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by plankton
Tue May 07, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l
Replies: 44
Views: 2427

Re: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l

Just top up when you get back. :)
Congratulations and Happy Birthday to your wife! :D
by plankton
Mon May 06, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Water But leeching/contaminating water?
Replies: 11
Views: 298

Re: Water But leeching/contaminating water?

Welcome to the forum. :)
Yup, everything must be food grade for fish use.
by plankton
Mon May 06, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l
Replies: 44
Views: 2427

Re: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l

Yes, keep going - you need 3 days of zero ammonia and nitrite to be finished (that's testing after 24 hours).
Big water change to lower the nitrate before you get fish.
by plankton
Mon May 06, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l
Replies: 44
Views: 2427

Re: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l

Yes, it needs to be 24 hours otherwise you don't get a reasonable idea of what's going on.
by plankton
Sun May 05, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Aquarium Decor, DIY and Equipment.
Topic: Sand Depth & Egg Crate
Replies: 34
Views: 2509

Re: Sand Depth & Egg Crate

I use the Unipac stuff nowadays.
by plankton
Sun May 05, 2024 8:58 am
Forum: New to Fishkeeping
Topic: Baby snail appeared
Replies: 10
Views: 602

Re: Baby snail appeared

If you don't overfeed they don't become "pests", they actually do a lot of good with getting rid of dead leaves as well as leftover food.
by plankton
Sun May 05, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: 240L Juwel Rio
Replies: 13
Views: 639

Re: 240L Juwel Rio

YnotFish wrote: Sat May 04, 2024 18:50 pm Captions, anybody? :hmm:

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What are we queueing for?
by plankton
Fri May 03, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l
Replies: 44
Views: 2427

Re: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l

This hobby teaches patience, especially with cycling. ;) :)
It's all worth it as the fish will be healthier (unless you get poor ones from the shop, which happens) and if there are problems they will be easier to deal with.
by plankton
Thu May 02, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whats this?
Replies: 15
Views: 362

Re: Whats this?

The flow is probably not getting around the whole tank, top to bottom, that's a main cause of it. What Martin has posted is a good idea if the filter can't be adjusted. I had it in my Juwel Trigon and it took about 18 months to get the flow just right. It doesn't like hydrogen peroxide (3% or 6%) sp...
by plankton
Thu May 02, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: What's happening in your Aquarium? - Tank Logs
Topic: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l
Replies: 44
Views: 2427

Re: DuzMano's Leddy 60XL 72l

Use ammonia. There's a chart in the Guides/resources to help calculate how much you need depending on the strength.
Use pure ammonia, not any with perfume or surfactants.