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I have a few tiger barbs who have been flashing and scraping for a few weeks now. There are no signs of parasitic infection, no ich spots or velvet, no fast gill movements, they're eating just fine, water paramaters are perfect (ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10ish). Just to be safe I started...

I just got an API Copper Test because I'm treating for what I believe to be velvet with Coppersafe and I want to monitor my copper levels while doing so. The test says it measures both chelated and free copper, so it should be working but I know that the water has more copper in it than the...

Hey all, I have a 29 gal that I was filtering with 20-40 gal power filter. The water always seemed to be cloudy and filled with little particles, so I decided that I should upgrade my filter. Tonight I put in a 30-60 gal power filter. I was able to use the sponge material and filter cartridge...

Hey all. I've got a 29 gal. tank. In the tank now, I've got 5 giant danio and 4 emerald green cory cats. I love my fish, they're super active and always doing something, but I was wondering if I could add a few more fish to the tank without severely over-crowding them. I was thinking maybe a...

So, after sitting in the nitrite phase of a fishless cycle for about 6 weeks, I did a huge water change and got fish. I couldn't take it anymore. They seem to be doing well so far. I'll just have to monitor the nitrite levels and hope that the tank eventually cycles. What is a safe number...

I was going to get fish last week, but the girl working at Petsmart (the only fish store with in about 100 miles...) informed me that they were having some "issues with ich in their system." She said that there were treating the tanks, but I could buy fish if I wanted to. Well, I didn't. My...

I'm really trying to be patient here, but it is getting very hard. It's been three weeks now since I've had nitrite levels off the chart. As many of you suggested, I'm back to adding about 4ppm ammonia per day and that is getting back down to zero daily. But, my nitrites are still out of...

Hi all! I've been posting for a few weeks now but figured I should probably introduce myself. I'm a full-time college student (graduating in December and then on to Grad. School!) and a stay-at-home mom to my amazing son who is almost a year old. I've had fish tanks before but honestly never...

So, this whole fishless cycle thing is starting to try my patience... I've been in the nitrIte phase for about 2 weeks now, and my nitrIte reading are driving my bonkers. I have the API master test kit and had been testing nitrItes daily thinking they were off the chart because of the...

So, after killing some fish, I decided to finish off my tank's cycle the fishless way. Since there was already ammonia in the tank, I didn't have to add much to get to the 5ppm reading that is suggested for the fishless cycle process. I added ammonia for a few days and it kept climbing...

Hi All, This may be a stupid question, but how do you accurately read the API Master Test Kit??? I've been holding the tubes away from the card so that there are no shadows and light is shining through the test water. Is that right? It seems like the readings can be pretty subjective. I...

I set up my 29 gal. tank in the middle of June. About a week later, I got three small goldfish. About a week later, they all developed Ick and even after treatment they died. I allowed the tank to cycle with the same water for three weeks before attempting to add any new fish. Last Sunday I...