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Hello, My son’s fair time goldfish is my little buddy and I’ve kept him alive 3 years so far, but he’s becoming ill and I desperately need help. Please be kind, fish are NOT my area of expertise and passion but I’m doing my best. He’s in a 20 gallon aquarium with an albino pleco. We have an...

Aiken Drum thanks for being so thorough and patient with me! The Culligan man reference is basically the large blue bottles of water that usually get delivered to offices in our area. Probably a reverse osmosis water if I were to guess. I called our local water conditioning supplier and they...

Ok I’m sorry for the long post. I feel like I was doing really well with just one goldfish and now things are thrown into chaos so I’ll just dive in. My son’s goldfish was a fair game prize. I never wanted a fish but hey, the little guy was my responsibility once Grandpa dropped him off at our...

Maybe I don’t? I always thought that you got your nitrite and ammonia to spike, then the nitrate comes in and levels those two out to zero. But if my nitrate is zero too then I don’t see how the tank can be cycled. I always thought fish in cycling was a bit risky? So I have no problem waiting...

A few pinches of fish food here and there but nothing else.

Hey all! I have a fully cycled 10 gallon tank for our goldfish and plecostamus. We want to move them into a 20 gallon tank. I set up the 20 gallon tank with filtered spring water, AquaSafe, and API Quick Start about 6 weeks ago, and dropped our old filters from the 10 gallon tank into the 20...

Thanks so much for the response! I used spring water (our tap water is so-so) when filling the tank so hopefully nitrate is from the old filter I put into the tank. We purchased a used 10 gallon tank we found on FB and got the Marina S10 power filter (Marina Power Filter for it from Amazon...

Hello all- My first and only previous post was about 4 months ago, when my son brought home a fair-won goldfish and I had no clue what to do (especially living in a tiny rural area with no pet stores nearby or any friends locally with fish). Our goldfish is thriving and we have bought him a...

You guys have all been sooooo nice and helpful! Thank you! I couldn’t find anyone locally who had a used filter so I’m doing the best I can solo. I was only able to get a 2.5 gallon tank for now. And I forgot to mention that I got some test strips yesterday so I should be able to monitor things...

Hello, I’m in a pickle and need help ASAP. My parents brought my son to our local fair yesterday and he brought home a goldfish he won playing one of the games. I was fuming, as we live in a tiny town that doesn’t have a pet store or Walmart and thus there are no tanks or food for sale in town...