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The ammonia source is the ATM product I mentioned. What am I looking for when I test the water to let me know how much water to change? I've just always thought that that is how high to keep the water temperature.

I have kept fish for a few years now with never any success. The average lifespan of ANY fish I have is about a month and a half. I keep a freshwater tropical tank and normally get mollies, platies and guppies. Occasionally I will have a frog or Betta (with extreme caution). My problem is...

Okay, so by raising the ammonia level to 2ppm then watching it come back down will let me know if the tank has cycled? Or is that the actual cycling process? Do I also put food in the tank?

So, is using the freshwater biozyme is not a good way to cycle the tank? I have been testing the water with the strips daily and the water levels have adjusted well. The ammonia level was high on the first day but there is no ammonia now. Is that good? Or does there need to be some ammonia? I...

I have kept freshwater tropical fish for close to three years now but not very successfully. In the past, I kept them in a 30 gallon tank set up the way I thought it should be set up. I had a light, single filter, water heater, rocks and decorations. But at least one fish out of my 10 would die...