Time To Buy New Gfs Options

[jowy_ham]

After absorbing all the advice from fellow forum-ers, I managed to cycle my tub liao ( no dead fishes for abt a week liao, I use guppies to cycle my tank coz they are more hardy )

Time to buy new GFs liao so happy .

I understand for newbie, shouldn't get too x one cos it still will die easily if not taken care off properly, so wat will be the price range / size of GFs that I should be looking at ?

I live in the NE, any good place to get some healthy GFs ?

Few Q again :
1. The GH & KH of my water is dropping, what should I do ? I read something on coral chips, any idea where to get that ?

2. I also read something on buffering water ( using baking soda ) any idea on that as well ?

3. I also read something on Activated Carbon to remove the smell from the water, is it true ? coz my wife complaining the water smell ( fishy smell ) although I dont think so

Thanks in advance

This post has been edited by jowy_ham: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 10:48 am

[jowy_ham]

Hi Bro East_Ozeki, Thanks for the kind advise.

What makes you conclude that your tank is cycled and matured already ? Taken any reading on Ammonia/nitrite level ? No dead fish for a week doesn't indicate that it's matured ! Did you read up anythng on this topic ?

Guppy's bioload is definitely much much lower than GFs, in this case, your tank is basically not tuned to the eventual bioload, not to mention cycled or matured. In normal case, it takes minimum of at least a month or even more to cycle a goldfish tank.

Please consider to find out more on this topic (there are plenty of the website on this topic,) before proceeding with the next step.

Just my 2 cents worth of advice....  have fun....

wao lau, Bro LASERGUY, u sounds fierce and un-frenly, hope i didn't cause u too much trouble.

Anyway I have taken some water readings of my tub ( pH at 7.6 - 8 ), Ammonia level is 0, Nitrite level is also 0, Nitrate level is at 10.

Then U tell me how to know when the tub is properly cycled lah, I newbie mah, dun expect too high lah, even i read all the posting here I may also have problems understanding mah.

Hello, give me a chance lah.

U really sounds un-frenly