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Thanks for the replies. I think maybe the most likely scenario is that it was exposed to agressive fish at some point before I bought it.



They seem to be very peaceful, probably the most laid...

I noticed today that one of my corys has no eyes, just empty sockets. I purchased him about two days ago at a local pet store and I didn't notice if he was like this when I bought him. He's eating...

Almost 2 weeks have passed so just giving a little update. I thought my tank had cycled when I wrote my last post (well, I hoped. I've learnt not to get my hopes up) Anyway true to my usual luck, my...

Ah, well I was worried because I read that glass catfish like softer PH levels and I got it free with the tank. It hasn't done any harm, although it made the water a sickly yellow colour, I did a 50%...

I managed to have a good look at the catfish while he was feeding and I was really sad to see his condition. He's started to get some sort of blister/abscess on his body and they look quite sore. I...

Fish still fine. I tested the water today and the ammonia was close to 1ppm. I decided to ignore Tetras advice about leaving it and waiting for it to come down naturally. I did a 50% water change and...

It doesn't say anything like that in the instructions. I also don't have a carbon filter. Things still very much the same. I haven't got much of a look at the sick fish, he spends a lot of time in a...

Thanks for all the advice. The catfish is still covered in white smudges, I think they have started to cover more of its body. It's swiming around normally and it's always the first one to eat when...

Another question. The catfish is still showing signs of sickness. I read that it could be white spot disease and i've been treating the tank with medicine for it. However upon further research, i've...

This is not an actual photo of mine but this is about the closest I can liken it too. Although the spots on mine don't look as aggressive. I'm reading that it could be Ich and may be treatable.
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Hi, I've had my glass catfish for about 4 days now. At the moment I only have three. I plan on getting three more to make up the numbers since I know they like to be in bigger groups (they only had 3...

I'm three weeks into my fishless cycle and I have Nitrate readings but no nitrite. The last few days i've been getting trace amounts of Nitrite (not even enough to say it's 0.25ppm) and by the...

I used Nurafin Cycle on my 15gl tank. It's fishless and has been running for almost three weeks. I haven't seen any trace of nitrite at all but I do have nitrate also. Maybe it's the Nutrafin Cycle,...

Ok, thanks for the advice! I've already turned the temperature down, finally no condensation! I'll see how It goes :22:

@Shidohari Thank you. Good luck with your cycle!

My gut is telling me that too. It may be because on the very first week of setting up the tank I used Nurafin Cycle (if you're not familar with it, it's a product a lot like Safestart/Stability) in...

I appreciate all your advice so far. I see what you mean, I may have overloaded my filter with ammonia. I really don't think this is the case though. Even though I've looked into different methods of...

That's not what I was intending to do(blush). I'm sure the person who give me that advice this morning did so on the grounds that it worked for him. I trust the add and wait method works but it...

I am waiting for the ammonia to drop to zero yes. I don't understand why I should have ammonia disappearing within one day if I don't even have nitrite yet though. This whole process is so confusing....

@fishmommie The first nitrite reading I got was 2 days ago after I added some more water to bring the water level back up and dechlorinator. Then the next day, I did another test and it showed 0...

Thanks everyone for all the replies.

@250Gimp I've been using the api liquid test kits. I was using the strips originally but switched to these because of the accuracy problems.

@LadyHobbs I've...

So it's now the 19th day since I started the pure ammona cycle. So far i've dosed the tank three times. Yesterday I tested the water for Nitrite in the morning and got a reading of zero. I tested...

Day 19

Did the usual morning tests:

Ammonia: Inbetween 1ppm/0.50ppm (dropped from 2ppm over a period of 2 days)

Nitrite: 0.25ppm (First sign on nitrite, 2 days after 3rd dose of ammonia...

About 4-5 days. I added some more water and some dechlorinator just now since with the temperature being high, the water is evaporating quickly and the water level had dropped significantly. I...

Day 18

Ammonia 2ppm (No change)
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm

Day 17

Tested the water this morning:

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm

Redosed ammonia and re-did the test. Ammonia now at 2ppm. This is now the third dose that has been...