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My daughter has a freshwater 20H tank (mollies, swordtail, Buenos Aires tetras, rubber lip pleco). It's been established for about a year now and is doing great, thanks in large part to this community. She would like to start doing live plants this year and we are reading through the info at...

Before we added fish we did several large water changes to get the nitrates down to zero. We've continued to with weekly 10-20% water changes, so they've remained very low. As for the fish, we're haven't noticed fuzz or anything like that. They seem to look fairly good until the very end, when...

Hi, We recently started a 20 gallon tank. We did a fishless cycle, then did a large water change. We stocked our tank about 2 weeks ago after getting some advice on here (many thanks) with 6 neons, 2 guppies, 1 platy, 1 clown pleco, and 1 dalmation molly. We used Prime conditioner. We have...

Perfect. I think that's what I'll do. Thanks for the help. We'll keep an eye on ammo, nitrite, nitrate and do daily water tests for the next couple of weeks.

Thanks! The filter she has now has a cartridge. If I go with your first (transfer media) or third (media bag) options, should I take the cartridge apart?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on the best way to upgrade a filter. My daughter has a 20g tank from an Aqueon kit (i.e. it came with a filter, but the bare minimum). I watched and wasn't convinced that her filter was doing a great job since there seemed to be a lot of residual...

So yesterday we picked up the guppies (2), molly, and clown pleco. We definitely considered the bristle nosed, but she just didn't like the way they look as much and she just adores the clown. I hear they are harder to find, but we have a LFS that stocks them. We do have driftwood. We boiled it...

We are also considering neons, and so I have another couple questions that I seem to be getting differing answers on when I look around online. Do cardinals and neons grow to the same size (and are counted the same for calculating stocking levels)? Is there any difference in hardiness? Thanks!

Thanks. That sounds good. We're just hoping to have a fish (the clown) to help with the algae and bottom feeding. In general, that's a good idea, right? If you have other suggestions, we're open to them as well. Right now we're leaning towards your last suggestion of clown, cardinals, 2...

Thank you! Yes, it is a 20 high. I forgot to mention, she also wants to get a clown pleco. We had talked to some one who suggested a clown pleco because they stay small and are peaceful. What do you think about that? How should we adjust the stocking levels?

Hi, Thanks for the fantastic community. I kept a tank for some time when I was younger, so I have some experience in fishkeeping, but the information is so much more accessible now! We're just getting into aquariums with my 8-yr old daughter, who has a new 20g tank. She has completed a...