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Black neon tetra who is sick been sick for over a week dispite water changes everyone else in the tank...kuhuli loaches..serpae tetras ..pleco skirt tetras are fine Api test kit ph 7.8, 0amm,0nitrite,20/30 nitrate tank is fully cycled and about 7months old everyone but this lil one is happy go...

I got home from work and this (look at pic) fish is acting normal. swimming and eating and even bugging the other fish in the tank. The water tests are normal Amm-0-0.25....only slight greenish Nitrate 0 Nitrite 20 Ph is 8.2 I have hard water. 37 gallon tank with an ac70 filter and a top fin 40...

I am getting high (1-5) nitrites for about 2.5 weeks now I have gone so far as to change the water 50%-70% every 12 hrs...but that's only when I see signs in the fish. Usually I can do water changes every 2 days...if I see signs in the fish I do a change ASAP.....tank has been going since the...

If I knew this would be so entertaining I would have done it sooner!! Post pics of ur fish eating! His name is sway-z

Oh my reading this morning is really confusing me. Why is my reading this (refer to pic) what is the reading.. used high and low ph test. And with the other results what do I do.. 1. My tap water is 7.6 2. Just finished ich treatment with heat..and one dose of Maracide (I only did one dose...

I just for my aquaclear 70 filter for my 37gallon tropical tank ....my question is how to seed it with my good bacteria. I was told to bury the stuff in the gravel in my tank for a few and run it without the stuff...and I forgot the stuffs name lol the white cylinder things...lol But I...

My tank has ich thanks to the black neon tetras I got a week ago...they have it at the store now...didn't see it when I bought them....:-( didn't help that my water parameters got out of wack from over feeding...parameters are normal now I am putting up the tank temp and treating with a...

Ok so I have a dead black neon who died while I was at work...still looked really colorful too... So I tested the water ph was the same as normal. The ammonia was ..5 nitrites were a touch purplish but not even dark enough for .25 and nitrAtes were between 20-40 I did a 50% water Change..while I...

My albino bn long fin pleco had a red area along the fin thingy ...

My first fish died a kuhli loach....I found him this am he was on the bottom..he wasn't there when I fed at 7am but at 9 he was I tested the water. Its good..I think. The others look fine I did do a water change after I found him...my weekly one that's the water test right after I found him.

Do I have to get 5 of the same type or can I get a variety of colors?

Hey I have my test result. I'm sorry if it bugs anyone that I post them but I live alone and would like to make sure im seeing things right :-) I don't wanna hurt the fish. I test weekly right before my water change How often should I vaccum the gravel? I have in my tank 5 black skirt...

Right now I have 5 black skirt tetras and one albino long fin bristle nosed pleco in my 37gal tall fully cycled tank I want more schools and more color I want stuff I can have more than one of besides the neon dg I want I want it to look full of fish I am gonna get more moss balls and fake...

I don't think that I will ever get ammonia to 0 since as my previous posts say that my tap water is 4ppm (yes really)

Hey I was curious and tested my tap water and noticed that the ammonia was 4pmm..so I was wondering since it measures that high do I need to put more conditioner ...I use amquel plus. When I went to a fish distribution center tour yesterday (which is in walking distance to my house) they said...

I have a 37gallon tank on Thursday (sunday now) I did a 5 gallon water change. I have 5 black skirt tetras in the tank and 4 ghost shrimp. (started with 6 can't find 2) the tetras have been in the tank for a week and half i posted in the sick fish forum too cuz as of yesterday some of the...

Ok so I have 5 black skirt tetra 2 short fin 3 long fin ..I noticed they are pale sometimes but when I go up to the tank they blacken up nicely....I'm reading the directions on the master test kit right now. But the store strip test said everything looks ok. Nothing emergent going on. But I will...

I have 3 moss balls and I'm getting one more will the led lights my top fon 37 gallon came with work? There are 21 white led.

Hey I just went to a local not big box store and the gentleman said my filter is a bad filter...its a brand new top fin 40 for my 37.gal tank. He said it is a good mechanical filter but bad on biological stuff. I am very overwhemed with it... he recomended adding a small filter that he does not...

Hi I'm just curious as to what everyone thinks is best for a new tank owner as far as maintenance equipment and water treatment I have a 3gallon bucket A gravel vaccum A magnetic scrubby As for water treatments I have Kordon AmQuel plus ammonia detoxifer/conditioner Api stress coat Top fin...

Hi, I have a vague idea of the fish I like but I don't know what would be good in my tank right now. I am just starting out so here is what I have A 37 gallon tank A top fin 40 filter 200w heater And the led lights that came with the top fin they are all white and very bright A floating...

HI, my name is April, I am just starting an aquarium for the first time in my life:fish2: I am very excited about it and I am hoping to get a nicely stocked tropical community going. I'm starting with black stripped tetras 2 short fin and 3 long fin, (the store gave me the wrong ones I wanted...