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I am back to square one with my tank after a failed group of silvertip tetras so I need some stocking advice. I am not partial to any particular fish, but I do have a few "wants". I want the fish to all be from the same region. I don't need a pure biotope, but I don't want to mix continents...

On Saturday I added 5 silvertip tetras to my newly cycled 40g tank. They haven't eaten since I brought them home and as of this morning 2 of them are dead. I checked the water and ph and ammonia are both good (6.4 and 0 respectively). The water temperature has been around 76. I don't know what I...

My tank is completely empty right now as I just finished cycling so I want to get some opinions on how I should stock it. I have done a fair amount of research and I really like the blue acara and pictus catfish. I am thinking 1 BA and 3 pictus. But I want to have more than just 4 fish. I was...

Ok so I am a month into a fishless cycle of a 40 gallon tank with help from a fake plant from a healthy established tank and I am at a loss as to what is going on with my levels. Here is what happened... I was following the guide posted by eco on this forum, dosing initial ammonia to 4 ppm and...

I have been doing a fishless cycle of my new tank for about 3 weeks and everything has been moving along nicely...until today. After seeing ammonia dropping (and dosing it back up), nitrites high, and nitrates steadily increasing for a week or so, I tested the water tonight and got rather...