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It's a 5 gallon tank

What is the amount of time I should leave the aquarium light on each day? I've heard having too little, or too much light can cause algae to grow easier.

I have one oto, should he be able to take care of it?

I was wondering what this stuff is, it's brown in color.

How do I post pictures inside of individual posts?

My white gravel has been turning like a rust color, is this normal? I think it may be b/c I got it at Walmart, haha.

I've had two guppies (a male and female) for over a month now and the female has yet to get pregnant. Could this be due to nonoptimal water temperatures? I've heard they breed in different temperatures. I just got a heater for the tank and am now keeping it at 78. Before the heater, it was...

I have done EXACTLY what everyone has said on here and the fish have died, yesterday was the FIRST time I emptied all the water out of the tank. I was doing 20% water changes every other week as recommended and this was not working, it had been 6 weeks since starting the tank. So don't lecture...

I currently have a male and female guppy left. I had 2 swordfish, 2 more guppies, and a mollie. The most at one time was 4. I just emptied the whole tank yesterday, and cleaned it out and refilled it and left it out overnight while the fish were in a fish bowl and I put them back in the tank...

What is wrong with doing full water changes maybe once a month or when the ammonia is high. First of all, I would take the water from the old tank and some of it into a bucket and then put the fish in there. Then I would empty all of the water out of the tank and clean the tank and gravel. I...

I have a one of those filters that hooks onto the back of your tank, it's a Regent with a filter cartridge that has carbon in it. Tank has been going for 5 weeks.

I didn't have seven fish at once, probably at the most I had 4 at once. I just want to know if it's cool to change all the water at once. I would clean out the whole tank and fill it with new water and let it set out overnight with the filter running, and then put the fish.

Okay, here's the problem: I have talked to many people, especially on here, and they've told me the solution to keeping my tank and fish clean and healthy is to do a 20% water change every other week or 10% weekly. This is NOT working. I'm not blaming anyone, especially on here. I've lost 5...

I was wondering, what happens to the beneficial bacteria when you have to change your filter cartridge in your water filter?

Now I know not to do the 50% water change EVERY day, it did lower the ammonia level after the 2nd day of doing it, but it killed another fish.

I've had a tank w/ fish now for over 3 weeks and the ammonia levels are still high, I've been doing 10% water changes about 2-3 times a week. Of course, I do have 5 fish in there. It's a 5 gallon tank. And I think it may be due to the fact that there has been a lot of decayed food on the...

Well with the test kit ammonia is .09ppm after using the formula and table to figure out the exact amount of ammonia and Nitrate is 0ppm.

They are doing great, I don't notice any signs of stress or disease.

I have 5 freshwater fish in the tank (3 guppies, 2 swordtails) and it's a 5 gallon tank. How often should I do the PWCs and how much?

I started a tank about 12 days ago and the ammonia level was testing high yesterday, which is normal during cyling I'm told, and so I did a partial water change 10%. So I tested it today, and it's still the same. Is this still normal or should I do a larger PWC?

Ammonia was 6ppm using the test kit and then applying the formula to find the exact amount of ammonia .09ppm and Nitrites 0ppm

When rinsing the filter cartridge with water taken out of the tank, should I fill the filter with water that was taken from the tank also?

Anyone else have any advice?

I have five fish (2 swordtails, 3 guppies) and a 5 gallon tank.

I do have fish in my tank, and are you sure it's okay to change the water that often when beneficial bacteria is trying to form which will eventually lower the ammonia level to 0ppm. See I keep getting different opinions, my dad for instance said he didn't do 'weekly' water changes and all of...