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my tank is over a year old. 10 gal. i have never cleaned it out--only add water when the water level goes down. have well water. fish have been fine. only lost a few in a year. have 5 zebras and 2 tetras of some sort. the hood is all gunked up with goo stuff and tank needs a good...

Is it possible to add baking soda to increase pH levels? If so, how much for a 10 gallon tank? Thanks :roll:

Hi, I use the Jungle brand dipsticks to test my ammonia , and I have a 5-in-1 test strip for nitrate/nitrite, hardness, total alkalinity, and pH. I thought alkalinity was measured with pH, so why separate on the strip? MY nitrAte is way high, unsafe according to the strip, hardness is soft...

My black moor has been doing fine for weeks. All of a sudden he/she has gottan a grayish-white haze around her eyes and on her sides. It does not look like white pepper that has been sprinkled on him. On one side it looks kinda like a white sore of some type. What could it be and what do I...

Hi Fish Lovers Have had my 10 gal tank since early April now and it is doing real well. However I did lose a mickey mouse platy and my algee eater last week. Dont know WHY? Water tested fine...pH was a little low but not to an extreme and all the other fish are fine. I replaced the 2 I...

Hi....Have had my tank since early April (10 gal. w/5 zebra Danios, 2 Mickey Mouse Platys, and 1 long fin tetra) Tank is doing great now that I have gotten over the initial 4 weeks!! I have noticed some "white stuff" on the hood and on the filter cover. No smell, fish are fine. What the heck...

Hi all I bought my tank (10) on April 14th. I was uneducated and immediately began adding fish. Lost off of them as you may well guess. My ammonia was way toxic. Anyway here it is May 13th. My water is clear. There is no ammonia or very little (I put in some ammo chips in the filter) and...

My tank is almost at its 4th week of cycling. I had major problems the 2nd and 3rd weeks. After I put some ammo chips in the filter pouch last week and did a PWC yesterday the ammonia is down and pH WNL. My water is so much more clear and my fishies are swimming about and not hiding or...