always better
You can hold at least 9 discus in a 90, and 12-13 in a 125. A 125 has better dimensions for discus and in terms of equipment you’ll be looking at similar sized filters and heaters so the biggest difference in cost would just come from the size of the tank.

 

Great looking fish, bigger is always better
You can hold at least 9 discus in a 90, and 12-13 in a 125. A 125 has better dimensions for discus and in terms of equipment you’ll be looking at similar sized filters and heaters so the biggest difference in cost would just come from the size of the tank.

Thank you. I did go with the 125! It was suggested that I have 2 canisters for this tank- thoughts on this? I’ve never had a tank this size. A friend who owns an aquarium maintenance company is helping me with the setup.

 

Number of filters depends solely on how much flow they produce. I personally shoot for 10x turnover per hour, usually 8x an hour is the guideline. So that means if you got the crazy powerful Fluval FX6 that pumps 925 gallons per hour that’d be all you need if you go for 8x, you could also split that across two smaller canisters though.

 

Number of filters depends solely on how much flow they produce. I personally shoot for 10x turnover per hour, usually 8x an hour is the guideline. So that means if you got the crazy powerful Fluval FX6 that pumps 925 gallons per hour that’d be all you need if you go for 8x, you could also split that across two smaller canisters though.

Thank you. So we’re doing a 125g with versa tops, 2 36” LED light strips, 2 300w eheim heaters, 2 eheim canisters and plan to cycle with ammonia chloride powder & Fritz turbo start. I’m assuming it would be silly to do a fish-in cycle with such expensive fish.

We’re going to use Caribbsea eco complete black planted substrate. I haven’t decided on plants yet.

How does all of this sound?