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I'll keep on trying. I assume by "filter media" you are referring to the replacement cartridges.

fish dying Thanks to all for your info. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a "wet thumb". I got my water cleared up and it looked like my fish were doing fine. However, I found one of my bottom feeders dead this morning and the other fish wouldn't eat. I checked the ammonia level and it looked...

Thanks for the info. I'll go back to the well water for partial changes and see how that goes. Don't know where to get driftwood as our pet store doesn't sell it. Lots of natural driftwood around but it is buried in snow : ).

I did not cycle the tank without the fish as I did not know about this. My ammonia is high (4) so I put some stuff in it to reduce ammonia. Haven't tested it since. My nitrites and nitrates were at 0.

I just started this 14gl aquarium 4 weeks ago and have had one fish (platy ?) die already. I finally got my ph down to 7.6 by doing partial water changes using distilled water. The original water was from my well with a ph of 8.2. I have an angel fish, 3 tetras, a new platy, and 2 bottom...