Hey there guys, I am fairly new to having fishies my tank has been operational for 3 days now.
I set the tank up according to all the info i have read in book and the advise from the pet store. I have a 250 ltr tank with about one and a half inches of gravel, seven diffrent fresh water plants with about 50 differnt sprouts and some river rock structures, this has not over crouded the tank though.

I have Aqua one Aquis 1250 series 2 bio and mechanical filter witch cycles 1400 ltrs per hour. I have 2 mirror comet of 4 1/2 inches long one white one orange, 2 red cap comets of 3 inches and 2 gold comets of 3 inches.

I have added prime for chiorine, chioramine ect. stability for good bacteria, conditioning salts, all as instructed by advise and bottle insruction. Food I feed twise a day only what they eat in a small period of time, consist of omega one diet sinking pellet, blood worms and blime shrimp, is there any thing else i need.

how can i cool tank down to nice comfy 18 to 22 c. as i read that these are ideal tempretures for comet especially when it come to breeding, I aslo read that the fry sustain better at a constant 68 F.

 thanking you in advance 

Hey there Hanna

Thanks for the info will look up the feeding vegies in the guide. I have got all the Ammonia, Nitrite,Nitrate and PH test and are testing daily at the moment every thing is testing good.

Weather is good now have had a fair bit of rain late but warming up now its in the mid 30's about now. Whats is the supa Chlor use for ?
Can you freeze some of your tank water, then let it thaw out back in the tank for more cooling affect?

I know that the chilling machine are very costly but if i was to try and breed some fishies would this be the best way to keep constant temp, I will post picks as soon as I figure out where to put this SD card in

yes, Supa Chlor is a water conditioner. I use it instead of Prime, also to support locals 
It also has very good rates among the aquarists here. Also Macropore which is equal to Purigen as a filter media.

I wouldn't float ice blocks straight in the tank, I'd put them in another water bag to protect the fishes from ice burn

Hey there think I have work out this picture thing here goes.
or not how do I upload pics

Thanks abbie your a champ

Where do you find this browse, I have uploaded pics to my computer and the only browse I found is in forum diplay pic and it just comes up with the x and will not display the pic?

thanking in advance

Yeah you can only upload photos using 'browse' for your display picture.
It does work but like I said it only works for smaller images. If the image is too large it will display an X. So you have to compress the image first.
...as far as I know you cannot use 'browse to post photos in comments, you have to do what I said above.
Unless someone know of another way?

Cycling the tank is waiting for the bacteria in your tank (mainly inside the filter) to establish itself. The bacteria helps to remove the toxins created by the fish. It is better to let your tank cycle without fish in it as cycling a tank can be stressful and even fatal for a fish as the water parameters are not stable. Cycling a tank with fish does help speed up the process but yeah as I said it is not in the fish's best interest
And yes it usually does take at least a month for a tank to completely cycle.
I don't know that much about cycling but i'm sure someone will fill you in soon

You can upload photos in post by clicking "browse" below the post, as in, you need open the full editor to be able to do that, so click "post a reply" or "preview", to get there. If you want more pics, just click "add attachment"

I have just notice a problem with little halfy his tail has gone brown and has like a white moss on it I think this may be fin rot does any body know of this and what can I do, Please help me.

Hey there guys

Got my little pic up, that is my man flec he is a mirror comet I will try to attach my other pic to this message there should be some of my tank and my second mirror fish snow flake I beleive that she is white and a mix of mirror and leather scale let me know what you think

the others are my two red cap comet spike is the one with the red on his dorsal fin and fin a red on his tail and then there is goldy and my little man halfy he named like that because some of his dorsal fin is missing and the poor little bliter is crook at the moment and would really apreciate any info on this condition or what in might be.

thanking you kindly in advance

Your tank looks lovely.
Halfy may be stressed because your tank isn't cycled yet. How does he behave?

Do you add Stability EVERY day according to instructions? How are your readings now?

If there are no serious symptoms showing yet, a treatment with Melafix / Pimafix should be sufficient for now. Follow the instructions on the bottle

Halfy looks sick like he's not gonna make it.
 
I would take him out and put him in a hospital tank.
Put salt in 1 TBS per 5 gallons for now.
Make sure the hospital tank has good aeration.

Oh, I think he would do better in the hospital tank for now.
You should use aquarium salt and you can use melafix and pimafix with the salt.
He seems quite stressed withhis fins clamped like that. Poor guy!
Make sure you add water condtioner to the hospital tank if you haven't and benficial bacteria too.

Well see how Halfy does in the next 3 days if he doesn't seem better I would use an antibiotic.
Is he eating? if so then I would feed an antibiotic fish food.

Hey there

Thankyou Adrea, I just cant wait untill the tank finishes cycling and the water clears it will be real nice and peaceful beautiful to watch the fishies after a long day at work.

As for my little mate halfy he still swims reasonably and in eating well I try to feed him seperatly because he is a little smaller than the others and I like to make sure he / she get plenty of food but halfy was still getting in there with the rest to eat, but now halfy is in the medi tank I can carefully monitor every thing Including his eating, I am going into the city tomorrow and I will get some antibiotic food and some other medi just in case.
I have put a big air bubbler in the middle of tank and looks great under blue moon bulb and the fishies seem to love it, but can you over airate your water and if so how can you tell if u have , I know comets (goldfish) can use a lot of oxygen but I just want to be careful.

Thankyou Kindly