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ok...After two failed attempts to keep fish in the past, and getting frustrated because the fish kept dying, I stumbled on this site and purchased a new tank and did the fishless cycle. Two months later, the tank was cycled. I added 3 black neon tetras and one cory cat (followed the...

My fishless cycle was complete. Ammonia and NitrItes were 0 and NitrAtes were between 5 and 0. 24 hours before I was going to buy fish, I replaced the carbon filter in my HOB filter and dosed some ammonia one more time. 12 hours later, I checked the ammonia level to be sure and it was STILL...

Ok......fishless cycle is complete.... I've got a 10 gallon non-planted tank and i'm looking for tips on what to stock..... how many to start with.....and how to properly acclimate them to the tank. Thanks!!

Ok...need some advice from the braintrust... I started the fishless cycle on the 27th of November. I got the reading on the test kit (API master test kit) to 5 ppm by adding 1/4 tsp. of ammonia. Tested again in 24 hours with a reading of 1 ppm and added another 1/4 tsp. of ammonia to bring...

Ok....I've got the tank and i'm ready to start the fishless cycle. I looked all last weekend for the ammonia with no surfactants in it. My question is, where do you buy the surfactant free ammonia? :confused:

Newbie here.....I'm looking at getting the 42g tall hex Oceanic tank.......i seem to remember reading a long time ago that this is a difficult tank to control the water quality because of the reduced substrate surface area for bio filtering.....is this true?.......any advice is appreciated.

Hello all, After a looooong hiatus, I have decided to try keeping fish again. My best friend growing up had an aquarium and I thought it was the neatest thing. Two failed attempts later (due to lack of research), I have learned my lesson, and i'm here to absorb everything I can. I'm...