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Hi everyone, I've had a few threads running over the last week or two regarding my new 15 gal tank and the 7 neon tetras I got to start it off, so I'll summarize briefly. One of the fish died after a couple of days, I found this forum and learned about the nitrogen cycle (an ammonia spike was...

I let my 15gal tank just run the filter for a few weeks before I populated it last week with 7 neon tetras. Yesterday one of the tetras died and a couple of the others were looking a bit bloated, and someone told me about cycling the tank as it was probably an ammonia spike causing the trouble...

I've just learned about cycling the tank, after populating it with 7 neon tetras and losing one (fingers crossed the others are okay when I get home from work!), so I have to get that sorted immediately. I heard that Stress Zyme is good for getting the cycle going in the aquarium, but I thought...

This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm obviously new to all this, and was just wondering what is the best way to clean gravel? I feed my fish flake food and a lot of it sinks down to the bottom and they don't eat it once it lands on the gravel. I'm only now finding out about cycling the...

Hi, I recently set up my very first aquarium. I got the water tested after letting the filter run for a few weeks and the guy in the fish shop told me the water was fine. I bought 7 neon tetras last Sunday to start the tank off. Its not Thursday evening and I just came home to find one fish...