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well considering your ammonia is at 4 (at the time of testing.. it's probably worse now), you should do a water change. i'd say about 25-30% for a couple days in a row. You'll want to get the other test kits though and test before each water change.. your tank will be cycled and ready for...

Actually, I think you need a nitrIte kit more than a nitrate kit. Nitrite is the more deadly of the two. Nitrite is the second stage in the cycling process vs nitrate being the third.. As for your test kits, I think those are ok since they use chemicals to test the water vs a piece of litmus...

Oh, yeah.. the baby fish! lol They seem to be doing well, I've got the hang of feeding them with the syringe. A mix of crushed flakes and some liquid fry food mixed with tank water, then I slowly squirt the whole mix in the general area of the fry. I see them eating and they are getting...

Hi Solie! Welcome to AA! I'm a relative newb too.. I think you should get the test kits for Nitrite and Nitrate as well. If those get too high, that could kill your fish too. As for your water, if you think that it might be too harsh for your fish, you could call the water company and find...

lol umm, a hot korean eh? MTV? Why, you must be Jaime then. Careful as I'm sure I'm not the only one that knows who you are. I'd love to meet for drinks, ah, but I'm broke and my car is less than worthy to transport a hot babe like yourself. I do have access to a Mazda 6 though. Sometimes...

hmm, i wonder what they could have been then (the egg packs). I was thinking that they were egg packs that were dislodged by either the otos, or the female while she was defending her home against the otos (apparently, otos really like the liquid food i give to the fry) based on what you said...

umm, ok, need more help. The fry are all doing well. I can't tell if they are any bigger, but atleast it looks like most of em are there. I have noticed though some egg 'packs' floating around. I only assume that they are eggs because they kind look like tiny little cotton balls floating...

Hmm, I'll go buy some sponge later today.. i've been meaning to do that anyway to reduce the current strength coming out of my filter.. as for where I got my apistos, I bought them from a lfs, Modern Pets in downtown Honolulu. From what the guy told me, there's only one guy on the island...

So I was doing my weekly water change today. moved some plants, cleaned some gravel.. basically everyday stuff.. After the water change, I noticed some tiny specs, floating around.. not a big deal really because I moved all the rocks around, junk should be floating eh? but wait, did that spec...

I purchased myself a high end, stainless steel hair cutting scissors. I figure that will more than suffice and its super sharp. But now, I'm stuck because I don't know how to trim certain plants.. is there a website or something where that kind of info is available?

Hi shawmutt I'm working on a similar angle for my own tank. using pvc tubing for safer and easier to clean caves. theres a thread in teh diy forum that gave me some good ideas, i can't find the link atm but i'll look harder later and edit. you might want to scan for that if you haven't seen...

Hey everyone.. so I finally have my tank cycled, I'm about a week away from introducing new fish - otos (they are in QT), and I have a nice group of plants doing the plant thing in my tank. My ammonia, nitrites and nitrates are all at proper levels and I've done water changes when they are...

Otos huh? *goes and surfs google* Hey, those look pretty cool! Sounds like they might be popular enough to be scarce.. I hope I find some.. How's 3-4 sound? by the time they get too big.. i can transplant them to my new tan.. wait.. *sigh* so thats what MTS is eh? Would it be ok to take one...