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    Will Seachem Prime give me a false negative ammonia reading?

    Started cycling my 20g tank a few days ago. I have 4 zebra danio in there and feed them daily. I used a double dose of seachem prime as a conditioner/detoxifier after having trouble with my tap water 4 days ago. My question is, will prime stop my tests from picking up on the ammonia? I...
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    How long until first ammonia spike?

    Just started a fish-in cycle with 4 danios yesterday. They've been in a little over 24 hours with no ammonia readings thus far. I have one nubius nana plant in there and my temp. is 78 degrees. When can I expect to see the ammonia rise? 20 gallon tank PH: 7.5 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: < 5
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    Question about API Test Kit results

    I have the API master test kit. According to the instructions it says to wait 5 minutes for the test results to appear, but I've noticed that when I leave them out longer than that (30mins) the results change slightly. For example after the first 5 minutes my nitrate result said 5.0ppm but...
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    My tap water I use is killing my fish.

    I recently set up a 20 gallon tank. I decided to cycle it with fish (I know fishless is better but it is what it is). I bought 4 zebra danios to cycle it with. One died shortly after being put in my tank (looked like swim bladder wasn't working, it was swimming upside down and what not before...
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