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    Mineral problem?

    I have a 10 gallon tank. Ph 7.2 Amm 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 5 temp 78. I took 2 fancy tail guppies and 2 swordtails from an established tank. The guppies hanging out at the top of tank. The swords at the bottom and none of them eating. When I first put them all in the tank they all pooped alot. I...
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    question about cycling

    i have been cycling my 10 gallon fresh tank for about 6 weeks. i was finally almost done where nitrite was back down to zero and the ammonia was barely detectable. i added 2 tbsp of ammonia to keep the bacteria eating. now i am detecting 5 nitrite and 6.0 ammonia. did i just add too much...
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    .5 ammonia, 5.0 nitrates and 0 nitrites???

    i am in the middle of cycling and it took alot of cleaning but i finally got the ammonia to a not so high reading. i am really confused at why im registering nitrates and not nitrites. there is 0 ammonia and nitrate in my tap water. can anyone help with some insight?
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    i need help im confused

    i started a fishy cycle and its been about two weeks and my ammonia level is very high 8.0 (no matter how much i change it, up to 2x a day) but what im confused about is i have 0 nitrite but the nitrate level is 10. does anyone have any ideas why nitrite is 0?
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    swordtail acting funny

    i started my 10 gallon tank about 6 wks ago. i started with no fish and when the all the levels were 0 (ammonia nitrate and nitrite) i added 2 albino pineapple swordtails and 2 mickeymouse platys. none of the fish really ate alot and then started acting lethargic and i checked the ammonia and...
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