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You have all been a huge help, thanks much!

I don't believe I saw that in the instructions "bang the crap out of"?

I have the API Master Kit, I am kinda winging it on the ammonia and the nitrates. For the ammonia it was close to the 1.0 but not really there. It is sorta between the .5 and the 1.0 but closer to the 1.0 therefor I came up with the .8. Same with the Nitrates, the test shows 0 and 5.0 and mine...

Okay, got the test kit. I think I am doing okay, right? pH 7.6 ammonia .8 nitrite 0 nitrate 2.5 I haven't done my water cycle today so this water hasn't been touched for about 36 hours. Thoughts?

I didn't really see the test strip, she really started talking about the test levels and all sorts of numbers that completely lost me. After she said I shouldn't be doing the water replacement I was afraid to tell her I did one about 2 hours prior to coming in. I am going with the advice from...

I did take the $1.99 back. The woman at the store (different person than I originally bought from) agreed that it was too early to put fish in and we should have been warned. She tested the water and said my ammonia is fine and then she babbled for about 3 minutes on nitrates/nitrogen and...

Yes, glofish, not goldfish. No big whoop. Even though he chases the platy, the platy doesn't seem stressed. He doesn't hide. They both seem healthy. Taking Dory (what is left of him anyways) to the store today. I could get a full rebate but I really just want them to test my water for me since I...

It's interesting that since Dory was removed the glofish has become very aggresive. Chases the sunset fire platy nonstop. The platy doesn't hide, plenty of places to hide.

:( Dory didn't make it. The 4 year old is taking better than my wife and I.

Been doing my water cycles daily and got about 3 cups of gravel from the tank at work and put that in a nylon in the tank. Hopefully the test kit arrives tomorrow. I am starting to think Dory is just plain lazy. He was out a lot of first few days after I started the water cycles but has been in...

Day 2 of 30% water cycle complete. I am amazed by how much more active the fish are today. Dory is definitely more social. I can't wait for my test kit.

Thanks for all the advice, I did order the kit this morning from Dr Foster. Unfortunately I didn't see that my post had a second page or I would have ordered it from Strictlypets. I think the faster delivery and shopping a little more local is always a good idea. I replaced about 1/3 of the...

Is this the test kit I would need? Aquarium Water Testing: Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Freshwater Master Test Kit

Okay, so if I understand this correct I will be doing the following: 1. Order a "freshwater liquid test kit" from a place that isn't charging an arm and a leg. Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving I am guessing I will not have this for a couple days. 2. Replacing about 20-30% of the water daily with...

The tank is almost 2 weeks old, I rinsed everything pretty thorough, filled with water (city water, I am sure heavily chlorinated, used the water conditioner that came with the tank) added the plants and and let it sit for 5 days with the filter running before I bought the fish. I do have a...

I'm new to this, so bear with me. Have a 5 gallon tank that has 3 (small 1.5") fish. A red glofish, a starfire wag platy and a male blue guppy. All on the fish store fishguy's advice. Our guppy isn't very social. He isn't social at all, this is only a 5 gallon tank with live plants and a little...

What about using those LED rope lights? They come in a sealed tube and a variety of colors. You would have to start the string out of the water and end it out of the water. I have used them for a sign that I built and I wrapped black electrical tape around the tube where I didn't want the...

Hello, been looking around for a few days thought I should register. I'm pretty new to this and trying to sort of ease my way into this. I already realize (it has only been 2 weeks) that I should have gone with a bigger tank. We really don't have much space but wanted my son to see the...