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Makes me feel better about my snails. At least they didn't die because they needed to get out of the water. I would move the filter but the hood and light fixture that the ten gallon Aqueon kit came with was precut with the filter position in the middle of the tank. Will probably change this...

Sorry for the late reply! I wanted to get things done before I posted, so I was focused on doing that. Good news is that my tank is fully cycled! No new ammonia spikes. Bad news is two of my nerite snails died and I believe this was my fault. I filled the water all the way to the top of the...

Hey, Joe! Thanks, man. Great advice as always, for me and everyone else. I think I might take the hornwort out of the tank because the dead leaves are on the pre filter. I'm thinking of putting all the plants towards the back, the driftwood in the middle and then leaving the front area free...

Many apologies for the late responses. I had bad internet connection today, and I am neurodivergent, so sometimes I lose focus. The aquarium is a 10 gallon. 20 x 10 x 12. Was set up about a couple days before Christmas with sand and a coconut shell with java fern on top. After two months, a...

Dude, you're awesome! I see how many people you help with their tanks here. :) The prefilter fits very well on the filter. I'll make sure to clean it every week. Even after putting on the prefilter, it seems like two more cherry shrimp disappeared, so I only have three of the original ten...

After finding another of my shrimp stuck in the filter intake, I finally got a prefilter sponge. It's a "Marineland® 2-in-1 Bio-Foam & Pre-Filter - Fits 125 to 275" and my filter as an "Aqueon 10". I heard in a YouTube video that the wrong prefilter could burn out the filter. Is this true...

I found another shrimp today, which makes seven total! The last one may be hiding, which is good for my confidence. I thought I lost as many as five of my shrimp in less than half a week. The fish that was in the filter intake probably could have been saved if I were more gentle, so I do feel...

Thank you! I did not know that about the bacteria bed, and I've been researching tanks for awhile.

Thank you, my friend!

I just added 5 pygmy corydoras and ten shrimp about five days ago to a newly cycled ten gallon tank. I know for a fact that two of the shrimp died, one in the filter intake and another was in a coconut cave that appeared to have his body eaten by a cory. I counted six shrimp yesterday and only...

Thank you to everybody who got me to this point! I now have a tank with five pygmy corydoras, ten cherry shrimp and one nerite snail! They all seem very happy now. One corydora died in shipping, otherwise there would have been six. I will probably get another six so they can be happier...

Just found out the nerite is a female, lol.

I was thinking about guppies because of their colors but I don't want the tank to be overrun by them if/when they start breeding. I'll probably just stick to the six pygmy corys, one nerite, maybe some other snails and ten cherry shrimp. Have you ever had these type of shrimp? I definitely...

You are very knowledgeable! I am thinking about changing my order to six thanks to your suggestion. I wanted to make the $12.99 shipping worth it and order more than six fish, but I know it's better to add the fish slowly. I'm thinking of getting some red cherry shrimp to replace the six less...

I read a comment somewhere when I was researching what the brown fuzzy stuff was that the algae was a sign of a tank being cycled. I read what I wanted to see and didn't want to see any contradictory information so I didn't search for any. I wanted animals in the tank so I got the snail. He...

Sorry for the late reply, Mr. Drum! :) I dosed ammonia once, but put too much in. Went to 4.0 ppm. That's when I "forgot" about the tank because I should have just let it sit and do its thing instead of testing every day, adding chemicals all the time, and things like that. I ended up going...

So after over two months I believe I am finally cycled! I noticed some brown fuzzy stuff on the glass and my research told me it was algae. I then saw that people said a nerite snail would clean that up. I also saw a couple of people saying that this is a sign that a cycling tank may be...

Wanted to thank you again for this chart, because I stopped putting so much pressure on myself when I saw this data. All this talk about having an aquarium ready in a couple of weeks because of these bottled bacteria made me want to reach that unattainable time table. Now I'll have my own...

Thanks, man! When I was unsure of whether or not vacuuming was possible with my set up, I was thinking about doing lots and lots of plants because of your heavily planted aquarium as well as some that I saw on YouTube over the years where water changes, vacuuming and even filtration were not...

Did not even know that these existed! Makes things much easier for my mind now. I think I was also upset because I bought a Hyggar water changer for around $50 US and it did not fit on my faucet. Then when I rushed to try to vacuum without researching how, I got frustrated thinking I wasn't...

Definitely does help! Now I wont worry at all about the quickstart because this definitely seems ineffective. The fritz ammonia seems like a good deal though. Thanks for taking the time to post this for me to see!

This made me feel a lot better! I did not know how I'd be able to vacuum my tank and was starting to think I had to plant a whole lot more and make sure I had the cory doras in order to have a chance at keeping the tank clean. I will research the pump and cleaning methods so that I am better...

I have to admit that reading this and the difficulty I had attempting to syphon, along with the water parameters not changing as fast as I wanted them to lessened my enthusiasm a great deal. I got pretty discouraged, but this is my fault because I did not research enough. I just tried to rush...

So impatience got me again, lol. After seeing my nitrites had gone down to 0.0 while ammonia stayed around 2.0, I added more quick start two days ago. The nitrites did not go up and stayed at 0.0 when I tested yesterday, so I decided to do a 50% water change. My tank is on the ground and I had...

Thank you for making me feel at home and your kind words! :) And thank you for sharing your experiences. I was a little hesitant to share about my poor fishkeeping from the past. I don't think yours fell into that category, but I appreciate you making me feel better. Starting off a tank with...