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The tank is near a bright window and the light is on for about 5 hours a day. Water changes are every weekend, about 10-20%. How do I clean off the brown smudges? Is it just a case of sticking my hand in and rubbing it off or is there something more techical/sophisicated? By the way, thanks...

My tank completed cycling about 3 weeks ago when I filled it with 6 guppies. So far the guppies look happy and all seems well, however, I noticed today that the gravel is looking rather dirty. It's white gravel but it's turning brown, secondly, there are brown "smudges" on the inside of the...

I have an AquaClear Mini filter. It came as part of the 10 gallon kit I bought. Is it OK to use? It seems to be keeping the water clear.

After 6 long weeks, my tank (10 gallon) has finally cycled. I added 6 guppies and am feeding them the same flakes that I feed the Betta. Is this OK and should I feed the guppies anything else (or in addtion to)? Secondly, the guppies seems to be hungry all the time. They finish a pinch of...

I was in exactly the same position as you as my well water has a ph of 8.0-8.5. I, too, tried the "ph down" route as well but the water's pH didn't budge. Through the exceptional knowledge available from the experts on this site, I was old to choose the fish that like high pH values not try to...

Unfortunately I can't change the pH of the water. I tried using gallons of "pH down" chemicals but the pH didn't budge. My water comes from a well and seems determined not to move below ~pH8. As for fish I'm considering, I'm a complete beginner so have no real idea, but would like something...

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I have a 10 gallon tank that I am currently cycling and am looking for suitable fish. My pH level is approximately 8. Would the above mentioned fish do OK in this water?

Err...um.... I found an article that answered my questions. Here's the link.

I'm just about to start a fishless cycle for a 10 gallon tank and have read the various articles on the subject. One thing I seem to have missed is how much ammonia is required. Are we talking drops, capsful, half a bottle, etc. Also, do I keep topping up the ammonia, if so how often and when...

Foxtrot, the reason I bought 5 goldfish was that the shop quoted the 1" per gallon rule and that a goldfish was gauged as a 2" fish. How many fish would you recommend for a 10 gallon tank? I was looking at the list of fish ScottS quoted earlier in this thread (Platy, Molly,Corydoras, Cherry...

Is the sex of a fish easy to determine? I'm guessing the fish store may be able to differentiate when I acutally get around to buying some.

Surely, having babies will only happen if I get a male and female together in the tank. (Or is there something else I don't know!) Would not all one sex be OK?

Thanks for all the advice. I actually tried changing the pH value of the water using a "pH-down" product but after using gallons of the stuff, the water's alkalinity didn't budge. We have a water softening system installed in the house and the tank was filled with this soft water but the...

After having bought the standard 10 gallon tank kit from a local store, we bought 5 goldfish and put them in. Yes, you guessed it 3 weeks later all the fish were dead. No, I didn't cycle the tank, because I didn't know you had to and the shop nor the accompanying booklets mentioned this...