Cycling My Fluval Edge

My fish tank seems to have broken :-(

Just did a huge water change and now my filter won't turn back on

Follow the instructions for priming your filter.  It sounds like there's air in the filter pump.  If this is so, it just makes stupid noises and won't actually pump water.

Another thing to watch for is the impeller not starting. The Edge is made by Hagen, and I used to have a Trio filter made by Hagen. It was a very good filter except for one quirk - when I turned it off to do a water change it wouldn't start again. The design made it very easy to remove the pump from the filter and all I had to do was hold the pump outlet downwards and gently flick that vanes of the impleer. That quickly started the pump then all I had to do was manouevre it back onto the filter without soaking myself. I've heard of other types of filter made by Hagen having the same problem.

Once you have fish in the tank, every so often check the impeller and the impeller well for slime build up. A cotton bud used very carefully can be used to clean the well - make sure the end doesn't fall off inside as it's very tricky to get it back out again. I speak from experience 

As a treat to celebrate not having to start from the beginning I'm either going to the aquarium or going to two local fish shops to do some window shopping!

Luckily I'll be going by bus so practicalities alone should put me off giving into temptation!
The shop I haven't been too yet apparently have all my endlers and red, blue and gold crowntail so seeing them all in person might help me decide!

Thanks Resa! I'm consuming lots of tea and biscuits before I brave the cold later ha. This morning's readings after 1ml dose of ammonia last night:

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0.5ppm
Nitrate 5 - 20ppm

Unfortunately my tank has quite a lot of bits floating around in it, probably after all the fiddling with the filter yesterday. My pre-filter is covered in loads of bits too. Is it OK to leave this until I need to do another water change??

The filter itself is looking good, I can hear the waterfall bit trickling away :-) I'm so relieved. When it wasn't even making any noise I thought that was it - all my bacteria would be dead and I'd have to start all over again!! So glad my boyfriend was there to fix it for me, I'm not really too good with that kind of thing! Once it was making the noises again and I explained how the filter was supposed to work he worked out what the problem was - phew! I'll give the pre-filter a good squeeze on my next water change, hopefully it won't be for a little while though. Hoping my nitrite bacteria get their act together soon too!

They also had 5 different shrimp in stock including cherry red, red nose, green and orange! Do you know much about these guys? Having a mix would be fun!

Having more than one type of shrimp is complicated.  Many of the coloured shrimps are of the same species and will hybridise if you keep them together.  There is a guide as to the shrimp you can mix and match at UK Shrimp

There are quite a few colour variants of endler. Pure endlers have been selectively bred to get several colour ways and there are the hybrids with guppies which are what you see in the shops.
Have a look here at Adrian Hernandez's site - he's the chap who's done most of the breeding. Class N = pure endler; class P = endler guppy hybrids; class K = fish that look like endlers but with unknown parentage. Luckily, it's an American site or I would have to have some of them all 

Any superglue that is made from cyanoacrylate. Just make sure it is dry before gluing and has completely dried before putting it n the tank.
For things that will stick with it (broken plants won't) you can use silicone sealant, either the expensive stuff sold for use in aquariums, or household sealant that says it does not contain things like anti-mould chemicals. I prefer to play it safe and spend more on the aquarium stuff.