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Hi All, I seem to have about 0.25 ppm of ammonia in my tap water. Shouldn't a cycled tank be able to remove this very quickly? I seem to always have a level of ammonia of < 0.25 ppm in my tank. Does this also mean that my tank is not fully cycled? Is there anything I can do to treat the water...

I need help! One of my Oto's developed a white spot towards its tail fin about 2 days ago. I was watching to see if it would turn fuzzy, but it has not. She seemed to be doing fine until this morning. She started to just hang out and seemed lethargic. I also just noticed a small red dot on the...

Hi All, I have a 20g tall tank and need to upgrade the filter that came with the tank. I am looking at either the Fluval C3 or the AC50. Which one of these filters would people recommend? Also, I currently don't have live plants, but I'm really considering adding a few if this would make a...

Hi, I'm new to this and thought I had done my homework. My 20g non-planted tank is about 10 weeks old. It was my understanding that wood int the tank was supposed to reduce the pH of a tank. I spent 3 days of soaking the wood in hot water and doing water changes to reduce the tannins. I added...

Hi,I just wanted to introduce myself and get things started. Not only I'm new to AA, I'm new to taking care of fish. In September, I started a 20G tank for the kids. I thought I had done my homework, but soon realized that this is a lot more complicated than I expected. I now know that I...