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Sounds good. I think this is better. 6 pearl danios 3 swordtails 6 corys 5 flame tetras a snail or two

Swordfish...hehehe. So, this is what I'm thinking... 6 pearl danios 3 swordtails 5 corys 2 pearl gourami a snail or two Sound okay?

So, if you were in my situation what fish would you add? :) I will probably get 3 more pearl danios and maybe a couple more marigold swordfish. Maybe some cory's? Thanks for your thoughts.

Ha! Not a problem. :) I guess that's what I get for taking fish advice from the person at the lfs. Thanks for the article! I am planning on getting all smaller, peaceful fish if that helps.

I think you may have misunderstood my post. I did not fishless cycle the tank. I tried to, but couldn't get it right and decided to cycle the tank with fish. All of the levels are at 0 (except Nitrate which has remained at 20ppm every check). Thanks!

Since I added the fish...12/31! I think I must have had some beneficial bacteria in the tank from when I was trying to fishless cycle it.

Hi all, I started my 29 gal fish tank with 2 Marigold swordfish and 3 pearl danios on 12/31. I had tried to fishless cycle and gave up. They are all healthy and none have died. I change the water 15-20 percent weekly and they seem very happy. The levels are all at 0 except Nitrate, which...

Ok...I'm about to give up! New readings are: pH-6 (I've been busy the past couple of days and hadn't checked pH, so I'm not sure which day it dropped). Ammonia-2ppm (added 3ml ammonia last night) Nitrite-5 Nitrate-5 Any thoughts on what I should do?

I just checked the levels and the nitrites are obviously still high. pH- 7.4 Ammonia-0ppm (did drop from 4ppm in 24 hours) Nitrite-5+ppm Nitrate-5ppm Do I need to do another total water change? Ugh. This is getting frustrating! I really wanted to have it cycled by Christmas for my kids.

Here is the pic...Am I correct on the Nitrite reading? photo(54) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Tap pH is 7.6. (I'll check when I get a chance on the others.) I just checked the readings this morning and am getting frustrated! pH-7.4 Ammonia- 2.0 Nitrite - over 5ppm again Nitrate- 5ppm I'm going to post a pic of the readings in a bit...

Okay. I just did another water change. This time almost 100%. Here are the readings: ph- 7.6 Ammonia- 0.50 Nitrite- 0.50 Nitrate- 2or 3ppm, maybe? It was a light orange/yellow color. I'm going to add some ammonia now.

Thank you...that's what I was thinking but I wanted to make sure!

Any thoughts? :)

Okay, I added 1/4 t baking soda last night and this morning ph was 6.8-7.0 I went ahead and did a 80-90% water change because the nitrites are sky high and ammonia is not coming down like it should be...after the water change, nitrite was still off the charts, so I did a 95% water...