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    My neon tetra is gone missing

    Yes I have recently bought one of those snails...So I assumed it died overnight and snail ate it by the time I discovered it was nothing left?
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    My neon tetra is gone missing

    Hi guys I have a 60 litres tank with 7 neon tetras and 3 corydoras sterbai. Just today I added 6 tiny danios. I just noticed that my tetras are now only 6. I tend to count them every day. I have searched the bottom and the filter, there is no sign of it. I have also searched the plants in case...
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    Holiday feeding

    Thank you both. GailLa, my corys do too but that's only if flakes find their way to the bottom. When I previously had a pair of gouramis in there that happened. Now my gouramis unfortunately died and if I put flakes I am afraid they will just keep floating polluting the water and will be out...
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    Holiday feeding

    Hello forum I am going away for 10 days during Xmas and wanted to ask for some holiday feeding advice. Someone from a tank maintenance company I trust will drop in half way to check on water quality, feed the fish etc but would it be ok to leave them without the 5 days before and 5 days after...
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    Ammonia levels won't go down

    Thank you library girl. Basically when I set up the tank the fish shop supplied ,me with water and gravel from one of their tanks to speed up the process taken that bacteria already existed in there. I will keep doing changes. I am just praying my fishes will make it. Will bottle water help at...
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    Ammonia levels won't go down

    Thanks a lot for advice. What kind of additional medium would you recommend? I obviously have the sponge in the filter which i only wash in tank water once a month.
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    Ammonia levels won't go down

    Using the api test kit that has testing for ammonia nitrite nitrate and ph. Then the stress coat to dechlorinate and also adding once a week the tetra easy balance. Last reading today 0 nitrates, 7.4 ph, 40 nitrates and ammonia off the roof. I already did a water change and didn't help. I tested...
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    Ammonia levels won't go down

    I am testing on a daily basis since the spike. The nitrite was high the first 2 days then got down to zero. The nitrate went down to zero for days then today I tested and are 40. Ammonia is always really high. I didmt feed the fish for the first 2 days then only added 2-3 pellets per day. Water...
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    Ammonia levels won't go down

    Hi guys I am getting desperate here and was hoping if anyone can help as even my local fish store won't give me any valuable advice, at least one that made a difference. I started my aquarium in September. It is a tropical aquarium of 60 litres currently just having 3 corydoras, gravel and a...
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