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Okay friends, a quick update!! Tank is now about 3.5 weeks old. Ammonia is *almost* to ZERO!!! When I test the tank water side by side with tap water, there's just the slightest difference. In fact, I didn't even notice a difference at all until I put them on a white surface, and then I...

Hey all, I am mid-cycle with my 25 gallon. My ammonia had been stuck at 0.5 for a while, and just yesterday it tested between 0.25 and 0.5, and today it is clearly at 0.25. Since the ammonia has been steadily seeming to decrease, I did a nitrite test, and after 5 minutes it clearly read 0.25...

Thanks, threnjen! My tap water has 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and it looks like about a 5 in nitrates. I haven't done any PWC's since adding the last bottle of TSS on Thursday night, and today (Sunday) the ammonia seems to have dropped slightly. Not quite down to 0.25, but definitely less than...

Hey helpful fish people! I need some advice on how to proceed with my 2.5 week old aquarium. Basically, over the past few weeks, I have been regularly freaking out and doing a ton of unnecessary things to my water (there is a lot of conflicting information out there in the fish world which...

PS -- In the first photo, you can see 2 of the spots on his head, and 1 on his tail. The second photo shows the other 2 head spots, as well as the damage to his tail from what I'm assuming is injuries? but I guess could be something more serious...? ETA: the specks you see in the photos...

Hey there, This is my first post on here (hi!!!) and I'm hoping someone can provide me with some insight as to what's going on and if there's anything I can do in this situation I've apparently gotten myself into. I recently set up a 25 gallon tank, intending to keep 2 small orandas after I...