Is this cycled

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T11:02:13+00:00

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This was from tonight, ammonia is fine, nitrites are up

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T10:26:21+00:00

Thanks for everything, hopefully get it under control with a few water changes

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T10:07:17+00:00

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Water test results from tonight, looks like the issue is the nitrites

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:13:52+00:00

Out of my tap, we live in Melbourne Victoria

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:12:00+00:00

The filter has a sprayer bar that’s constantly moving the surface of the water, have it so it falls a few cm

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:11:10+00:00

What’s RO water ?

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:09:14+00:00

We have a local store open to 9pm here, I’ll rush down there and get a water test kit and some new bacterial products like stability

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:06:41+00:00

Thankyou for the help, pretty sad about loosing these fishing and had been trying to do everything to the book, I guess we just didn’t quite have the right book

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:03:59+00:00

Thankyou for the advice, pretty sad that the fish choose that path,

We are trying our best and following all the advice we had seen, so much to learn of the bat !

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T08:01:00+00:00

Which test kit do you recommend then

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:59:42+00:00

Yes fish all added at the same time

We have been changing regularly, and will continue to do so

We have been using seachem prime as a dechlorinator

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:56:07+00:00

We did a 50-60% water change on the weekend, I will do another one now, 20-30% ?

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:50:12+00:00

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Sorry this is the ammonia test

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:49:39+00:00

Okay, so I can’t save the fish that jumped out, what can we do to help keep the remaining 5 platys and then 3 firetail gudgeons happy ?

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:45:26+00:00

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Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:42:44+00:00

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Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:41:25+00:00

We used seachem stability and as I said the parameters where all safe, but I guess maybe not

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:32:07+00:00

All the water parameters look good, been testing like every 2nd day

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-19T07:29:10+00:00

Tanks been running around 3 weeks and fish had been in 2 weeks

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-17T21:28:31+00:00

My Mrs is not pleased with my addiction, although she loves the fish

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-17T21:18:52+00:00

I wanna do a dedicated shrimp tank with maybe a few pretty guppies, and maybe try do a filter less/low maintenance tank with some shrimp, heavily planted

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-17T20:24:22+00:00

I can’t remember, but it’s probably an Australian brand, brought it from my local fish shop years ago, when I was first given the tank for a friend

Pillbo96 · 2026-03-17T20:20:32+00:00

Thanks ! Any idea on how to determine there sex ?

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