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Help! I've posted before, but I have sudden green algae on my substrate and decor. The water has a greenish tinge too. I've tried turning off the light for a couple days, but it's still there, and my cory cat isn't doing much in clearing it. I have 2 mystery snails, 6 platys (3 are about 2...

Hello! I recently upgraded to a 10 gallon tank. I got a different filter, but put my old, cycled filter foams in the tank to help cycle it, starting on 7/10. I have 3 mystery snails, and 4 platys (one medium one, and 3 babies that are just a couple months old) Started taking my API test kit...

Thank you so much! The .5 combined benchmark really helps me understand it a bit better! I am still learning the ammonia/nitrate/nitrite chain of events (though I know nitrites and ammonia are the bad ones!)

Yes, please! I can use all the advice/help I can get, clearly :)

I did end up getting it to 2 PPM for about a week (at the time I was struggling with PH, so it might have been for naught). The snail seems pretty happy, and I have read that Nerites like to escape, so I think I would rather do a fish-in cycle (I have a full hood on my tank). Maybe we can pick...

I had been adding some food initially for ammonia, but then it became adding food for the snail. It did get up to 2 ppm, which is what I had read was necessary.

Hello all! My mom had gotten my kiddos a nano tank (5 gal) for Christmas. We have run into many issues (including me not realizing it had to cycle, not just use "Quick Start" solution!), then the heater went out and killed our guppies. Replaced them, and I later learned their replacements had...