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Thanks... I did a 50% water change this afternoon and it went right back to it.

I have a 60 gal FW tank. It's completely cycled and the ammonia, nitrate, & nitrite are all at 0, and the Ph is at 7. Here's the question... One of my Bala Sharks is staying right by the heater and is head up almost vertical. All the other fish are fine. My Bala is eating and doesn't seem to be...

Ok. Decided against the Bala Sharks due to there size and the advice y'all gave me. But thinking about that brought up another question... Will the number of fish in my tank effect their growth and adult size? The reason I'm asking is I have 5 Diamond Tetra in the tank with 3 rainbows, 6 neon...

Thanks for all the info! Y'all are awesome.

Wow. I didn't know they got that big. Is there any of the sharks that would work. My 4 year old son saw the Bala in the store and loved it. This the reason I'm asking.

My tank has now fully cycled and the water is clear. So I have a fish question this time. We have several different species of Tetra currently in our 60 gallon tank. My son saw Bala Sharks at a speciality shop in Athens Ga. The associates told me that Bala's are good for community tanks but they...

The water is defiantly getting more clear and the ammonia levels are going down. The nitrate and nitrites are at 0. I think now that I'm using Prime things are going much better.

Finally got an ok shot of my largest Diamond Tetra...

Thank you. I had wondered if I was doing pwc's too often. I'll hold off and go back to doing water changes once per week and see how it goes.

I have a Hagen Aqua Clear Power Filter 110 Gallons for my 60 gallon tank. It has a sponge brick, then a carbon pouch which I change monthly, and then a bag of coral looking pieces which I'm guessing is where the BB grow. What's crazy is a few weeks ago the tank went clear and then all of a...

Thanks!!

I have a 60 gal tall aquarium fully stocked too quickly thanks to the wonderful folk at Petsmart. Y'all have helped me tons already with trying to get things fixed. I haven't lost any fish in 4 weeks and my numbers are as follows... pH - 7.2 Ammonia - .5ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Nitrate - 5.0 ppm I...

Ok. New question??? I was told that I should "fast my tank" as in, not feed my fish for one or two days in order to allow my BB to get a jump start and thus clear up my water and help it complete the cycle. Any truth to this???

I didn't know that either. Thanks for the info and the link.

Thanks!! Y'all have been very helpful!! Probably saved my fish last night!!

Ok. I did a 2 BIG water changes last night a few jours apart. I'll keep this up till my ammonia levels stay down. Thanks y'all!!!

Ok. I did a 60% water change and the water is clear. The ammonia is down to .5ppm and both the nitrate and nitrite is at 0. As for the pH it was off the charts low when we started. I was told by a friend that also has an aquarium to add a very small amount to the last bucket of each water change...

Ok. I'm doing a 50/60% water change via there anything else I can do, or not do to help this process? I have been adding very small amounts of baking soda to raise the pH which was very low before. And as the pH went up the water became cloudy and the ammonia issues began. Is this just coincidence?

Ok. Thanks. I will do that now. What else should I do?

Ok y'all... I guess I'm at the next phase... My water was crystal clear a week ago and now it's cloudy (white/brownish) color. Nothing has changed about the tank since the last time I posted. Same fish, same decor. I have s master test kit and I do weekly water changes of 15 to 20 %. I was...

I'm new at this as well... The same thing happened to me. I gave it some time and things leveled out. I may have misread but do you not have any fish in your tank yet big so that is why you don't have any nitrate/nitrite levels. I tried to cycle my tank without fish but I was told by the...

My tank.

A few happy Cory's.

One of my Diamond Tetra.

I understand that now, about too many fish. Got some poor advice from a pet store. Things are much better now!! I got home just a little while ago and found my levels to all be in the safe zones. Also all of my fish ate eating, and swimming around as before. Also they are brilliantly colored...