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I messed up. I over cleaned my 10g betta tank and killed my cycle. For whatever reason, I gravel vac'd, cleaned the filter, and rescaped on the same day. Doh! :banghead::banghead::banghead: Things looked fine until I was feeding him this morning and I noticed his fins are all ragged. Out comes...

I have been considering switching to a few fish as well. Just to see if it could finish up because it looks like something is missing.

That's the process as far as I understand it. Be sure not to let the ammonia get too high. I believe it can kill what's already there if it does. I have seen a few recommendations to add fish flakes to help the nitrite converting bacteria because of phosphorus I believe. I think that's why mine...

Still seeing fairly high nitrites. :banghead: This has been going on 8 weeks now. I haven't been dosing ammonia every day, I go for every other day now, because it just increases the nitrites and then I have to change the water. Ammonia still processes fine. I started using stability last week...

Bert, I apologize, I didn't see you asked about my hood. I don't have anything to cover it yet, as I am still in the process of gathering things together that I like. I was considering doing a glass cover like my 65g has and putting a light over that. I like how easy it is to access the tank...

So flourish, flourish excel, and possibly iron should cover all the nutrient requirements? That has been the most confusing part of trying to figure all this out. I had been looking at using flourite as a substrate, but didn't know if that'd be overkill since most of what I've been looking at...

I want to set up a new 10g tank for a single betta and I want it to be planted. So far, I am really confused about the requirements for plants. I want low light, easy to maintain plants like Anubis and java moss. What kind of ferts would be needed and how often? Do I need a special substrate? I...

I'm currently going through a fishless cycle on a 65 gallon aquarium. I have ammonia eating bacteria, whatever I put it at it goes to 0 in 24 hours. The nitrite eating bacteria seem to be present, but not in high amounts. I say this because I have nitrates that increase over time. Right now, I...