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I put in some live plants into my 20g tank that has 6 fish. When I do a water change every other day, 15%, tiny little pieces of one plant swirl all over the bowl, then settle. 1) My nitrites are now 0.25 and ammonia 0.50. Is that acceptable? 2) Could the new plants with pieces scattering...

When you stick your face in front of your tank, do the fish recognize you? as opposed to strangers?

I read somewhere, to freeze cucumber and put small pieces in your tank; plus adding small pieces of lettuce and/or spinach. Is this okay?

I have 2 tanks; First is very close to 4 weeks old. The 2nd is five days old. Both when tested for ammonia, the test tube is completely clear, not even the least bit of yellow. Anyone know what this means? Both tanks have a few fish. On my test color scale, it shows yellow as 0 ppm...

Searched but did not find any thing on this here on forum... Thinking about starting a new tank, I've read by googling that some think it's okay to shorten the cycle, some think not, by adding bottled bacteria like Dr. Tim's One and Only or Tetra SafeStart. What say you guys, those that...

At what point could one add a Dwarf Pleco to their new tank? Could you add them almost any time and feed them sinking carnivore pellets?

It seems they do. Do they say, "hey, there's another Panda Molly! I'll go join them!" Neon Tetra: "Hey, let's go school with THOSE guys!" Are fish that smart? Plus if a female looks quite a bit different than the male, how do they know they're the same and thus, "hey, let's get...

Will they starve and die if you go 2 or 3 days without feeding? I keep reading 'don't overfeed?' so wondering if you can skip days and if it actually might be healthy to do this?

What are those tiny, tiny air bubbles all along the faces of my tank?? I mean, where'd they come from? Why there and are they anything to be concerned about? I just got the tank set up - 20g

Davy here, starting my very first tank, a 20 gallon. Gravel in, decorations next.