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I collected a bunch of these critters and had a science teacher look at them under a microscope. He said they are Daphnia (water fleas). Everything I read about Daphnia says that the fish eat them and they even sell them for fish food. I suspect that the eggs were brought into my tank from...

If you cut the background 1/8" shorter than the length and width the thickness of the glass on the sides of the tank will hide the tape.

I've had good luck with plain old scotch tape. If that doesn't seem to be holding I've also used black vinyl electrical tape.

I have a 34g. tank with mollies,platys,hatchets.gouramis and one male and one female betta. They all seem to be doing fine but I noticed several whitish specs crawling in the gravel. The male betta and a hatchet have a few white specs on them also. Is this a parasite or something? What methods...

I purchased a dwarf powder blue gourami last night. I noticed when I brought him home he has a broken feeler. Will these feelers grow back to be normal? Should I return to my LFS?

My 34 gal. tank is now on its 43rd day and it just finished cycling. My ammonia and nitrites have returned to zero.We have 12 platys,4 mollies and one betta that survived from day one. My tank cycled in 40 days and I didnt lose any of these 17 fish(thanks to your forum) Now I would like add a...

I guess I'm doing something right because I have had 17 fish from day one and havent lost any. I am on my 20th day. I have used the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals master test kit up until know. Now I have switched to the same brand (part# LR8600)($6.99/petco)it is a salicylate based kit with more...

My tank is going through the cycling process(on its 19 day)I have been watching my ammonia closely. My nitrites started rising two days ago. I have been using the Aq. Pharmaceuticals Nessler based kit(8 drops from one bottle) I was running low on this so I purchased an Aq. Pharmaceuticals...

I have a 34G. (30X22X12) tall tank. Now I have 17 fish in it (6 red platys,6 sunset wag platys,4 gold dust mollies,1 male betta) The fish are about an inch long right now but I think they could grow up to 2-2.5 inches. Is this close to the maximum fish a 34g. should hold? I was thinking about a...

My tank is now on its 19th day. On the 17th day my water became cloudy. Is this the bacteria bloom I've been waiting for. My ammonia has been between 0 -.5 and if it gets over .5 I do a 25% water change. It looks like a film on the glass. Should I clean the glass or leave it alone? The...

I think I might have figured it out. When I set up my tank I added Bullseye 7.0. Everytime I do a water change I'm diluting the ratio of the 7.0 therefore my PH is going up. Does this seem correct?

My tank is now on its 16th day and I have done a 20% water change on the 10 day a 30% change on the 12 day and a 30% change on the 16th day. I do the water changes when my ammonia levels exceed .5. My PH was at 7.6 before all of these water changes but after every change it seems to jump up to...

Youve all been a great help to me and keep up the good work helping newbies like me.

Thanks for all the help to all of you. I will use the inside thermometer for future readings.

Thanks for the help. I will try to keep my PH near 7.6.

Would Sparkletts water be good to use for my 34g. tank. My tank is 8 days into the cycling process. It has mostly my tap water and some filtered water in it now. My tap water is hard (gh220,ph8.0)I have mollies and platys now. My PH is stable at 7.6. Sparkletts tests out to be 6.4PH and 60GH...

I purchased two different thermometers for my 34 g. tank. One is glass that goes inside and the other is the strip kind on the outside. The temp. reading on the inside one seems to stay constant at around 82 deg. The strip on the outside reads 78 deg. The pointer on my 200w. visi-therm heater is...

Thanks for the advice. I have a freshwater master test kit by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals. When would you consider the ammonia levels high enough to do a 20% water change?

I recently became interested in tropical fish and have a few questions about the cycling process. I have a 34 gallon tank with an eclipse top. Temp= 78-80 The fish were added 8 days ago (12 small platys/4 small mollys/1 betta).They all seem to be doing quite well. I have tested the water...