Author Topic: Tank-move/upgrade/cycling (Read 31741 times) 83 replies

Littlefish · « **Reply #20 on:** June 17, 2016, 09:54:24 AM »

I am fit to bursting with excitement over the river tank and will be setting up a thread to document progress. It may be a tad slow as there is going to be a lot to do, but I'm also hoping that people will chip in with advice etc.
Always happy with twinning projects.

As for furniture, I currently have a stack of furniture in the spare bedroom that I've already moved out of the living room. Now, apart from the tv, sofa, armchair and dinning table/chairs, everything else is fish tanks. Pretty much the only bookcases/storage I have left in the room are a small bookcase behind the 125L tank - the bookcase which has the betta/panda cory tank on top, and a tall bookcase which has been reinforced and houses my temperate tanks. Hoping to use the cabinets with the new tanks to house dvds etc.

ColinB · « **Reply #21 on:** June 17, 2016, 10:10:00 AM »

Far too many chairs - they'll have to go!

I've got a few ideas for you.....

And if you change your bed, you'll have even more room for tanks....

Littlefish · « **Reply #22 on:** June 17, 2016, 10:19:32 AM »

Awesome.

You are such a bad influence, though not as bad as one of the guys at MA. When I found I couldn't have the custom built tanks I wanted because the floor isn't solid, his reaction was to suggest pulling up the floor boards and building an aquarium into the floor.

apache6467 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 17, 2016, 11:33:27 AM »

Hillstreams are beautiful and i wish my two were still alive.

best of luck

Mascol · « **Reply #24 on:** June 18, 2016, 01:03:35 AM »

The hillstream loach looks wonderful. I'll be interested to see updates on your river tank project Littlefish.

You are of course correct, with a bit of research I've uncovered quite a few fish suitable for my hard water - in addition to the obvious ones.. As I always say 'if in doubt, stick it in a spreadsheet' so sometime soon I'll post my list here for the benefit of the wider fish keeping community

ColinB · « **Reply #25 on:** June 18, 2016, 07:39:47 AM »

Quote from: Mascol on June 18, 2016, 01:03:35 AM

The hillstream loach looks wonderful. I'll be interested to see updates on your river tank project Littlefish.

You are of course correct, with a bit of research I've uncovered quite a few fish suitable for my hard water - in addition to the obvious ones.. As I always say 'if in doubt, stick it in a spreadsheet' so sometime soon I'll post my list here for the benefit of the wider fish keeping community

Excellent. That'd be really helpful.

Fiona · « **Reply #26 on:** June 18, 2016, 10:57:43 AM »

Hi Mascol, I too am blessed with Hertfordshire water

I don't know whereabouts you live in Hertfordshire but if you live anywhere near Enfield there's a place called Crews Hill that has 5 LFS within a few minutes of each other, it's my most fav place to spend an afternoon, it's also full of garden centres and craft/antique shops.

Paddyc · « **Reply #27 on:** June 18, 2016, 11:20:06 AM »

Quote from: Fiona O'Mahoney on June 18, 2016, 10:57:43 AM

there's a place called Crews Hill that has 5 LFS within a few minutes of each other, it's my most fav place to spend an afternoon

Did anyone else mutter "you lucky git" when they read this?

Fiona · « **Reply #28 on:** June 18, 2016, 11:35:24 AM »

Just to rub it in a bit; there's a nice pub which serves pretty nice grub, MA is based inside a Wyevale Garden Centre which also has a pretty decent restaurant. There's a shop that specialises in birds and there's a reptile centre. People actually go there just to show the kids round the shops

Its like a mini zoo trip.

Littlefish · « **Reply #29 on:** June 18, 2016, 11:36:57 AM »

Nope, I looked it up on the internet and found it is only an hour away from me.

Guess where I'm planning to go some time over the next few weeks.

Fiona · « **Reply #30 on:** June 18, 2016, 11:44:16 AM »

Quote from: Littlefish on June 18, 2016, 11:36:57 AM

Nope, I looked it up on the internet and found it is only an hour away from me.
Guess where I'm planning to go some time over the next few weeks.

There's a 6th shop called Wild Woods a 15 min walk or less than a 5 minute drive from the main drag. You'll love it Donna! It's well worth an hours drive, we might even bump into each other

Littlefish · « **Reply #31 on:** June 18, 2016, 11:46:05 AM »

Too true it's worth an hours drive.

You'll recognise me instantly - I'll be the one trying to fit the entire contents of all the gardens centres and aquatics shops into a small car.

ColinB · « **Reply #32 on:** June 18, 2016, 12:00:57 PM »

Quote from: Paddyc on June 18, 2016, 11:20:06 AM

Quote from: Fiona O'Mahoney on June 18, 2016, 10:57:43 AM
there's a place called Crews Hill that has 5 LFS within a few minutes of each other, it's my most fav place to spend an afternoon
Did anyone else mutter "you lucky git" when they read this?

