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Just wanted to give another update. Today we did a water change and have had the additional filter running for a week and have noticed significant improvement in how clear the water is. So I think we are on the right track.

Yeah,and like I said the fish have not been harmed by this at all. It's just a really big Bacteria Bloom that has lasted for quite a while.

Yes the old filter is still on and running as well.

Here is my tank!

We got the one for 10-30 gallon aquariums.

Yes we actually watched him perform the tests on the water. We now have the Aqueon Quietflow 10 filter and now this AquaClear one as well.

Update: So today after reading a couple of articles that brought up a new term we were unfamiliar with originally we took a water sample plus a picture of just how our water looks down to the aquarium store. The water perimeters all tested fine. He then took a look at the picture and told us for...

Athomewithtwins- Great advice and at the shop we went to yesterday we purchased something called Chemipure biomass to replace the original cartridge in the filter that came with the tank and we have had the biomass doing its work for about 24 hours now.

This is hence why we took a water sample down to this other store that deals in all aquariums,fish,and aquarium accessories and products,for a second opinion on what might be going on. robbyno22,that was interesting you mentioning your betta,because I recall the folks at my local Petco saying...

Yeah I'm probably going to get a test kit here shortly. As far as the fish are concerned,the thing is that anytime we have added a new fish we have specifically asked them at Petco "is it ok to go ahead and add this fish now?" And they always came back saying yeah it is,and they are fully...

I think I should clarify. The only deaths I have had came quickly after water changes,and only to two fish had this happened. I took a sample of water down to another store that is a all aquarium store and had them run a test on it using a liquid testing kit,and it came back with next to...

I wasn't sure if the number of fish we have in the tank is a concern too or if having babies now is also contributing to the Ammonia.

Our Nitrites level has been at 1.0 About the water changes,we do them weekly and have had 2 occasions where afterwards we have lost a fish due to stress,causing us to get a replacement,which adds up. So I'm not sure if daily changes would be a great idea or if they would induce stress.

Hi,So I recently got a Aqueon 13 gallon tank for Christmas,and we have done a lot of our getting started things and shopping at Petco. We elected to start our cycle with fish. We were told originally during the cycle that the water would fog up and clear up a couple of times,it did fog up and...