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Ok, will do. I truly felt bad for doing it. Thanks for the advice

Update: Well I sent the fish to fish heaven. She didnt seem to be doing that well, and I didnt want to take any chance she could spread the disease. My Nitrite level may not be zero, its not a "dark" blue which would indicate a zero according to the testing kit, so maybe its between 5-10!! I...

Tank was set up in March 2005. Been cycled. Have had like 3 corys die since set up. Gave up on them!! nitrite and nitrate may not be zero, but pretty close. Isn't that where they should be?

Nitrate 0, nitrite 0, ph 7.1 ammonia barely a trace If I QT the fish in a tupperware container (al I have) Should I take some of the water from the tank and use it?? How long would I QT? Thanks

Hello. I have a 10 gallon tank. Water levels are fine. Have 3 female adult guppies, 3 male guppies that are 4-5 months old, and a few fry and 1 otto. One of my adult female guppies has been swimming rather slowly, swimming more vertical as she swims around slowly. Her rear tail seems to be...

10 gallon tank, all water levels are good. had 1 Cory, 2 otto's and 5 guppies. Bought another cory yesterday. Woke up this mornign and it was dead!! so back to 1 cory. NOW this 1 cory is swimming slowly and very lathargic and seems to be red by its mouth. A few weeks back, I thought it was...

Well whatever it was, he didnt make it through the night!! Al lmy watrer levels are excellent!! Oh well

Hi. Just picked up a new cory. Have only had 1 cory in my 10 galloon tank for awhile and I figured he was lonely. I get the fellow home and he seems fine. But upon closer look I see what appears to be a small white dot right in the middle of his nose!! my other cory doesnt have that. Could it...

Yes my tank is now cycled. Took a month. Used Bio Spira. The water levels were never that bad, but guess to hard on the cory's!!!

And now my Cory that I bought with the other "dead" cory has past on!! So I assume that the cycle was hard on them!!! So now just 1 cory that I bought last weekend,along with my Guppies!!

Thanks all for the help!!! Only had 1 fish die (cory) since I started all this craziness!! Purchased another Cory today to keep the other Cory company. Thanks again. Scott

Hello. When cleaning your tank (water change) and moving around the decorations do you put in ur bare hands into the water to do this??? I just dont want to contaminate my tank. Thanks Scott

I'm a newbie and was suckerd into buying "cycle" didnt work at all!!! USed Bio Spira. Still took awhile to cycle my tank, probably because I was making mistakes along the way, but my water levels didnt go to far out of whack!!! During my whole process I lost 1 cory,but I'mnot convinced it...

Checked my water levels yesterday, and imnow CYCLED!!! Ph was 7 Ammonia, nitrite and nitrates a big zero!!! Thanks all for the help.

Hi all. Lost my first fish today. I have a 10 gallon tank. Currently has 3 female adult guppies, 1 male guppies and 5 fry that are like days old and surviving. As well still have 1 Cory( had 2) Water levels seem fine. ph 7.1 ammonia .1 (trace) nitrite .25 nitrate 0 and levels have always...

Its 2 seperate bottle , 8 drips from each and wait 5 minutes! It states in the instructions that it is a salicylate based test. So I should be good to go!! I just want to ensure I'm doing stuff correctly. Thanks

For the Ammonia tests, I'm using the freshwater MAster test kit. has the two seperate bottle where ya put in 8 drops of each. Just read the instructions, and they are salicylate based tests. I was using Aqua safe before, but a few others said Amquel + or Prime would be better. So I switched...

I emailed the company that makes Bio Spira to see what they recomend. Im sure it will be one of their products. lol

I noticed my nitrates and nitrites were inching up again, so just did a 50% water change and now my readings are: PH 7 Nitrite 0 Ammonia .1 (trace) nitrate 1.0 (trace) So levels seem to be ok now, i check them pretty much every other day with my Freshwater Master test kit. Would there...

Hello. Did the 24 hr water in bowl thing, here are the results: Ph 7.6 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Ammonia .7 Im using the Fresh water Master test kit. Someone else said I shouldnt be using Amquel + with Bio Spira?? Should I do a water change, or wait and see if the levels go down? Thanks Scott

Ok, here is a brief over view of my tank setup. 10 gallons, started cycle March 13 2005 with Bio spira with 2 guppys (1 male, 1 female) At the time the water conditioner I was using was Aqua safe!! I am now using Amquel +. About 3 days later we added in 2 more female guppies and 2 corys...

To tel you the truth I dont know if it has ever cycled!! Always been a bit of ammonia but the nitrites and nitrates were always zero, even with the fish!! Yesterday was first time seeing levels of nitrites and nitrates!! Well I guess I better do a 50% water change!!. Thanks

Ok heres the scoop. Bought 10 gallon tank about a month. It sat for 5 days with no fish or lie plants. Water temp is 78. Then on 5th day purchased Bio spira and 2 guppies. All is good. Male guppy is driving female guppy nutz, so we decide to buy 2 more female guppies and 2 corys and added in...

When I tested i didnt add any Aqua safe (from tetra aqua) According to the bottle its suppose to neautralize chlorine, chloramine and heavy metals. So maybe the test I did meant nothing!! I just changed 3 gallons (out of 10) and added in a bit more aqua safe. Are the product Amquel+ a...

Hi, Imin arlington VA in an apartment. Its city water. I used the freshwater master test kit. Fill the tube up to the line and add in a total of 16 drops from the two bottles!! I didnt add any aqua safe to it, just plain old tap water