....and the rest! It's 40 miles to my not-so-local LFS and, although it's a MA, it's nothing like as good as the one I was 2 miles from at my previous house. grrrr....

Serves me right for living in the middle of nowhere, I hear you say..... but being in the middle of nowhere is worth it.

However; the shop is in a Wyvale garden centre and it's got a Pets' Corner there which has a 'puppy play hour' every Saturday morning. So we take Tuffers down there to burn off some energy beating hell out of Ralph and Boris (and getting well pounded in return) and then we all wander around the plants and the fish.... and then have a coffee - so it's a good trip.... and they had some rather nice Oto's in there last Saturday.... I'm very tempted.

Mascol · « **Reply #33 on:** June 18, 2016, 10:05:59 PM »

Hi Fiona, Thanks for that hot tip! I'd not heard of Crews Hill before; it sounds like aquatic and animal heaven!!! We live at the other end of Hertfordshire, ie north Herts, but it's only 35 minutes in the car! Which is only a bit further than some other LFSs ive been to. Yay!

I'll be planning a trip out soon....

Re fish 'n filter move, I realised I won't have time to do it for at least a week, maybe even to, so I'm carrying on dosing with ammonia in the meantime.

Day 1: I started with 7ml and ammonia rose to 4 ppm - so a bit more than I'd intended.
Day 2: 2ppm
Day 3: 1ppm
Day 4: I skipped day 4
Day 5: Dosed 6ml - but ammonia went back up to 4 ppm. Nitrites between 0.5 - 1.0 ppm (it's a bit hard to tell when looking at the chart and liquid in the tube). Haven't tested for nitrates yet. Will be keeping up the regime for the time being and start testing for nitrites and nitrates now.

Re my poor female dwarf gourami - two days of fasting hasn't made any difference

She's still very swollen up.

Sue · « **Reply #34 on:** June 19, 2016, 09:47:09 AM »

Have you tried feeding her peas? Cooked, deshelled and chopped pea is a common thing to try in case it is constipation. Or some people use daphnia to help 'flush fish out'. That's live or frozen rather than dried.
If that doesn't work, I don't know what to suggest.

Fiona · « **Reply #35 on:** June 19, 2016, 11:59:29 AM »

Quote from: Littlefish on June 18, 2016, 11:46:05 AM

Too true it's worth an hours drive.

Quote from: Mascol on June 18, 2016, 10:05:59 PM

Hi Fiona, Thanks for that hot tip!

Just past Crews Hill station on the right there's a board listing masses of shops and there's a new aquarium shop just opened, the birds are in the same place. Further on Wyevale Garden Centre also on the right has an MA. Opposite Kingfisher Aquatics which has newts and axolotls @Littlefish and reptile place. Next garden centre along Springfields Nursery has Marine Aquatics at the back. Opposite Springfields is Pets Corner and Enfield Aquatics is in there. Further down the road once you go round the bend on the right is Wildwoods Aquatics

Enjoy!

Mascol · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2016, 12:51:36 PM »

Have you tried feeding her peas? Cooked, deshelled and chopped pea is a common thing to try in case it is constipation. Or some people use daphnia to help 'flush fish out'. That's live or frozen rather than dried.
If that doesn't work, I don't know what to suggest. - See more at: http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/forums/new-fishkeepers/tank-moveupgradecycling/20/#sthash.7V716p9C.dpuf

They get shelled peas every week, but it is indeed what I'm going to try this afternoon. Hopefully it has an effect :-/

Fiona, thanks for the directions

Can't wait to visit. Will definitely leave husband and sons at home!

Mascol · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:42:50 PM »

Tested new tank esrlier:

Day 7: ammonia 0.25, nitrites between 2.0 and 5.0 ppm (again hard to tell, but definitely over 2.0 ppm). Have therefore dosed with 6ml ammonia.

Very exciting to see stuff is happening in the filter.

Sue · « **Reply #38 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:51:16 PM »

Now you need to test every 2nd day; you are waiting to get zero ammonia, then zero ammonia again 2 days later, with nitrite over 1.0.
Once you get the second of those two zero ammonias, add enough ammonia to give 1 ppm rather than 3 ppm. Too much ammonia makes too much nitrite, and the cycle will stall if nitrite goes over 15 ppm - and you can't tell from the tester when it gets that high. Any reading over 5 look the same colour as 5.

Paddyc · « **Reply #39 on:** June 19, 2016, 02:53:01 PM »

Quote from: Mascol on June 19, 2016, 02:42:50 PM

Tested new tank esrlier:

Day 7: ammonia 0.25, nitrites between 2.0 and 5.0 ppm (again hard to tell, but definitely over 2.0 ppm). Have therefore dosed with 6ml ammonia.

Very exciting to see stuff is happening in the filter.

Good stuff

I'm wondering what readings I'll see tonight in my QT, I added a full dose of ammonia yesterday...

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