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No it's not city water it's a small town water that I have read is of bad quality because of the fertilizers used in the farms here. Could I use live plants to help me balance my nitrates? I am reading that java moss is good for aquariums without soil.

It turns out my tap water actually contains around 30-40 ppm of nitrate. What can I do in this case? Could I use bottled water or will it harm my fish?

Actually I don't know if I can isolate her since I won't be able to properly heat whatever container I get her in.

Would isolating her help? I can probably find something clean and large enough for her.

And I do appreciate you taking the time to help. We have amazon here and the masterkit cost 38$ there but it would take too long to come here and I needed it quick. Thankfully my kit works it just seems that the nitrate bottle #2 needed a very good and lengthy shaking as you said...

Nitrate my bad.

They are doing better thanks for asking. Turns out you all were right it was my water params. After you told me that the testing I do probably doesn't return correct results I started doing consecutive water changes for 3 days of 20L, 20L and 30L respectively. After that I had my water tested at...

Also would aquarium salt help my gouramis in this case?

You are probably right I have been a bit stupid to think that all my parameters are 0 constantly. I already did a water change of 25% and I will probably keep that up daily. A daily 25% water change is safe right? About the testing kit I am pretty sure I am using it correctly as I have watched...

It is an artificial decorative plant. As for the testing I have been using the API master test kit and I have followed the directions for testing the different params exactly as it is stated in the little book.

The tank was without fish for about two weeks and the pearls have been in it for a week and they still haven't fully accepted flakes as a food so they haven't been producing much waste. Since I got the API master test kit I have measured the parameters 3-4 times and they have all been zero. As...

I have an 80L (~20 gallon) tank that was set up almost two months ago. I had initially bought two dwarf gouramis however they died after about a month after they slowly started to lose color and just float near the top. So I bought a test kit to be able to check my water parameters and avoid...

Interesting in a good way? If you mean spawning the male hasn't created a bubble nest.

I think I managed to get some clearer shots of the fish. They look like white spots to me but if it isn't ich what could it be?

I have examined the DG further and I am pretty sure it's ich. I have been cycling my 20G tank with 2 DG for a month now and I started noticing these spots on one of them yesterday. I haven't added anything in the tank since I set it up.