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  1. angelah

    Nitrates

    Hi Matt, How stupid of me not saying what the tank was... It's a Roma 240L, heavily planted bot low tech, that is no Co2. Filters are the Fluval external 305 that came with it supplimented by a JBL CrystalProfi e 1500, so stacks of filtration. The bottom of the tank was first covered with a 2.5...
  2. angelah

    Nitrates

    Thanks Johno, I did a 30% change earlier, just in case. I usually do a change but once a fortnight rather than weekly. I use JBL Ferropol and of course feed fish, usually with JBL NovaBel. I also drop in some TetraWafers and now and then Aquarian Sinking Pellets. When I don't feed those I use...
  3. angelah

    Nitrates

    Anybody? Angela
  4. angelah

    Nitrates

    Hi all, Yes, still around, just been very busy. Over the last 3 months my tank seems to have settled well and weekly checks indicate that nitrates have levelled off at a steady 15/20 ppm. As water changes are usually done to lower nitrate levels I am wondering if I need to do them at all...??? I...
  5. angelah

    My Roma 240 water

    Okay, and thanks for helping. I think it's settling down now anyway, it may have been caused by Welsh Water when they changed water source, it seems it happens here. Angela
  6. angelah

    My Roma 240 water

    Hi all, Maybe somebody can shed some light on this for me. My 240L giving odd readings. Tank was started on Friday 18th Feb. I used the JBL AquaBasicPlus to about 25mm and then JBL sand to 25-30 mm and planted up heavily. Filtration is by a Fluval 305 with it's original carbon (initially) and...
  7. angelah

    Problem with my 240

    How odd. I spent ages starting a new thread in the water chemistry section but it isn't there! I'll try again, need some advice. Angela
  8. angelah

    Problem with my 240

    Hi RudeDogg1, After our evening Chat I did what you said and upped the ammonia. Still nowt... Then, and for some unknown reason, I tested the pH, it was down to 6.0 and had probably stalled the cycle. So again taking your advice I added bicarb until it was back up to 7.0. The next check in the...
  9. angelah

    Problem with my 240

    Okay peeps, Thanks for your ideas and opinions, always interesting to read how other people deal with such problems. Firstly there is no visible algae and I was hoping to avoid putting AEs in at all, but certainly until it showed. This is destined to be a biotope South American tank so I would...
  10. angelah

    Problem with my 240

    A problem has developed that I don't understand. As you all know the cycle started well enough with a good ammonia reading and when that dropped nitrites picked up - all well and good so far. But when the nitrites dropped after 4 days the ammonia count went up again, 0.50 the first day and 1.0...
  11. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    A problem has developed that I don't understand. As you all know the cycle started well enough with a good ammonia reading and when that dropped nitrites picked up - all well and good so far. But when the nitrites dropped after 4 days the ammonia count went up again, 0.50 the first day and 1.0...
  12. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Thanks, but the idea of a fishless cycle is to dose to whatever you amount wish, max 4 ppm (which is the level I go to), and then let the filters create the bacteria to deal with ammonia. Which means I need to leave it well alone. Filters are almost dealing with that amount in almost 12 hours...
  13. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi all, Well sadly that was a false alarm.... and demonstrates why it is so important to take further tests before dashing off for fish. I expect the filters to deal with 4 ppm ammonia in 12 hours, that's my target, and they failed. Ammonia is still at 0.50 and nitrite 2.0 ppm The tank will most...
  14. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi all, News is that I think the tank has cycled... woweeeeeeeeee Did a nitrite reading this morning, it was 5.0. notight the big 0. My last tank did that, dropped very suddenly. But I am not taking any chances so have dosed with ammonia to 4 ppm again and I'll test again in the morning as it...
  15. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi folks, Well, time flies and now we are 10 days in. The fishless cycle is running to order, filters now dealing with 4 ppm ammonia in 12 hours back to zero. Nitrite is well and truly up so it's on the second part and may be down by the weekend with a bit of luck. My other tank did that...
  16. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi Sam, Just resting...I don't work in Trainz any more but I do 'play' with gmax, as you may know. So having a rest from that while I sort out my life a bit then I can complete the big Civic Centre I was working on. I agree, Trainz really has gone downhill, it's very different from when I first...
  17. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi, Just for your info, it will be a biotope containing South American species. Just done a series of tests and they came of slightly over very soft and acidic, so should suite Tetras fine. PH is a bit up on what I would like at 7.2 though. Planned fish will be shoals of course, about 12 in each...
  18. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hi Gus, Thanks, but there's a bit more to do yet which will make it look better (I hope!). I had a list of plants but they were out of stock over at Cardfill MA. Tried the Bridgend shop but with no more luck. I need a couple more for the background really, but the ones I have will fill out. Tank...
  19. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hiya Sam, Yep, the very same, I get everywhere, rather like a virus...haha. Well spotted, and thanks for your comments
  20. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Hopefully, and if things work out, I should be able to get a picture up now. The tank is still slightly milky, but that's only to be expected as it is just 3 days into the fishless cycle, albeit with the help of that huge medie squeeze my son put in it. [/img] Good heavens, it worked! Angela
  21. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    Him do 2 a week! I'll be lucky, he doesn't do his own that regularly.... Nope, it's down to little me, I took on the responsibility of the tank so I must see it through. It's cycling right now. Yesterday Andy did that big media transfer of bugs and the tank went dark brown, that was just gone...
  22. angelah

