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Hi all! Just moved into a new home with a well. Tested my water with the API kit. I have 10-20 ppm nitrates and 0.5-1 ppm nitrites. Are those numbers ok for base water? What should I do differently to keep my levels low?

What do you all normally do if you find one of your fish missing parts of its fin? :( I know she is just going to suffer. The rest of the fish will continue to nip at her. I have no idea what happened. ? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

All that is in this tank is neon tetras. :-/ Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

No! It was on the opposite side of the tank. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Can anyone give me an idea of what might have caused this to happen to my thermometer!? I cleaned out the broken glass and did a complete water change just to be safe. :-/ Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

It just seems like an odd and tragic trend. I was wondering that about the species too. Any idea what their normal life span is? With the exception of the 1 skirt tetra, all the other tetras have survived from my initial tank set up. The Cory cats don't seem to do well in there though. Sent...

Hi all. I have a 20 gallon tank. I am using the filter that came with it (top fun 20) as well as a top fin 30 over the top filter. My tank is well established - been running a year with its original inhabitants. I had 6 Cory cats as of a few days ago, one stopped swimming. I removed him and put...

He came out, I found him, but I don't think he'll make it through the night in the iso tank. He's on the bottom and barely moving. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

He didn't make it :( I can't find him. I'm praying at this point that it is not something that's going to kill my whole tank. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

My fiancé is out getting an isolation tank now. :( I hope he makes it Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

What is the kindest way to "dispatch" him? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Could he have just been an older fish? Could it be some type of illness? Although I don't know where he would have gotten it from. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Hi, I think one of my neon skirt tetras is ill. It's hard to get a good pic because of the movement, but he looks very skinny. He's eating normally and swimming fine, just skinny. His belly does not appear sunken, it's like his head and body width. He's half the size of the others. I have had...

Thanks, I just want to make sure I'm not over feeding, since I do have algae. My last tank was a 6.5 gallon and I never had an algae problem. Not sure what's causing it: Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Hi all, I have a 20 gallon with 5 corydoras as well as all all of their tank mates (5 glo skirt tetras and 7 neon tetras). I feed them tiny amounts of flakes along with a few sinking pellets for the cat fish. I have read many contradicting things about corydoras and feeding. I have some...