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Hi, all. I currently have five danios (four Glo Fish and one pearl danio) who have all been living together in relative harmony for a while. There has been chasing, but no nipping or anything like that. I had a sixth who died recently after bloating really badly and rather (to me) inexplicably...

Hi, all! I currently have a 5 gallon tank with four GloFish. By the look of them, I'm reasonably certain I have one male and three females. Two of the females I just bought recently; for a long time it was just one male and one female. The male, back when it was just the two of them...

I did change the filter recently, because my water was getting kinda hazy, so maybe that's it. I'll keep an eye on it. I had a look at that guide, and it looks like I've been doing things right, with regard to testing and pwc's, since I got the fish, which is nice. xD Thanks for all the advice...

I hadn't heard of drip acclimation before, but it sounds very doable. When you say "dump out half" of the pitcher's contents, do you mean back into the tank, or just out? And another question... How long would you estimate I have until the tank's fully cycled? It's only a 5 gal tank, and I've...

Alright, if that's what's best. Thanks for the advice! But what about when I add more fish? I'm a little concerned about acclimatizing them from the LFS's pH 6.8 to my 7.6 in a matter of minutes. Is that likely to be a problem? Amartha

Yeah, I've tested the pH and kH of my tap water. It comes out to pH 7.6 and kH ~50 ppm (yellow at three drops). I know that steady is more important than perfect, and I try not to play with it unnecessarily, but isn't a pH of 7.6 a bit high? Should I just not bother with adjustment at all and...

Hi, everyone. I have a 5 gal planted tank with, at the moment, two Glo danios and two amano shrimp. It's my first tank, I didn't do a fishless cycle, and I've had it for a little over two months now. After the first month or so, I thought I was doing fine. Then my pH started to fluctuate...

To clarify, I have two Glo Fish. The LFS told me to keep the water temperature around 78-80 or so, and they don't seem to act any differently when the temperature goes a couple of degrees above that. It's hard to keep the water cool, with how hot it's been lately. With regards to the pH, out...

Hey guys, updating on the situation. I was able to go out and get API test kits after all, so here's the current status of my water: pH 6.5 (it was 7.6 this morning and I brought it down to 6.8 over a couple of hours with acid buffer, but now it's 6.5.) Ammonia 0 ppm (or very close to it)...

Thanks for the quick replies! I've done a 50% water change and the fish don't seem to be acting much differently. The LFS doesn't sell API tests for nitrite, because they have dip strips that they like. The owner's been owning and selling fish for upwards of fifty years, so I'm inclined to...

Hi, everyone! I just got my first tank--five gallons--about a month or so ago, more or less without knowing how much work it would be. I didn't know to do a fishless cycle, so I got two glowlight danios right away, and I have a few plants, too. I learned as I went along, and everything was...