    Angela's Roma 240L

    At last I have the tank set up and running. It's been a while since I originally bought it which was shortly before Christmas 2010, so I have been very patient. But with a long move in the offing from London to Wales I felt it better to wait. Now it's settled in place, has AquabasicPlus...
  23. angelah

    Play sand

    Hi Garuf, and thanks again. Yes, I hope George pops his head round the door and helps out, that would be nice. I'll check out that Andy's Journal too. Angela
  24. angelah

    Play sand

    Thanks garuf, I wanted to use a finer substrate for Corydoras actually, but am happy to look and an alternative if there is one and if you have any suggestions. Under this layer will be another base for plants roots to bed into and get nutients from. So there is another question, how deep...
  25. angelah

    Play sand

    Is there any difference between Argos and Amazon play sand please? Has anybody used either? Must point out that I am disabled so it will have to be delivered wherever it comes from so those charges will come into effect too. Just want to get the best for the job of covering a sub-substrate...
  26. angelah

    What Goes In Your Filter

    Ooops, sorry about the double, don't know what happened there. Angela
  27. angelah

    What Goes In Your Filter

    I have 2 filter for a 240l. One is a Fluval 305, the other the JBL CristalProfi e 1500. The JBL comes with pads while the 305 comes with a mix, mainly carbon and Biomax tubes. The carbon got put to one side straight away and replaced with polishing pads. The JBL has options for all sort of...
  28. angelah

    What Goes In Your Filter

    I have 2 filter for a 240l. One is a Fluval 305, the other the JBL CristalProfi e 1500. The JBL comes with pads while the 305 comes with a mix, mainly carbon and Biomax tubes. The carbon got put to one side straight away and replaced with polishing pads. The JBL has options for all sort of...
  29. angelah

    My 240L planted tank

    Hi, Wow, that's looking good. Well done for a first attempt and keep up the good work. Angela
  30. angelah

    Where to buy in Wales.

    This shop is moving. Not very far, in the same compound but bigger and better I am told. When I visited on Sunday 12th December 2010 they were part way through so should be done by now. The shop in Bridgend (Industrial Estate) is also good but smaller. Very helpful staff I found, clean and tidy...
  31. angelah

    chocolate gourami please help

    At least you know now and it won't happen again. We can all make mistakes but the important thing is to learn from them and you have. So I wish you well with your tank and your new fish. Good luck for the future. Angela
  32. angelah

    chocolate gourami please help

    Here are some stats:- Fish grow to 6 cm (2 3/4 inches). Suitability for a community tank 2 out of 5. Sociability 9/10. Swim zone mid to lower. Temerature 24-28c. Minimumim best 2 fish. Habitat = denseley planted vegetation. Behaviour peaceful but timid. pH 4-6 needs very soft to soft water...
  33. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Hi Jay, I have decided to dump all Barbs, they seem trouble wherever you look. So my next option was a Tetra tank with Lemons and Neons and 10-12 Corydoras on the bottom. I have looked at Rainbows because this is a large tank at 4 feet with good depth and width so will take another school of...
  34. angelah

    Naturesoil V John Innes

    Think I'll be okay with that, just allow it to 'weather' for 24 hours dry before adding the top coat, sounds like painting. I used a proprietory one in the 2 foot tank and covered with gravel and it's worked fine. Gin clear water now after a couple of weeks. Ammonia 0, nitrite still at 2 ppm...
  35. angelah

    Naturesoil V John Innes

    Yes, I am going low tech so that would suit. I only flipped through the sub-soil bit so will have to return and look more closely. It's just that JI is already 'treated' in other words free of weeds and other unwanted little mites... haha. Having had over 12 years in horticulture on large...
  36. angelah

    Naturesoil V John Innes

    Just wondering about these two products. Naturesoil is supposed to be especially for the aquarium but it resembles JI Potting Compst very closely. Just wondering how JI stacks up in the tropical tank as a covered substrate, say under sand for instance. Angela
  37. angelah

    How long till you give up?

    Best thing I can think of is to have a look at Logs/Projects or whatever the place is where folk put up pix of their tanks. That way you'll get ideas and there's nothing wrong with copying somebody else's design if it helps you out. Google for fish tank aquascaping and see what you come up with...
  38. angelah

    Algae Problems

    You are a sensible young man. Good luck with your decision. Angela
  39. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    This is certainly a nice bit of kit, no mistake about it. Never had an Eheim though, just Fluvals previously. A Fluval 305 will also be used in the 4 foot tanl along with this JBL, more flow. As has been suggested and if I fit both filters at one end, there may well be a need for a submersible...
  40. angelah

    BBA transfer?

