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    Is 0.25 Nitrites Level Accectable??

    I put in some live plants into my 20g tank that has 6 fish. When I do a water change every other day, 15%, tiny little pieces of one plant swirl all over the bowl, then settle. 1) My nitrites are now 0.25 and ammonia 0.50. Is that acceptable? 2) Could the new plants with pieces scattering...
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    Suggestions for interesting fish

    There's a pack of 3 for sale right now on Ebay. $22 shipped. Bristlenose Bushynose Pleco white spots
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    Do Fish Recognize you?

    When you stick your face in front of your tank, do the fish recognize you? as opposed to strangers?
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    Suggestions for interesting fish

    Albino Cory Catfish - Albino Cory, Corydoras paleatus, Albino Paleatus Cory, Armored Catfish Dalmatian Molly (and/or a white Balloon Molly too) - very active but peaceful - fun to watch - reminds me of Cookies and Cream ice-cream https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1058/?pcatid=1058 The dwarf...
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    Live Food in Tank - Lettuce, Cucumber and Spinach?

    Great! Looking to get some albino Cory cats!
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    Live Food in Tank - Lettuce, Cucumber and Spinach?

    I read somewhere, to freeze cucumber and put small pieces in your tank; plus adding small pieces of lettuce and/or spinach. Is this okay?
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    Ammonia Test is Completely Clear ???

    Thanks all. Oka, THAT may have been it...I forgot or didn't know to use BOTH bottles. It's reading 0 and yellow now. Thanks again.
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    Ammonia Test is Completely Clear ???

    Pretty new stuff, Master Test Kit, 10/2024. Added some bacteria after testing yesterday to both tanks. Today the Ammonia read 0.25 for both. Could it be that the older tank was already cycled and thus no Ammonia? and the newer tank hadn't had enough time to get any ammonia?
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    Ammonia Test is Completely Clear ???

    I have 2 tanks; First is very close to 4 weeks old. The 2nd is five days old. Both when tested for ammonia, the test tube is completely clear, not even the least bit of yellow. Anyone know what this means? Both tanks have a few fish. On my test color scale, it shows yellow as 0 ppm...
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    Greetings from the Netherlands

    Here are some great choices Laura - https://aquariumadviser.com/freshwater-aquarium-shrimp/
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    To Add Bacteria or Not to Add Bacteria, THAT is the Question

    Searched but did not find any thing on this here on forum... Thinking about starting a new tank, I've read by googling that some think it's okay to shorten the cycle, some think not, by adding bottled bacteria like Dr. Tim's One and Only or Tetra SafeStart. What say you guys, those that...
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    Hi everyone

    Pffftt, I just read that it's easier to maintain a 100g or 300g than a 20g!
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    How Do Fish Recognize Another of their own Species?

    I finally googled something that may explain it. They SMELL their own kind. They can supposedly even smell their own kind for their sex, m or f. Probably Mollies can smell other different kinds of Mollies. I have a albino balloon that often hangs around my Cookies and Cream Molly.
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    Dwarf Plecos - When to Add to Tank

    20g Looking at a white spotted.
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    Dwarf Plecos - When to Add to Tank

    At what point could one add a Dwarf Pleco to their new tank? Could you add them almost any time and feed them sinking carnivore pellets?
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