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The betta eats all of his food in a minute or a little less. The corrys take a little longer, but they like to nibble then swim away for a few minutes and then come back. I will cut back on the betta a bit and keep the corrys the same. I was going to go to the store and get some frozen...

I have 1 betta and 5 panda corrys in a 10 gallon. I feed the betta 4-5 betta pellets twice a day. And the corrys one sinking bottom feeder pellet twice a day. Is this too much or too little for either?

Alright well I seem to have a small issue. I think I have had a small cycle start again. I made a mistake and was adding around the same amount of ammonia once the nitrites started to show up. I read the directions again and see that half the amount is called for. Yesterday morning I added a...

With glass a damp towel then a dry towel is what I use. The damp one to wipe any smudges away, then a dry one to "polish" the glass and cleanup and water left by the wet one.

It is only a 10 gallon. I was thinking of a smallish piece of driftwood, somewhat to bring the ph down, but also to just add a little hiding place for the panda corys I plan. Edit, because I cant post again so soon: Well I retested my PH today, and I must have done something wrong the other...

I have been doing a fishless cycle for a little over 5 weeks. At this point it takes around 12 hours for ammonia to drop from around 4-5ppm to 0. And I have no nitrites, down from off the charts last week. This seems to be very good news, except I have only around 10ppm Nitrates. Should I...

I have a question about the levels in my almost 3 week old tank. I first added ammonia. For the first two weeks the level barely dropped. I added ammonia maybe one time during that time. Last sunday, at the two week mark I finally got my first sign of nitirites. During this last week the...

Well thanks for the help. I didnt get any existing material, because I dont know anyone around here that has a tank. I did start to get nitrites on Sunday, so everything looks to be working, maybe just a little slow. Thanks for the help so far.

Yeah that is the chemical reaction taking place. Mine does that too, the drops are yellow to start with then they start to react with the ammonia in the water and display the final data after 5 minutes, just like the instructions say.

I have been fishless cycling for around a week and a half now. I started with Ace hardware ammonia, and I have only had to add more once. I originally put way too much so I did some PWC to lower the level to 5ppm. After 4 days I added a few drops more to get it back to 5ppm. Then I decided...

I am trying to decide what I want to get while my tank is cycling. This is my first "real" tank so I went to the LFS the other day and liked the neon tetras. I was thinking about 5-7 of those, and maybe a cory or 2. However my GF thinks that might be boring. Is there another fish that I could...

Thanks for the advice so far. I just started the fishless cycle last night, but so far the ammonia level has dropped a little bit. If I get a new filter today would it still be a good idea to run both filters for a while? Also if I get the aquaclear what maintenance is required beyond rinsing...

This is my first tank. I got a kit from Petsmart. A 10g tank with a heater. I have started reading here and have a few questions. First I started a fishless cycle, that seems to be going well for now. I was wondering about the filter though. I have a HOB filter, and I seem to have read...