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Ok oops you were right. I was readind the directions wrong. I was shaking the vial for 60sec after adding the second solution not shaking the slution itself bfore adding. Anyway my nitrates are about 10 to 20 ppm.

I tested after a 40%ish water change. Ill test again right now. No not heavily planted...just 3 o 4 marimo balls.

The ich is gone and I didn't lose any fish. It was iffy for a while but I treated with copper sulfate and it cleared in a few weeks. The tank is also fully cycled now and the fish seem much happier. Thanks for all the help.

We'll that encouraging. Happy to hear it. Btw I forgot to say that I do weekly water changes. More when the tank was cycling.

Everything is reading 0 with a ph of about 6.8 onmy api master kit. I'm just concerned because my smallest fish in particular isn't getting any bigger. He still can't get one of the hikari baby pellets in his mouth. Hasn't grown a bit since I got him...but my tank has only been cycled for a...

Its a 60g with 6 fancy goldfish of assorted types. One of them doesn't look like he is going to make it. Athough my tank is cycled now the damage may be done. Poor guy is laying on the bottom and not moving much. At first he would swim sometimes but acted like he had swim blader issues. Now he...

Well unfortunately I didn't know what I was doing and my goldfish had to suffer through my tank cycling and it too forever. My fish haven't grown at all in almost 3 months. Is it possible that I stunted their growth for good?

Well the still have ich but they're still alive. I've been treating daily with 72 drops of copper sulfate in my 60g. Some of the spots are gone but they are not happy. The good news is that I am finally getting nitrites! I just sarted noticing them last night but they were trace. Today they are...

Woke up today and all my golds have ich! Well im not really surprised considering what they have been putting up with. I did another PWC and added some meds (copper sulfate or something). Not sure if they will recover with the water being what it is. What do you think?

Just got back home today. Ammonia levels didn't seem to be any higher than usual but they weren't any lower either. I did a 50% wc and used prime this time. I also put a nylon sock full of gravel from my other tank that seems to be cycled along with a used filter in my aquaclear. Its been up a...

I wonder if the aquaclear ammonia insert would help me. What do you think? Also my tap water has a ph of 8 or 9...I think it falls overnight. I can't set out enough water for my 60gal and unrested water causes the ph in my tank to swing..what do I do?

Yeah youre probably right. Digital would be better for me. I have a hard time telling what color best matches my results.

Nope no python. Just a bucket. Ive got pics of the test results but theyre too big and I dont know how to post them. EDIT: Here they are. http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z451/ntc2/ The one with the 2 green tubes is the tap water (left) vs the tank water (right).

Well since none of my locals will take the fish I dont know what to do with them other than do my best with water changes. Theyve made it this long, they may just make it. How many should I have in there? 6? 10g per gold? Do you think they have been permanently stunted? I dont think the little...

Ive been rinsing out the sponge art of my filter every week or so. Should I stop doing that until the tank it cycled? Its always dirty and turns the tank water i use to clean it really dark.

Unfortunately because of my job im not home everyday. Since ive been home the last few days I have been doing water changes 2x daily. They seem happier. They arent hanging around at the surface anymore. The guy at petsmart said they dont take them back but he is also the same guy that said that...

Ill pick up some Prime tomorrow. Im out of safeguard anyway. Im checking the results against a white background. Just want to get my tank cycled so my poor fish can have somewhere decent to live. They dont seem to be growing at all and one of them got fin rot like I said so I know they are...

Im using an API master freshwater kit. Is it possible that there may still be tetracycline in there somehow keeping it from cycling?

Hi there. I have a 60g with a aquaclear 110 and 7 fancy goldfish (too many I know that now) that has been up for almost 3 months now. 6 of the fish are 1-2" and the 7th is a 1" baby. The fish seem happy enough but when I finally bought a test kit a few days ago I found out that my ammonia levels...