Author Topic: Help with fish tank cycle please (Read 34467 times) 107 replies

Paddy60 · « **Reply #80 on:** February 26, 2017, 01:57:49 PM »

thanks all for your comments and advice, i am gradually going to add the decor back just to check all ok after possible problem last time, so probably stocking after another week . tank is a 120 ltr with about 106ltrs water volume ph 8.2 hard water running two filters, i am looking at stocking with tiger barbs of three different colours and some boesmani rainbows. so am aiming to add nine tigers at first and maybe two rainbows ,

Sue · « **Reply #81 on:** February 26, 2017, 02:08:24 PM »

Add ammonia at the 1 ppm dose every couple of days till you are ready to go fish shopping, then do the big water change the day before or even before you leave on shopping day if there will be time.

Is your tank at least 48 inches (120 cm) long? Boesemanis are big fish and need that swimming length. If the tank is shorter than that I would look for different fish.
I know the profiles on here says min tank size 75 cm but I'm afraid the profiles were written along time ago (there were already in the old forum when I joined in 2006) and some of them are out of date.
Before buying any fish I would advise you to check with Seriously Fish or FishBase. Fishbase doesn't have much info on tank requirements etc but often has more reliable data on water needs.

Paddy60 · « **Reply #82 on:** February 26, 2017, 02:58:29 PM »

ok, tank is only 80cm

fcmf · « **Reply #83 on:** February 26, 2017, 03:42:22 PM »

I wonder if these http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/melanotaenia-praecox/ might be an alternative option for you, @Paddy60?

Paddy60 · « **Reply #84 on:** February 26, 2017, 04:22:55 PM »

@fcmf ill look into those thanks

Littlefish · « **Reply #85 on:** February 26, 2017, 05:22:36 PM »

Keep us posted, this is a very exciting time.

Paddy60 · « **Reply #86 on:** February 26, 2017, 05:23:23 PM »

will do

Andy The Minion · « **Reply #87 on:** February 26, 2017, 07:36:23 PM »

CONGRATULATIONS !!
@Paddy60 A truly epic cycle, started in mid to early November I think?
Lesser fish keepers would have given up and started collecting stamps !
I hope it goes well from here on, you deserve it

Paddyc · « **Reply #88 on:** February 26, 2017, 09:35:12 PM »

Quote from: Andy the minion on February 26, 2017, 07:36:23 PM

CONGRATULATIONS !!
@Paddy60 A truly an epic cycle, started in mid to early November I think?
Lesser fish keepers would have given up and started collecting stamps !
I hope it goes well from here on, you deserve it

What he said

Paddy60 · « **Reply #89 on:** February 28, 2017, 07:07:48 PM »

tested sunday morning still at ammonia 0 and nitrite now at 0 ,added decor ,larege ancient ruin and tai warrior. dosed to 3ppm ammonia.Tested monday morning reading some ammonia .added three of the original plants bought from maidenhead aquatics and redosed to 3 ppm ammonia.Tested 12 hours later ammonia is still at 3ppm or possibly 2ppm ,this was dropping to about .75 ppm in 12 hours so any suggestions please

Matt · « **Reply #90 on:** February 28, 2017, 07:25:43 PM »

Take out the two bits of decor and do a large water change, then try again redoing with ammonia and testing 24 hours later would be my suggestion, we should see the tank recover with a couple of days. Then we should do each piece of decor separately and wait 48 hours next time round.

Paddy60 · « **Reply #91 on:** February 28, 2017, 07:28:23 PM »

can remove decor tonight but water change only possible tomorrow night

Paddy60 · « **Reply #92 on:** February 28, 2017, 09:12:08 PM »

change of plans,decor removed ,90% water change now complete redosed to 3ppm ammonia .
did notice a lot of white flakey material floating about,it came from the air pipe for the airstone think its from the hard water build up ,any thoughts please

Matt · « **Reply #93 on:** February 28, 2017, 09:57:12 PM »

When did you install the air stone?

Andy The Minion · « **Reply #94 on:** February 28, 2017, 10:03:27 PM »

God's Teeth @Paddy60 were these ornaments carved out of solid chlorine or from the MA HMS Disinfectant sunken ship range

I'm guessing the white material is another form of the white growth seen during fish less cycles, calcium deposit is unlikely to float.

Paddy60 · « **Reply #95 on:** March 01, 2017, 05:55:44 PM »

@Matt installed the air stone at the begining, its not a stone just remembered its just the pipe with a conecter buried in the gravel.
@Andy the minion starting to suspect a tai Warrior could be the problem it looks exactly the same as in the fish shops, but bought this online from a gift site

Paddy60 · « **Reply #96 on:** March 04, 2017, 09:00:02 AM »

tank has recovered now, cycling from 3ppm ammonia to 1ppm ,and nitrite to .25 ppm in 12 hours and ammonia and nitrite to 0 in 24 hours.
tai warrior getting bined and will add decor one at a time every 48 hours .
question - should i keep dosing to 3ppm ammonia while adding this decor slowly as will take a week or so ,or drop to 1 ppm ?

Littlefish · « **Reply #97 on:** March 04, 2017, 09:47:35 AM »

@Paddy60 great to hear that you have found the cause of your problem. I hope that everything runs smoothly for you now.
You can drop down to 1ppm ammonia, and do a large water change before adding your fish. Check on Sue's fishless cycle sticky for details.
Best wishes for zeros on your tests for the following week as you add decor, and fish shopping very soon.

Paddy60 · « **Reply #98 on:** May 16, 2017, 08:46:40 PM »

havent posted for a while as still had problems.after adding the decor one by one,every time it crashed the cycle. So decided to bin all the artificial plants bought from the aquatics shop and start again with a different make of plants and some drift wood.This time cycle whent as expected,now cycling from 3 to zero in 24 hours,hooray,lucky im patient.should be stocking at weekend.

Sue · « **Reply #99 on:** May 16, 2017, 08:50:04 PM »

Good to hear you have finally cracked it. i don't think I'd have been so patient $:-\$

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