    Hi ceg, And thanks for that quite long and thoughtful reply. Must have taken you ages! So I will go ahead with the squeeze now I understand more about how algae operates. That will help my tank cycle anyway and it will be heavily planted straight away and hopefully be run on a low-tech system...
  41. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    I have a son with a big tank but unfortunately it has BBA in it, a lot of it, so I am very unsure about squeezing any media out of that. Angela
  42. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Right, a good idea, push the flow along, especially at the lower part of the tank the opposite end of the spray bar. Should that be part-way along, about halfway? Substrate will be sand then, but with some different sized stones on a short gravel base front to back somewhere, slightly off...
  43. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Actually I quite like those Green Barbs, they would offset the colours of the other fish nicely. 15 or so would look good. The only snag with that is it means the other more streamlined fishes will need to be bigger, certainly bigger than Neon Tetras I should think, they only get to about 1.5...
  44. angelah

    BBA transfer?

    A quick question here. When I move I was planning to get a media squeeze from my son's well established 3.5 foot tank as this would help the rate at which 'friendly' bacteria would begin to establish in the two filters of my 4 footer. A good idea, but he has BBA in the tank, quite a lot of it...
  45. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Hi again Chris, You wrote :- Why not run both filters through one or two spray bars covering the full length of the tank? You would then get a good flow down the front glass, across the bottom front to back then up the back glass. As I shall be stocking with narrow long fish similar to Danios...
  46. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Chris, there's a good point, those carpeting plants. Will they go well with Corydoras do you think? I thought Corys rather liked to rummage around in sand, not plants... Angela
  47. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Well, whatever turns you on.... as they say... lol. I wonder where the saying chuffed to bits came from? Angela
  48. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Hi sam, yeah, I've been gnawing at it... lol. That is taking pictures like mad that is, just can't believe my luck. Angela
  49. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Thanks... I forgot to add that I have a Fluval 305 for filtration as well. I was wondering about the placement of two filters in a 4 foot tank. Should they be at opposite ends or at the same end? I just thought that opposing filters might cancel out the water flow I am trying to achieve, that's...
  50. angelah

    Stroke of luck...

    Hi all, Had a stroke of luck today, not often I get handed such things. The FS I was trying to buy a CristalProfi e 900 from over the Internet were messing me about, took my money but didn't have the item in stock and aren't really sure when either. I cancelled the order. I tried getting...
  51. angelah

    Looking for a new external filter.

    I am pleased to hear these are good filters. Have been trying to find somebody using one for ages and gave up in the end. I have just bought the e 900 to go with a Fluval 305 in a 240L tank. The sizes seemed to match so flow rates should be similar. It should arrive tomorrow. Just under 86...
  52. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Thanks for all that Rudi, Has cleared things up no end for me. I am now more than interested in this empty (apart from gravel) 2 foot tank that's cycling, it will be interesting to see how long it takes. Didn't get the ammonia until the 29th but it was running well before that. I expect the...
  53. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Okay Rudi, if I can but online then that's fine and even better off the forum, like the Aquassentials people. So the other is plant food. Is that a liquid or pellet? Loads of questions.... sorry about that. Angela
  54. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Thank you all, quite an amazing response! It will be the low tech way then, at least that would be my target. The Hitech sounds far too complicated. EasyCarb is available at the local FS? What about Waterlife Biomature? Does that do a similar thing? I also seemed to have missed something...
  55. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    What is Easycarb please? Angela
  56. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Hi Rudi, There are many conflicting views about how to cycle a tank nowadays, all very confusing for me as it was a fish cycle when I had tank previously. Mind you, there were no forums and indeed no Internet much then. I can see the point of not using and stressing fish, but also the point that...
  57. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Right, just had a ganders at that lot and I see the point. What I can get is a good filter squeeze from my son's tank as he already lives where I shall be moving (but not the same house) so I shall have to move the water squeeze about half a mile. Would that be enough with the plants instead of...
  58. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Hi and thanks for the hello, Although Alan and I used to have tanks, a 4 footer and several 2 footers, everything seems to have changed since then. Filters seem to be more efficient and now we have the option of internal or external. And then all the other bits, like the Co2 setups that abound...
  59. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Yes, I saw it says about 2 3/4 inches, which would be bigger than Cardinals certainly. In that Case what about the Black Widow Tetras? My plan is also about colour contrasts, red Cardinals and black other fish would contrast nicely. Thanks again, Angela
  60. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Hi Rudi, Cheers for a welcome. You may have seen I was thinking about Zebra Dannios in the tank and Cardinal Tetras. Are they okay with Barbs to about 3 inches? Danios are pretty fast as are Cardinals when they want to be, and neither have large fins. Just trying to size fish that match so if...
  61. angelah

    Hi and some questions

    Just joined... I found the site when using a Google search for info about Green Tiger Barbs. Went to the Welcome thread but it seems to be Locked... So a quick history before the questions start: I had tanks about 15 years ago but had to give up due to work pressure. yes, I had to work for a...
  62. angelah

    How/Where did you hear about Ukaps.org?????

    Hi everybody, Just joined... I found the site when using a Google search for info about Green Tiger Barbs. Angela
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