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I guess now I need to figure out what to put in my tank. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I guess I just needed more patience. I did try the things people mentioned . I didn't get a chance to get some established filter media, but I also hasn't checked the levels in a while. I decided Kay night I was going to go see if the pet store could help, but I figured I'd check levels first...

Thanks, I'll give some of those things a try. I am just dipping the vials into the tank for testing water, but I have been cleaning them afterwards. I guess I could see trace amounts still lingering. Is it worth doing a high ph test? It was just mentioned that it being too low is the problem...

Okay, so it has now been almost another month since I first posted. I've done lots of water changes, I got a heater going (the algae eater died the day after we put the heater in). I still get lots of ammonia, so I'm doing water changes to keep it under control, but I still have no trace of...

Yes, I did it exactly how it said. Put in the first solution, tipped it a few times, shook the second solution for 30 seconds, then shook the test tube for 1 minute. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Okay, I just did a test and then about a 50% water change. Ammonia was pretty close to the darkest, so close to 8, nitrites and nitrates still at 0. pH was at the highest the chart had which is 7.6. Is it possible that my filter media is just bad and the bacteria can't collect on it? I would...

I haven't tested the ph levels. I didn't know that would affect things. If it is too low, what can I do to raise it? I'm using liquid tests and the color for ammonia goes up to 8, it might be slightly darker than the 4, but it definitely isn't up to the 8 yet. I haven't touched the filtering...

First, I'd like to apologize for a cycling question. I did read a bunch of other threads on the subject, but I wasn't really getting the answer I was looking for, so I decided to just post a new thread. A little background. We were given a tank (maybe 2.5 gallons) that had a gold fish and a...