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A comon pleco, he's about 2 inches long minus the tail.

Yes it is, I'm using a bio-wheel and I have a bubble curtain in there.

Update: I'm keeping the ammonia below .25 and the nitrites below .3 by doing 20% water changes every day. I think my pleco is doing a bit better, he's breathing slower at times..I'll let you know when my levels go to 0. Hope soon lol Summary: Main 20 gal tank: July 26 - 25% water change -...

Hi everyone! A little over two weeks ago, my guppy started to scratch his gills against the gravel and breath heavily. After I moved him to the hospital tank, I tested the main tank for ammonia and nitrites(first time ever..I've learned since thanks to you guys). Ammonia was .5 and nitrites...

Ammonia is at .25 and nitrite down to .3, another water change tonight? Pleco still the same.

Will do! I read your post about the marimo balls you got..very cool looking. Hmm, wonder if I should put one in there for them to play around with..lol. :P

Thank you so much for the info Allivymar! Is .25-.5ppm of ammonia a high enough level to poison fish? I'll keep updating on the pleco's health and water quality. So should I go ahead and do another water change?

Update: I just checked my ammonia and nitrite levels, ammonia is about the same(.25-.50) and my nitrites I believe went down from 1.6 to .8 if I'm reading the results right. I'm using the aquarium pharmaceuticals brand for my ammonia and nutrafin for my nitrite(both test tubes). Do I just...

LOL So I'll just rip off the sponge part and leave it in there if I ever need to..hope I don't have to medicate anytime soon.

Thanks for the tank complement! Guess I'll just wait and see what the bio-spira is gonna do while changing 25% of the water each day if the levels stay the same. Something I don't get, why didn't the levels go down a bit when I did a water change? I made many mistakes with the filtration I...

I've been staring at photo B for a while..lol 8O

I went ahead just now and poured in the rest of the bio-spira, 8ml of it, can't hurt right? 8O

Thanks TankGirl and Allivymar for setting me straight on how the bio-spira works on established tanks. This evening(24 hours after pouring in the bio-spira) my ammonia is still at .5 and my nitrites are at 1.6..nothing changed. So I did another 25% water change just an hour ago, then checked...

I'm sure all of the meds are gone by now, because I've done many water changes and I did put in a new filter media a week ago. I only used a half dosage of quick cure because of the pleco and he wasn't breathing so heavily durring the medication. If I do water changes right now, will that get...