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The only thing I did different was clean my canister filter. I used fish tank water to rinse sponge and did not touch the filter media. However, fish were acting funny before that. If the Nitrites test had worked I would know exactly when the spike occurred but I have no idea. Emailed the...

No problems. Thanks anyway for trying to help....

Nitrates are testing same as strips. It is the nitrites that were showing 0 and the strips were showing 5.0. They are now nitrites 0 with kit, nitrites .5 on strips after multiple water changes.

I test my water with the Master Test Kit (expires 8/2018) at least twice a day and have for the last 7 weeks. Trusted it completely. Fish started acting strange last Friday. Checked and rechecked my water. All was normal but changed water anyway. Saturday AM 5 dead fish including my Rainbow...

Hi All, Hubby (for a while) and I had long talk about said purchase. He is very upset. Said he spoke with store owner for over 2 hours to make sure these fish would work in my tank. I explained they will say ANYTHING to sell 2 $50 fish. To make a VERY long story short he said he is getting the...

Just tried calling them and they are closed until Tuesday.

God help me. Just told my husband that fish keeping may not be for me....he got a really sick look so asked what was wrong. He informed me he was at the fish store yesterday and bought me 2 beautiful fish for Xmas and they needed to be picked up before Thanksgiving weekend. Wait for...

Master test kit. Just checked water after a 50% change this AM: Ph: 7.8 Ammonia: between 0 and .25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 10 Checked my tap and it is 0 for Ammonia. Last fish added a week ago Friday. I'm beginning to wonder if this will EVER be right. Trying very hard but getting frustrated...

I have a 47 gal bow front with a SunSun 303B canister filter rated for 100 gal. Am I overstocked (keep in mind they are all small). 2 Angle Fish 12 Neons 1 rainbow shark 4 Dalmatians 5 orange polly of some sort 1 clown loach 1 algae eater the kind that only gets 6 inches 2 white shirt tetras...

THANK you!! Will clean filter this evening....:)

Goodness my head is spinning....god if I had known I needed to be a rocket scientist to do this I would never have purchased that aquarium...:) Numbers this AM: Ammonia: .25 to .50 (can't really tell, kind of between) Nitrites: 0 (color is a deep blue not purple) Nitrates: 10 Did a 50% WC...

Wanted to THANK you all for your advise. This is a GREAT site....:)

Do I need to clean my canister filter as well???

Checked prior to leaving for work this AM. Will they be okay until I get home and can do another change??

Hi All, Left my husband in charge of fish this weekend. BIG MISTAKE! He way over fed so nitrites went through the roof. Lost my Angel fish. Did 4 50% water changes yesterday and added Prime. Here are my numbers with Master Kit: ammonia: O PH: 7.6 Nitrites: .25 Nitrates: 20 Should I be doing...