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So in a little revese of what I normally read about on this site. I just bought my parents a 46 gl fish tank. Me and my brother set it all up for them and I advised my dad on the wonders of fishless cycling, all theoretical at this point since I cycled my tank normally, mostly because I felt bad...

So I ended up separating my fish to see if it'll help. I kept the female in a little isolation tank that hangs inside the main one until her fins started looking less ragged. Then yesterday as I was doing the PWC, I switched the 2 gouramis, released the female and separated the male. While I was...

so high level of nitrates won't affect the fish? at least as badly as the other 2?Maybe I should apologise to the guy at least in my head. Thing is pretty much everyone who posts their water parameters here includes nitrate readings, so I figured it's as important. Nonetheless, I guess I just...

Wow, thanks for all the replies. I figured as much on the filter, the guy at the LFS is a little strange, managed to talk me out of doing a fishless cycle, and told me that testing for nitrates is pointless. According to him: "Nitrates in the water, is kinda like raw sewage. It won't kill you...

well I only need to turn it off for the PWC's, when the water level drops it makes a racket and the impeller gets hot, since it only takes about 15-20 min to do a PWC, I figured it wouldn't be abig deal. thanks for the reply

Hello, thanks a lot for the help I've been getting so far. I'm testing my water 2x times a day right now and been doing water 25% PWC's once a day. My current readings are: Ph 7.0, Ammonia 1.5 mg/l, nitrites .3 mg/l. I've been very carefull not ot overfeed, basically feeding one flake at a time...

So I've recently set up my first tank, 36 gal. So far I've stocked it with 6 tiger barbs, 2 blue gourami and one spotted catfish (all recommended by a lfs employee). My cycle is just starting, ammonia slowly creeping up, is now at 0.5 mg/l no nitrites or nitrates. Anyway, what I've read about...

Thanks for your replies. As I said before, I'm mostly interested in keeping pearl gouramis in a community tank. Basically I'm wondering what other species would be good with the pearls. I understand that ultimately the decision is up to me but wanted to rely on the wealth of experience present...

Hello all. I've just joined the forums to see if I can up my knowledge levels before I commit to this hobby. Been wanting a tank for about a year now, started reading up on it and realised the kind of investment of time and patience is required, and money as well. A year down the road I'm still...