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PS: It's a 29 gallon aquarium with one small potted anubias and some strands of anacharis for live decor. Fake decor involves a "sunken ship," Goldie's cave, and a fake stick/branch. Also, I went ahead and bought a divider and just split the tank in two, letting Goldie remain in her cave with...

Alright, so I've had my 2 orandas since December, and the both of them have always been best buds. However, recently I noticed the smaller oranda (Michael Buble, lol) has been very aggressive towards the larger oranda (Goldie Hawn :P). While I am fairly certain Goldie is female, I find it...

Test today: Amm: 0.25 ppm (gradually declining now!) Nitrite: 2 ppm (it will double from 1 ppm to 2 ppm as soon as 12 hours after a 50% pwc, I think I hit that spike. Fish are doing very well, despite.) Nitrate: 10 ppm! yaay! The light at the tunnel is coming up! Fish are doing well, still...

I see the light! I woke up, tested the water and got Amm: 0.25 ppm (WHOOO!!) Nitrites: 2+ ppm Nitrates: SOLID 5 ppm (WHOO!) Looks like I'm getting there, I just hope it's soon. I hate stressing over my fishs' health like this. I did a 40% pwc and got the nitrites down to 1ppm for the kids...

I currently switched them to 1 pea every other day (each get 1/2 of the pea). Also, I'm pretty sure I just figured out my problem. I decided to do the smart thing and test my tap water straight from the faucet. It has between .5-1ppm ammonia (kinda a 1/2 reading) but no nitrites (thankfully)...

I've done at least three 50% pwc with an additional two 25-30% pwc within the past 4 days, and I can't seem to get the ammonia below 1ppm or the nitrites below 1ppm. I've been using a full cap of Prime (meant for a 50gal) after each pwc for my 29 gal in hopes it'll offset the side effects. My...

Ok, after two 20% pwc yesterday and one 40-50% pwc today, now it reads: pH: 7.4 Amm: 0.5 Nitrite: 0.25 Nitrate: Closer to 0 now, if not at 0 I've taken my fish off of the higher protein pellet (fed daily) and now putting them on peas every other day to reduce ammonia output. Should I continue...

I replaced the filter (the one with the carbon) since it was old and I had used external medication, so I needed some fresh carbon when the treatment was over, but I kept the 2nd "natural filter media" in there the whole time. This was before I went and purchased the AquaClear50, in addition to...

Would you suggest in addition to using Prime to help reduce ammonia/nitrite/nitrate? I have both Prime and the generic dechlorinator (which doesn't affect the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.)

Hey everyone, I've been stalking the forum since establishing (or at least trying to) my tank since December and after reading your various responses and known experience, I trust you guys the most to help with my problem. Long story short, I had a very hard time getting things right with my...