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I use a de-chlorinator with every water change as well.

I have a few live plants in my tank, and a piece of driftwood. 29 gallon tank. Nitrates at 0 after numerous tests over the year.

I never unplug my filter. I do partial 25% water changes about 1-2x per week. I've seen my levels of ammonia grow to .25, but all my other levels have always been at 0. I've just attributed it to Quick Start. As soon as I got the .25 ammonia reading, I did a water change and added a little QS...

What kind of harm, HobGob?

Maybe I should clarify my main question. Why can't you just use the chemicals to keep harmful chemicals at 0? I've had one of my fish tanks for 1.5 years, never cycled. I just use de-chlorinator and Quick Start every time I do a partial water change. Water test a couple times a week, and they're...

If you're levels are at 0 (ammonia, nitrate and nitrite,) none of the above has an affect on the fish, right?

Why can't you just test the water two times a week and make sure levels are at 0? If you do partial water changes 2x a week (with Quick Start), those levels should stay at 0, right?

I know this may be a dumb question, but why is cycling a tank important? Why couldn't one just add de-chlorinator and Quick Start API to a fish tank at the beginning and with every water change? That keeps all the harmful chemicals (ammonia, nitrate, etc) away.

Totally, fishfanatic! The LFS guy said that fake colored plants release their color into the water which is toxic to the fish. However, he said green fake plants/coloring aren't as bad. Dye is dye, right?! Thx for your replies, all. I have dark blue gravel and was hesitant to get cories with the...

The guy at my LFS told me that colored gravel and colored plants aren't safe for aquariums. He said that bottom dwellers on the colored gravel will start to lose their limbs (ie African dwarf frog) and the cories' barbells will get shorter because they're being burned off on the colored gravel...

Would this stocking option work for a 29 gallon tank? - 6 bleeding heart tetras - 6 rummy nose tetras -3 julii corydoras - 2 german blue rams