Sophia

I reserve the right to spell it how I want :dnc1:

indeed... I don't think 40ppm is harmful to fish in itself but I worry that it will go up further so I will do the water changes and see if i can get it down again

i thought as much will give the fish a night off food and see what happens thanks

I would say you could keep 5 minnows in a 20-25L tank if you had a filter, that would be about the smallest because as Sam says, they like to swim about. In your little round tank it might make a bit of a whirlpool if you get some current, so it's more suited to a slow moving fish like a fighter that could do without a filter if you changed some of the water every day. You could make a nice little underwater garden in your bowl though, and wouldn't need a filter. Could add a couple of shrimp or snails. Re how to set up a cheap minnow tank, this is what I have found, if you bought it all new: 30L tank from HFF $31 gravel $14 minnows $20 small internal filter $25 light fitting - $25-70 depending on type a few plants - $10 you could get most of those things about half of that cost if you didn't want them new

Does high nitrate mean that there is an abnormal amount of nutrient in the water, ie food and fish waste etc, or that the filter isn't coping no matter how much nutrients there are? In the riverbed tank I wondered why the crypts were melting and did some tests. Ammonia and nitrite are nil but nitrate was 40ppm, maybe a bit more. I changed out about 15% and it went down to 10-20, fed the fish and next day back up again. Changed out 30% and still up to 40ppm, changed another 30% and it came down to about 20ppm. My tanks are usually quite low on nitrates. The java ferns seem to be thriving in this tank. Tap water nitrate is 0ppm. Planted minifish community tank nitrate is just about nil and it has 2 small filters in there, and possibly more plants and less fish.

isn't that now both of you who have had a broken ass? :roll:

hi newbie

what a silly kitty it got what was coming to it I think :slfg:

hello newbie Longer is good for the sleek zippy fish who love to swim, like danios. They will be ok in a 45L tank but if you have room for a bigger one they would be more fun to watch. Bristlenoses are probably ok at that temperature, you can buy them already acclimatised sometimes. Borneo suckers like fresh green algae and lots of current but they are ok in that temperature. Otos are probably ok too, as long as it doesn't go much lower. Mine are in 21-22 degrees and are doing ok.

me too. Blinds in the kitchen and frosting in the bathroom, curtains everywhere else. I like heavy curtains that block the light too. :cofn:

yep, ninja, that's me

Graphic User Interface :smln:

I think that's called a Bedsit :slfg:

It's May and there are only have a few areas with my arch nemesis hair algae. I am hoping that this is because the extra filter is circulating the water around more and reducing dead spots. Also I put the lighted time down to only 2 hours a day and the plants are still growinng. There is no shortage of natural light in here so it's not like they are in the dark. The barclaya flower came off a couple of weeks ago and melted it's stalk but the rest of the leaves are still alive. I never saw the seeds so either there weren't any or they went straight into the gravel. In other news there were 2 deaths, 1 ember tetra that swelled up and went opaque, and a mosquito rasbora that was looking weak since before the rescape and the other day he finally started to look like he was struggling. Out came the clove oil. Killies are growing. There is one that is twice the size of the others, I suspect a female, and 2 that are still small that have Fry Wars so I think they are males.

I fixed your photos for you... next time you just need to copy the whole string of letters in the IMG box

snugglebunnies :love:

I'm with you but it is a spectacular creature

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I got my mistake published in Aquarium world, it was when I used non aquarium safe rubber in my fry tank and killed my precious 4 CPD fry and all of their parents. :tears:

are those yours?

You could bump up the ground level with stockings filled with sand like Sam and I did, they are good and stable to put rocks on. Then you could put some taller bits in a back corner. That way you wouldn't lose most of the tank to needing stabilising rocks/structure but you'd have a taller feature. We've also seen people on here siliconing partitions and then building up the substrate inside like a retaining wall and filling with plants etc. Driftwood seems like a good way to create height without needing lots of rocks but then you have the challenge of finding a good piece.

you mean these ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rol7Ayo ... e=youtu.be this is a little video I made last time we went. Such cool critters are seahorses