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Thanks so very much for the input. I was starting to think I'd lost my mind… Well color me embarrassed—I think the QA guy just bought an expired test kit. The "Expiration Date" on the box bottom is "10" which I take to mean "2010"—no wonder it was on sale… Guess we do a TOTAL water change...

I'm just a newbie myself, but as I understand it, water from a healthy tank may be great, "well conditioned," but the bacteria you're trying to establish by conditioning your tank actually live on aquarium surfaces: filter media is prime, and to a lesser extent, rocks/gravel, due to lower...

This newbie's trying his 1st fishless cycling in a 55 gal (http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/23/1/Tips-and-tricks-for-your-fastest-fishless-cycle/Page1.html), and already running into problems. Tank has gravel, 250W EBO-Jäger heater (85°F), Marineland HOT 250 gph filter...

Guess I'm a little late with this since you already have the heater, but we've been really happy with a single male Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) in our 2.5 gal mini-tank. He's graceful, beautiful (ours is "hi-blue"), tough, tolerates cooler temperatures, and isn't quite as messy as...

Greetings! My name is Mike, and I have a year-old grandson who REALLY loves the fish tank at the doctor's office, so I'm returning to the hobby after a 35 year absence (Opa's such a pushover!). Thought I was pretty hot stuff back in the day—even wrote articles for our local aquarium society...