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Brown diatoms. Hmm. Maybe I should consider getting a few snails to eat them up!

There's brownish, copperish colored spots on the windows of my tank. What is it? They are kind of smeared, not fully round and in random places, kind of a rusted colored ink blot. Should I be worried?

I'm using the master test kit that everybody recommended to me. Hm.. as for seeding my tank , I didn't use anything at all. I started straight from scratch.

Well, i'm starting my fourth week in my new tank and I was wondering how far my cycle is. I just came home from my 2-day weekend and I checked all of my levels. Here they are : Ammonia = .5 ppm Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 0 It seems like I am not progressing in my cycle at all. Hmm, there are still...

Nope, no live plants. I'm going to do a water change right now and try to get as much as it off, but i'm guessing that it will keep on coming

I do a water change almost everyday, keeping my ammonia level under .25 ppm. I guess i'll try skimming the top with something and wiping the sides of my tank with my hand, or something. But I still want to know what caused it. Was it because I mixed my de-chlorine solution with my water...

More about my tank.. It's about 2-3 weeks old, a 25 gallon tank with 7 zebra danio, 3 neon tetra, and 6 tiger barbs, it has a HOB power filter, and that's about it. As of now, there are no nitrites, or nitrates, just ammonia, which I have been monitoring everyday.

I think my tank is contaminated. I see small speckles and smears on the glass walls of my tank, and also, when I stick my hand in the tank, I notice that I break an oily film of some sort. The marks can be easy rubbed off by my fingers and the film keeps coming back when I change my water. I...

I think I have an unhealthy fish. In my 25 gallon tank, I have 7 Zebra Danios and 3 Neon Tetras. One of the 7 Danios are baby-sized compared to the other 6. I would say he is about 2.5 cm long. Just recently after I did another routine water change, I noticed the small Danio off to the corner to...

Well, my gravel is the standard ol' gravel you can find at any fish store and I have 30 pounds of it in my 25 gallon tank. I have a top fin power filter and a good heater along with it. The lighting definitely needs to change as well. Here is the link to the plant package...

I found a planting package that Joannde referred me to and it includes the following. • 3 Bacopa • 4 Rotala indica • 3 Cabomba • 4 Banana Plants • 5 Anubias Nana • 1 ounce Java Moss • 10 Sagittaria subulata • 2 Amazon swords • 6 Crypt Balansae • 4 Crypt Wendtii (2 red and 2 green) • 4 Java...

Thanks, I got some Stress Zyme, because I couldn't find any Bio-Spira =(. I only put 1 dosage in there and hope it works, all of my ammonia/ammonium, nitrite and nitrate levels are under control and I do about a 40% water change every day almost. Good thing I really did buy the python!, It works...

I'm using a stress zyme cycle booster, which contains the good bacteria involved in my cycle of ammonia to nitrite to nitrate. My question is that if I do a water change, wouldn't I be losing some of the good bacteria I just put into the tank?

Ahh, noted!.. Thanks for the suggestions!

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441776794&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302030122&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023693&bmUID=1154823425143&itemNo=0&Ntt=cycle&In=Fish&previousText=cycle&N=2023693 Is using this bad?

Thats a good idea too, and its so difficult to decide because there are so many different types of plants out there! I definitely need help doing this =(

Oo.. when you click U.S. aquarium plant profiles on the left side of the frame, I like that sort of thing. Its so lively. I'm going to try and see what type of plants they consist of. Hm... On one of the tanks, I see a grassy bed, instead of gravel or whatever you have on your aquarium floor...

Oh, A biotype woule be awesome. Hmm..Maybe something tropical, and untouched. I want to make it as real as possible. Lighting woule not be a problem, because I would get the lighting depending on what I want. Crap...... I have gravel >.<

I am looking for suggestions on a theme for my aquarium. Currently, there are no plants in my tank and what I was looking for was some sort of combination of plants/rocks that are very bright and lively. By bright and lively, I mean vivid green and crystal clear =D Any suggestions on what type...

My Zebra Danios are nipping! I think I know why too, I only have 4 of the danios in the tank and that isn't enough for them to school. I think i might pick up for more. .I hope the other fish can last another night of nipping =((

Hm...I may start looking into plants and some of the equipment I would need for making the plants happy. I should take a picture of what I have so far so all of you can see it. Now, if only I can find a digital camera....

Ohh, I see.. Maybe I should consider having live plants in my aquarium. I have gravel at the moment though, and I know I need some iron supplement of some sort. Any suggestions?

*salutes* ROGER! I'm looking at my fish tank a lot and seeing how they act, and i'm gonna keep monitoring/testing the water to keep the water good and healthy! .5 ppm?.. . .I thought the rule of thumb was to keep it under or around 40

Oh, sorry!!! I didn't know you guys would be offended by what i'm doing. Do you guys think the fish are suffering in the tank right now? They seem fine, and swim calmly back and forth. Is there something I should be doing to make them more comfortable in their new water?

Got it! I picked up some items from the store like a fish net, a thermometer, 4 danios, and some free fish flakes from a friend that hasn't even been opened yet! I couldn't help myself from getting fish from the store and they were cheap! I spent about 80 cents on each of the danios and...