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I don't know what "NTD" is. Could you explain? Ammonia is 0, nitrite 0, nitrate's at about 6, pH 7.6. Aren't these where they are supposed to be? Am I underfeeding them? I do a 25% pwc once a week. The other fish seem fine: 2 clown loaches, a big pleco, a dwarf angel, a dwarf frog, 2 ramshorn...

I had 13 neons and am down to 4. Platy's were up to 9, down to 5. Female betta died last month. Any ideas as to why? All the tests results are very good, FW tank is almost 1 year old. They get fed everyday, and eat everything before it hits the bottom. Could they be starving to death? The...

I got about 15 neons about 8 months ago, and I'm down to 7. I found 2 dead, or what was left of them before the other fish and the snails got to them, but no signs of the others over the last few months. I had about 9 platys, am down to 4, but never found any of them. Momma platy got dropsy and...

isn't a parrot fish a saltwater fish?

Have you tested the water yourself? do you have a test kit?

baby snail fungus hi! i am new on my dads ( Kenw ) log in name. i am 10 years old and have my first tank. i don't get it my tank is ready but my baby snails ( from my dads tank) have something weird on them it is by their bottom not their head. it looks like ick but snails don't get ick. i am...

Thanks! Great information! This confirms my suspicions that changing them every few weeks is bad for my tank, but good for the manufacturer!

I have a Penguin Biowheel 200 on my 8 month old 45g FW tank. I changed the carbon filter media about 6 months ago, and the biowheel I have never changed. I also use Marineland filter padding that I cut to fit and put in the filter box every other time I clean the tank so about once every two...

We got 2 loaches and all the snails were gone after an hour and we've only seen a few since.And since we got the loaches, no snails have survived to adulthood. Loaches require a larger tank though so do some research with that, and they are better in pairs I am told. The 2 we have are...

A couple of weeks ago, our Platy gave birth to 35 fry in a breeder box. she's birthed fry on a monthly basis ever since we got her 7 months ago - we had no idea of their sexes when we got the two of them. but this was her first time in a breeder box because in the time we've had her, only 2 had...

On Tuesday our platy gave birth in a breeding box and she had 35+ baby fry. It's been 4 days now and there are only about 5 left. Your fish will give birth, don't worry about that. Six months ago we got the fish and she's had babies every month since. We did the breeder box just for fun to see...

I would say that if you have a big tank, then its useful. But to be honest, I have used mine twice since I bought it and I must not have the water pressure necessary to make the vacuum clean the gravel very well. it doesn't do as good a job as the regular vacuum siphon. Hooking it up and working...

thanks! Such awesome advice! jsoong, bad news; the beta died the other day. he got very pale and listless and was dead in the morning. I don't know what happened, he was fine then he suddenly wasn't. All the other fish are fine though. He and the gourami got along fine, the gourami is actually...

i started using a 6 or 8' vacuum hose and got tired of the buckets so I bought a 25' python (for $50!). I guess I don't have enough water pressure because the python doesn't suck the gravel and gunk out nearly as well as the regular siphon vacuum does. Its great for refilling though to avoid...

thanks! what i cannot figure out is why the ammonia is reading 0, and the nitrites and nitrates are reading so highly? i have been doing 50% pwc's every 3 to 5 days, vacumming as much substrate as possible but when looking at up into the bottom of the tank from inside the cabinet, there's a lot...

My nitrites are at 2.0, ammonia is reading between .25 & 0, nitrate is reading 10, pH is 6.8 i thought maybe the high nitrite is making him ill, but all the other fish seem fine. I am going to do a pwc to see what happens...could he be ill from something else? there's no visible signs like...

p.s. i also use prime for pwc's....

ammonia help please Three weeks ago I added 20lbs more substrate to the already 20lbs I had in there. Another suggestion by my LFS(1lb per gallon). Now I am thinking I should remove it to avoid heavy build up of waste and causing the substrate to go anerobic(sp? - i.e; devoid of oxygen). But I...

Okay, I got a API freshwater test kit. For months I have been having trouble with my ammonia levels, I cannot get it to go down. So, my LFS told me what to do, which was do a 80% pwc (I have been doing 50% twice a week to lower it), add some of this stuff they suggested called "TLC", alkaline...