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    New loaches -- shrimp stopped eating

    Hi everyone, I have a freshwater 29 US gallon tank with gravel substrate. Up to this week, it contained two guppies and one 3-yr-old female amano shrimp. I also have a 10 US gallon tank that I use as my quarantine tank. About 3 months ago, I got 2 yoyo loaches and 1 burmese loach for my...
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    Water striders hitchhiking on my new plants!

    Hi folks! I bought some new fancy guppies and three new aquarium plants 4 days ago -- my first ever for both! I didn't check the plants when I got them (I forgot), so today I found two snails that appear to be physa. They're oval-shaped and brown -- very tiny. I took them out and put them in a...
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    Should I quarantine new amanos?

    I have 3 amanos and just bought 6 new babies. Should I quarantine the new ones and, if so, for how long? I put them in a QT for the time being. I've seen quarantine times ranging from 1 week to 10 days to 2 weeks. Could someone please give me a definite time? Thanks! Wendy
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    Tank finally cycled! Three questions...

    Hi everyone, After 5 weeks of fishless cycling, the tank has finally cycled! YAYYY!! For two mornings in a row, Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, and Nitrates are consistently just under 5 ppm. So I will definitely be fish shopping on Saturday -- at last!! :D I won't be doing a water change because I did...
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    Does High pH affect fishless cycling?

    Hi again folks, I'm doing fishless cycling with a US 29 gal tank, bubbler, water temp at 82F, hard water, pure ammonia, and no substrate. Since I did a 50% water change last week when the tank finally looked as though it was fully cycled, the ammonia has been at 0.25 ppm each morning and...
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    Low nitrates - UPDATE

    I updated this on my original post (Low nitrates), but I think it's being missed so I'm reposting. I dosed up to 4.0 ppm of ammonia one last time yesterday, after I'd done a 50% PWC. In my defense, I did it because that's what I read to do in "The (almost) Complete Guide and FAQ to Fishless...
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    Low nitrates

    Hi everyone! I'm a very new aquarist (I love that term!). I'm fishless cycling a 29 gallon tank with pure ammonia, and I've been at this for just over 3 weeks (since July 14). The heater has kept the tank temp at 82F, air bubbler wand is on, plastic plants and rocks are in, no substrate. I've...
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