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Yup, fully cycled ,had an issue at the end but once I setup a filter with just crushed coral I cycled fine. I have had fish for over a week now and my water test are perfect (I still check 2 times per day).

Here is the 37, I will have real plants as soon as I find some low light plants.

ok I went with 9 black skirt tetras, 6 cories, now i need center piece, i cannot get rams so what other choices do i have? I need suggestions because my only local fish store has zero knowledge and i will have to order these.

Ty Jeta, I will try lowering the dose on todays and see what that brings.

Ok, a week later and it looks like my cycle has gone back to the nitite part. I was getting around .25 and .50 ammo and nitrite all last week until last night, last night I was at 0-.25 ammo but had 5ppm nitrites. Now, during the morning on Sunday I tested a drop in my ph to 6, that test was...

Found them, they are called strawberry rasboras. ty for the help. http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Boraras&species=sp.+%27South+Thailand%27&id=1309

I do not have a pic or do i remember the thread name (I read about 50 a day) I will look into the ones you just listed, all I remember is the had very bright red in them.

The other day I read a new tank thread, the person who posted it had a picture of some rasboras that had very bright almost glowing red inside the body. Could someone help me with this name of rasboras? Ty

K, here is the test results from last night (after 24 hours from 4ppm ammo) my Ammonia .25/.50, nitrites are at .50, and my nitrates are at 40ppm. Am i safe to say that I am getting back on track if I am almost consuming all my ammonia in 24 hours and my nitrites are not spiking?

Yes I had nitrites they spiked and then fell, now they are back but it very small amounts, as far as the coral goes I am using about a baseball size amount in the tank and I have as much as i can fit in my filter, i used just the coral at first and it was not enough to keep the ph stable when I...

Update, The PH crashes put a hurting on my cycle as far as i can tell, I dosed to 4ppm Ammonia and in 24 hours I get Ammonia .25 ,Nitrite .50, Nitrate 40ppm and I am still fighting to keep ph up past 6 using coral and I have to use API Ph up liquid buffer or it will drop to 6 before the 24 hours...

I am going to be stocking my freshwater 37 tall this week, since I am new to this hobby and know nothing about tropical fish, I need your help. I want bottom middle and top, I would like inverts if that's an option. The tank has normal gravel atm and I might try some low light plants if it is...

Pm sent. Ty

That is all great info. I will take a look at the option of keeping water that is at good levels.

Well ATM I used API Ph up to atleast get it to 7 for the moment when you use the coral does it eventually completely dissolve? One more question,my Ph will eventually stop dropping once I get my fish in the tank? I am asking because I do not want to stress my new friends anymore then I have to.

Ty that was great info.

This is with tap water. When I do a water change I can keep the ph good for about 14 hours then it is at 6, and that is with crushed coral. I am worried that these crashes are gonna wipe my cycle.

I am doing well with my tank cycle all my trites and ammo are gone in 24 hours, now I am getting big drops in ph and cannot keep it above 6 from 7 ,Is this a problem? And if it is what should I do?

Well they must of found the cause and the water is testing ok atm. I called the EPA on them so the have to retest every 12 hours for 7 days to be safe. Now I have to tackle my Ph issue.

Yea the EPA only allows 1PPM nirites and above 2 can be deadly to young babies and harmful to others. Water company is here now and I think they don't like when others point out mistakes from them. He asked what test kit I used and I showed him my api kit and I also went to my work last night...

JLK my water is city water. And I called the water company to have them come out and test, they will be here today.

Once again ty for your help.

Ty, I use prime now, I just was not sure if my good bacteria could consume that much before killing fish.

Will I have issues keeping fish with tap water that test like this .25 amo/ 2-4ppm nitrite/5ppm nitrate?

And I am in the portland area.