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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Thanks, everyone! I ended up getting some white cloud minnows to help out. I didn't want to overdose the tank and end up feeding it too much ammonia, but I was paranoid I'd under-feed and kill the bacteria! My nitrites are still off the charts high, but i've been using prime to detoxify the...
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Hey, everyone! Sorry I keep asking so many noob questions. I appreciate your patience! I just want to make sure this is all normal. I dose my tank to 2-3ppm ammonia and within 3-4 hours, it's back down to zero. Every time I see it at 0, I dose again so I don't starve the bacteria. But my...
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Yeah, for sure! I'm SUPER impatient with this one, but I'm happy to be back in the aquarium game. The largest tank I ever had before was a 29 and I'm already itching to get a larger one. :P If I do a semi-aggressive tank, I definitely want something larger than 55G. I just can't wait for these...
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Thanks so much for all of the advice and information! It's a 46 bow front tank. :) I think I've just given up on the RTS. Haha. Eventually I'll be able to talk the fiancé into getting a second, semi-aggressive tank. ;)
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Ooh, those are pretty! Haha. I'm trying to figure out what to put in mine once I can actually start getting stuff. I'm set on neons and cherry shrimp. From what I'm reading, peacock gudgeons are "peaceful fish", but does that mean they wouldn't eat my neons and shrimp? Haha. I'd like some more...
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Yeah, for sure. It just seemed like I was totally stalled on the ammonium part for a loooooooooong time. I'm glad I'm finally past that part, at least!
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Haha, fair enough! Do you suppose Rasboras would do well with the neons and the shrimp? I've never kept them, but I think they're pretty.
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Yeah, I'm good with smaller fish for this tank. We talked about doing a tank of just tetras and shrimp (along with possibly a gold nugget pleco if I want to shell out the money for one down the line), but aside from Serpaes, i've never really kept tetras so I'm not sure what would work well. :)...
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Thanks, everyone! It looks like we're moving a bit now. I talked to someone at our local fish store and got something called Microbe-Lift Special Blend. It's not exactly a quick-start (when I asked about those, he flat out said they don't work, but since adding that we're really moving on our...
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Thanks, everyone! I'm also quite attached to cherry shrimp. Haha. I think for the sake of my future shrimp, I'm going to give up my RTS lust and just convince the fiancé to let me have a second, semi-aggressive tank down the line. :P So. What else would you all recommend with a pack of neons...
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Thanks, Caleb! Do you have experience with Cardinals? A friend of mine who keeps them is the one who told me they can't tolerate hard water. It's been a while since i've tested (the strips are generally so inaccurate that I don't bother anymore) but I know our water is pretty hard. Also, I...
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    Pairing Questions: Neons and Sharks?

    Hey, all! I'm still working on fishless-ly cycling my tank, but I'd like a bit of input. :) I've always wanted a decent school of neon tetras (at least 10). However, when I had tanks years ago, I could never keep them from being eaten from what I thought were mostly peaceful fish. I didn't have...
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Right? Somehow they ARE still alive, though! And they seem to be quite happily scooting around, eating algae and cleaning the sand. It confuses me. The pH I'm not as concerned with. The Fiancé is a biologist (pharmaceutical, not environmental) and he insists that once we get the pH down below...
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    Uh Oh. Ammonia Help?

    Hey, all! I posted about a week ago about how my fish were dying. You (very gently, thank you!) told me that I likely had ammonia, despite the rest of my numbers looking fine. I returned the fish, bought a liquid kit and voila! I had ammonia. Not much, but a bit. So I thought to myself, "Hey...
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    Fish dying and I can't figure out why!

    You rock. Thanks so much for all of the advice!
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