chris_irl

top class!!

15 * 6.5 plus 20 postage :mbh: peppered cory, not bad at all

20% change today and retest amm 0 nitrite 0 nitrate <5 ph 6.8-7 Tank ready for fishies :happy2:

it's one of these I assume: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_shrimp Don't they have the fastest movement in the animal kingdom with their claws?

hmm... I was not with it yesterday obviously. tested today again: Amm: 0ppm Nitrite: .5ppm (same as previous times, not 20ppm) :oops: Nitrate: 10ppm today I reckon I must have messed up the test, too many or too few drops

Beer: check Sun: check Food: check Have an awesome day everyone! Top o the mornin and so forth

Amm was 18mg per litre., added 20ml.about 2ppm overall Back to zero overnight. I'll check it all tmro anyway, off to womad today. No fish so no real danger, I'll change asuch as needed tmro to sort it and re test too in case I messed it up slightly. Thanks for the replies though, interesting stuff...

My last test done was last night Amm: 0 Nitirite: 20ppm Nitrate: 5ppm Changed 40% to remove snail rid dose and did some work on the tank, adding weights to the driftwood to hold it down and moved a plant or two. Added a little ammonia solution (20ml or so) just to keep bacteria turning over Test it this morning again Amm:0 Nitrite: 20ppm Nitrate: 160ppm+ (as dark a colour as the scale goes) Changed another 20% this morning, no fish in tank yet it's still cycling. Any reason the nitrates would skyrocket like that? The substrate is peat under sand, would disturbing it to bury the weights released that much nitrate? I'm confused.

thanks. I've asked if they've got more than one I've expanded my list to the any of following types too: Leopard Sterbai Jewlii Trilentus Pepperd Schwartzi

ahh, that's what you meant, I though T me was a user here and I was searching for them :oops:

fair enough so, if that's the rate not much I can do....

True, but that's not always a good thing... most of the world drives on the wrong side of the road after all :slfg:

I thinkit'll be carnage in the first week. Having recently moved here and gotten used to your current system I think it's far better than what's being reverted too, it's a ptiy it being gotten rid of IMO

being from Ireland most things over here are actually cheaper, lol... even the beer!

I will be looking for a group of cory (15); ideally sterbai, trilentus or leopard in the near future. The LFS quoted $14.90 per sterbai :an!gry that just seems insanity to me, or is that the going rate in NZ? That's about 10 EUR each, I could get them for half that at home, plus a little off for a bigger buy.