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My nitrite is not off the chart anymore! After 2 weeks of it being a horrible purple, and nitrate stuck at 5ppm, it is now reading 0.5ppm for nitrite! Hooray! I tested it an hour or so after a huge water change so I'm weary about the result just cause there was no end in sight. Not that I don't...

I always test both my tank back to back but I always leave the nitrate test out for the second tank and do it about an hour later. Is that long enough? I've heard shaking the bottle not enough or too much skew the result so that is why I assume we can't do the nitrate test one after another...

It's all on the glass right above the water line. Would throwing everything away and rinsing the plant get rid of it or would they repopulate? Should I throw away the plant also? I'm guessing the plant is Amazon Sword? I'm new to plants so I don't have enough knowledge and experience to ID. I...

Is it really safe to use on fish? How about dwarf puffer fish since they're scaleless? Ingredients: proprietary blend of therapeutic oils including citrus oil and eucalyptus oil, lavender oil (a calming oil) and aloe vera.

I'm new to cycling tank and I have been doing fishless cycle for two weeks now but I'm clueless as to what my next step should be. Do you think my parameter is safe enough to throw the 4 feeder zebra minnows I bought a couple weeks ago in to speed up the cycling? Here's my reading if you can...

What is it called where when the power goes out, the machine kicks in? Is there such a thing? I'm wondering if there's something to plug everything into the machine and that machine is plugged into the wall outlet so it can detect power outtage. So when I'm not at home, and the power goes out...

Heylo! Sorry this post will be a bit long. I have an empty 55 gallon tank, canister filter, heater and thermometer. I have a month to prepare everything and won't start up my tank until the 1st week of August when I move into my new place. I'm worried they're all going to die because they...