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]

Perhaps I should stop posting in this topic to avoid any more misunderstanding....

Hi Bro LASERGUY, don't leh, with your latest posting, sounds more frenly liao

Dunno lah, if you stop posting on this topic then I

I tried / did tried searching for "cycle" using the above "Find" function but came out alot of un-related stuff.

I also read somewhere that when a tub/tank is cycled, the ammonia & nitrite level should be at 0 level which is what my tub is reading but of coz I understand that the guppies bio-load is much lower than GFs, therefore in that case, should I be buying some cheap cheap GFs to continue to cycle my tub for another month before buying my actual favourites ( Ranchu / Lionhead ) ?

As for the rest of the forum-ers, please kindly advise on what to search for using the "Find" function so that newbies like me can catch up fast, not too depending on U guys to spoon-feed.

Please advise.