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many ppl recommend using seachem's PRIME water conditioner. thats what i use and i honestly think its the best conditioner out there in my opinion.you dont have to use as much as the other conditioners.and also detoxifies ammonia,nitrite and nitrate, and provides slime coat.

i have a HOB filter that came with a starter kit i bought back in may,its a aquatech power filter 5-15 ( i have a 10 gallon tank).i was told that i can remove the carbon in it and put some filter floss.i heard too tho that 100% polyester can do the same as replacement of the filter floss, that...

10 gallon and 5 fish.1 dwarf gourami and 2 julli corys and 2 panda corys.ive been told to transport my fish in a bucket with heater packs attached ( due to the winter), and to buy a battery powered air pump. im just scared after i set up my tank to cause a mini cycle and go thru all the process...

the problem is we moving in the winter..it maybe december or january so its going to be cold.im already buying certain things to transport my fish so i cant buy stuff for the tank itself.the water in the tank will become cold if i leave some water in it. i guess if when i set up my tank again if...

well im gonna be moving in 2 months and i was wondering if when i arrive to setup my tank again will it cause a mini cycle? im moving from kansas all the way to miami florida so its gonna take us about 3 days to get there.what can i do to avoid causing a mini cycle when i put my fish in it again...

ok..thanks for ur help :)

ok so ill just change the cartridge and throw away the carbon then.ill go to the pet store and get filter floss.i dont know what filter floss is but do i need to keep replacing that filter floss often or is it a one time thing to just replace the carbon?

im using the aquatech 5-15 power filter ( hob filter) ( it came with the starter kit i bought),i do 30% water changes once per week....oh i never mentioned , my filter cartridge is looking gross, its growing this white fuzzy fungis stuff on it..i cleaned it with the tank water before but it...

thanks.i really didnt think i was overstocked. this lady had such an attitude that i really didnt wanna listen to wat she really had to say.so ill just leave the tank as it is.i was sure the ph wasnt affecting them cuz they seem so healthy and active

yea im not sure why my ammonia is stuck on .25... ive had ammonia problems in the past.ive had my tank since th eend of may of this year.i was all new at this and i started of with the wrong fish GOLDFISH. well i ended up having serious ammonia issues around the time my goldies died around...

yea.im always on top of my fish and do about 25-30% water changes once per week. my ammonia is reading .25, nitrite 0ppm and nitrates i believe she said 20. ph is 7.8 which i believe is high, its always at 7.8 and wont go down.this sales lady said to buy acid buffer for the ph to go down.do u...

ok i went to my local fish store yesterday to get my water tested.everything read fine.this sales lady seemed she had the biggest attitude in world and was explaining to me that my ph is waaay off the charts, which everytime i do get water tested there with other ppl and also in other pet stores...

i just tried taking pics but my camera seems to sux cuz the bump seems too hard to see. i can describe it i guess of what it looks like, its like a tiny pimple looking bump right next to its mouth.the bump is like half smaller than this smiley icon -->:D

my julli corys and panda corys do that alot.especially one of my jullis which does it more often than the others.i guess they just enjoy that .they are very active lil fish:D

ok well today i noticed my dwarf gourami has like a tiny bump next to his mouth.dont know what it could be and maybe if it may go away or grow bigger.has anyone encountered something similar on there dwarf gouramis?

not too sure if all gouramis do pick on guppies, but i had a guppy before i introduced my dwarf gourami to the tank and the dwarf gourami as soon as it was introduced to the tank like a day later i noticed it loved picking on my guppy. so my guppy ended up dieing about 4 days later.i was so mad...

i have 2 julli cory catfish (had 3 , 1 died last week :( i just dont think 2 corys will help.and i cant add more cuz my water is still having ammonia issues and the ph is real high too.so dont know what to do.it just seems its gettin worst. and plus that white nasty fungis is really grossing...

i been having brown algea in my 10 gallon tank for the past weeks but seems like its getting worst.its all over my decorations and the walls of the tank.its lookin so gross.is it safe to clean this with them scubbing sponges to clean the tanks? also i have this white fungis stuff ( not sure what...

the stripes show 0 for nitrites, about 20 ppm for nitrates and ammonia not sure if its .25 or .5... so hard to read these crappy stripes:banghead:

thats what i thought...i had called the store where i buy my fish and the salesguy said i shouldnt do 50%, only bout 25%...well i got 1 dwarf gourami and 3 jullis corys ( one about to die :( so should i do 50% daily til the nitrates lower...?

ok well i tested my water with my test stripes ( dont have the liquid test yet) and well my stripes showed high nitrates, and well one of my cory fish is lookin like hes bout to dies.but hes been sick for the past 2 days.i was told doin 50% water change was something i shouldnt had done cuz that...

sadly my female guppy ( which i came so attached to) died 2 days ago becuase my Dwarf gourami ended killing her.my guppy was so scared of the dg ever since i introduced it to my 10 gallon tank.and i came to finally notice the dg would pick at her alot.i want to buy 2 more guppys to replace the 1...

thanks everyone..:D

can goldfishes go 3-4 days without eating?

a week ago i introduced a dwarf gourami to my 10 gallon tank along with 2 other corys.before that i had 1 cory and 1 guppy.well ever since i introduced the dg the guppy was always scared of the dg and well sadly today my dg ended up killin my cute lil guppy:(.i dunno why my dg was being semi...