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Okay duly noted. I will update with water parameters with the API testing kit sometime near in the future, I won't feed the pleco twice a day, and I will do 10% water changes on a bi-daily basis.

Just an addition: I did a 50% water change because of the ammonia and nitrite presence, "low" as they were. I am going to start feeding the pleco twice a day (he seems hungry enough to try) and figure worst comes to worst the extra ammonia will help with the bacteria in the tank. That is, unless...

I have a new 10 gal tank with declorinated water, a heater (temp 78F), T5 light, sand and gravel substrate, air bubbler with a sponge/foam filter. The tank as been running for under a week (5 days). I have a young pygmy pleco (.5 inch) in the tank to start the nitrification cycle. I've been...