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Quick question. For some reason my 29 gal ammonia level seems to be dropping slowly but the nitrites and nitrates are not building up at all. If I add a bacteria from my lfs, can I help speed this up? It's been almost a month and nothing yet. No fish in the tank. I want my biofiltration to be...

I have a 29 gallon freshwater. Currently I'm pretty sure I'm going through a mini-cycle or something but I wanted to confirm the cloudyness. As some may know all of my cichlids died from an unknown disease, so I am redoing the tank a little bit. I have a biowheel that should have had my...

Hello. I bought 2 angelfish today and I just want to know if there is any particular reason that their stripes are darker. They are deep angel fish that are plain with the grayish black stripes, but in the past 6 hours the stripes are much darker than before. When they were at the lfs the...

Hello. As some people know who've read my other posts I recently developed an empty 29 gal tank. When it's all done cycling again, I want to get maybe 2 fish that will grow nice and big to take up room in it. I don't want to crowd it and I want to keep it simple. I thought of getting a couple...

Hello. I'm pretty new to planted tanks altogether. I have a 24" SunGlo tube for lightning. I have a few Brazilian Swords planted in sand that's probably 4" or so in the rear and sloping downward to about 2" in the front. I recently had a problem with all of my fish dying in a very short time. I...

Last week I had a trauma... All of my fish died within 4 hours. :'( I woke up in the morning to see that my 2 convicts and algae eater had fungal clouds over their eyes. My Ghosdt knife was COVERED in a fungus type blanket that almost looked like a white layer of skin it was so bad! I had no...

After a cycle is completed, what's the absolute best method to make the water in a tank absolutely crystal clear. I don't overfeed I'm pretty sure. My levels seem to be lowering too. :)

I have been pondering this for a while now. I'd like to change the gravel in my tank to sand. My wife and I both really want to do it but I have questions. I am currently finishing a cycle now. Will changing the substrate ruin the cycle? If I change it, will the cycle need to start over and...

Hello. I am seeing a major buildup of these roundish cell looking things all over the glass in my tank. They are clear and they wiggle almost like they're alive but I'm sure it's just the water current moving them. They're multiplying obviously. Is this a type of algae or is it a parasite or...

I don't know what to do. I have a Pink Kissing Gourami and a Flame Dwarf Gourami. The Flame Dwarf is hiding behind the rocks all the time and comes out once in a while, and whenever the Kissing Pink guy goes that way the flame jumps out of nowhere and chases the pink dude around! He's biting at...

Hello again. :) I had a previous post called PArasites and fungus that this kind of follows up on. I think my fish have an internal bacteria infection and ick. I've been treating my tank daily with Maracyn-Two and a Wardley Ick Away and doing water changes every day or two. My pink gourami is...

I'm a fish noob, and I don't know what I'm up against yet. I have a 29 gal tank and my fish are getting very weak along with a few of them with white cottony stuff around small areas of them. My pink kissing gourami is in bad shape. He sits at the bottom of the tank unless he needs to eat, and...

Hey I had another question before I go to bed. :) I have my tank set up as a freshwater tropical community and I wanted to know if anybody knows if there are BIGGER community fish that don't pose a threat to the smaller guys. The smallest thing in my tank is a group of rainbow colored platy that...

Hello everyone. I'm new at this whole site and at fish things so please bear with me. :) I have a new 29gal freshwater tank. I have some fish in it now, and it's still going through the cycle process. I don't plan on doing anything with my filter until the cycle is long overwith but I do have...