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So having some nitrates is ok? It was staying around 5. I have a 20 gallon Tetra tank with a HOB filter. To clean it I took water from the tank and put it in a bucket. Then I put the filter in the bucket. Squeezed out the spongy thing and wiped the filter clean with a towel. Then put it back...

Hi! My tank has been established for about 5 months. Always have good parameters and do a weekly gravel vacuum and 20% water change. The past couple weeks my nitrates have been slightly high. Yesterday I cleaned my filter because it hadn’t been cleaned in a long time. I was afraid to mess with...

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I just added a swordtail to my tank over the weekend. I noticed today white stuff on him and can’t tell if it is Ich or a fungus. Not sure if I need to quarantine him or just treat the entire tank since it’s probably already spread. I attached some pictures. Thanks!

Hi again. My ammonia is finally spiking. It jumped to 0.5 last night. I put some prime in to keep my guys safe. I am leaving Friday afternoon to go out of town and will not be back until late Monday morning. I am worried the ammonia and possibly nitrites could spike while I am gone. I was going...

Thank you… it always sucks when it happens but nothing you can do. Thank you again for all your advice

Yeah I would only add a couple at a time. My Mickey Molly didn’t make it so now I am down to 5. I’ll wait until things are stable. I am going to be out of town this upcoming weekend so hopefully I won’t get any spikes until I come back

Great thanks. It’s probably why it’s taking so long. It has been four weeks and my kids want to add more fish but I don’t think that’s a good idea until I am done cycling

Thank you both! So how often should I change my water? As long as it stays no higher than 0.25 can I do once or twice a week?

Thank you! I did test it and it looks yellow with tap water and slight green with the aquarium water. I guess that is my question…. Will the fish be ok with 0.25 ammonia? My PH is around 7.2. I didn’t get concerned until I noticed the one fish not doing well today. I assumed it was from the...

Hi everyone! I had a five gallon tank with 3 Halequins in it. The tank broke so when I got a new one I upgraded to a 20 gallon. This was four weeks ago. I brought the gravel, plants, and decorations over. I also kept the filter media in with the new one for 4 weeks. We recently added 3 mollies...