My setup so far

Living dangerously now arent you :lol:

I cant tell a great difference in colour from the last test it is only "slightly" darker. Even if its inbetween 2 & 4ppm Id rather leave it there than overdose the tank which is maybe why everything stalled last time

I'd keep it around 2ppm now, can't be far off

munchycarrot wrote:

can't be far off

People keep saying this but I dont seem to be getting anywhere

when im done im gonna have a party your all welcome

Well I don't think you're that far away from me (<----Crewe) so I might take you up on that !
If I'd of known you were only in Staffs I could of dropped off my extra gunky spare filter I have running in my community tank

munchycarrot wrote:

Well I don't think you're that far away from me (<----Crewe) so I might take you up on that !
If I'd of known you were only in Staffs I could of dropped off my extra gunky spare filter I have running in my community tank

rather not - as I stil had a lot of crap floating around from the unclean gravel Had to clean out my filter good and proper.

Got some nice new pipes coming in the post as the ones for my external are full of gunk stuck to the insides.

So id of rather not clogged ur filter up also

But a nice thought thank you. However Id of accepted some foam to whack in my filter to help speed up the process

Crewe is around an hour away

Well... if needed, give me a pm/email. I can submerge this filter in some tank water in a poly box to keep it warm & meet you. You could whip the foam out & squeeze all the crud into your filter.
It's a shame I couldn't do it with one of the ex1200's, that'd definitely sort it out, lol.
You could get a police car to bring it even quicker, surely they wouldn't mind a blue light thrash down the A500

HAHA atm I aint at work till Friday but I may go get a sick note with having my eyes lasered

that may be an idea MC - Would I just squeeze the gunk into the canister? or would i put it in a certain basket? I got an EX700

I should have just given you my filter for a few weeks MC

Lol, i know. My cichlids poop so much, it'd be ready in a week

Well... GD has just left my house with a very gunky fluval 2 & his tetratec full of our media complete with gunk so he should be 'fishy' within a few days

Just wanna say big thanks to MC and ben for their help - both running in the tank and yes i did get a lovely brown cloud of fish poop!

Glad all is ok GD, you're very welcome. We just wanna see you get fish now

At least it's filtered poo

yeah anyway I need to go have a nap - eyes are sore.

Guess you noticed my eyes and the blood patches? (the aftermath of surgery)

yes, they look very sore

It's things like that that really do make this "The Friendly Forum" :lol:

Diana wrote:

It's things like that that really do make this "The Friendly Forum" :lol:

Oh yes of course. Very helpful Just hope tomorrow morning when I wake up Ammonia is 0 Nitrite 0 then ill give it another dose of Ammonia to be sure

Fingers crossed for you GD, it shouldnt be long now

I tested an hour or so ago tonight but still what looked lik 2ppm but my eyes are sore today and it was a bit hazey!

Water test this morning:

Nitrite 2ppm
Ammonia 1ppm

So I should just leave it and not dose any more?

You need to keep dosing it up to 4 GD, otherwise the bacteria dont have anything to feed on and they will die.

Well dosed 2.5ml of Ammonia - checked and it looks between 2-4ppm

However I checked my Nitrates and it was yellow'ish either 0 or 5 ppm

one thing I have learnt - Ill NEVER do a fishless cycle again

Is that your NitrAtes or Nitrite GD??

NitrAtes (maybe it was a duff test, I could do another 1)

Well another NitrAtes test its yellow to me looks like 0ppm