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Hi all! Just moved into a new home with a well. Tested my water with the API kit. I have 10-20 ppm nitrates and 0.5-1 ppm nitrites. Are those numbers ok for base water? What should I do differently to keep my levels low?

What do you all normally do if you find one of your fish missing parts of its fin? :( I know she is just going to suffer. The rest of the fish will continue to nip at her. I have no idea what happened. ? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Can anyone give me an idea of what might have caused this to happen to my thermometer!? I cleaned out the broken glass and did a complete water change just to be safe. :-/ Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Hi all. I have a 20 gallon tank. I am using the filter that came with it (top fun 20) as well as a top fin 30 over the top filter. My tank is well established - been running a year with its original inhabitants. I had 6 Cory cats as of a few days ago, one stopped swimming. I removed him and put...

Hi, I think one of my neon skirt tetras is ill. It's hard to get a good pic because of the movement, but he looks very skinny. He's eating normally and swimming fine, just skinny. His belly does not appear sunken, it's like his head and body width. He's half the size of the others. I have had...

Hi all, I have a 20 gallon with 5 corydoras as well as all all of their tank mates (5 glo skirt tetras and 7 neon tetras). I feed them tiny amounts of flakes along with a few sinking pellets for the cat fish. I have read many contradicting things about corydoras and feeding. I have some...

Algae seems to grow pretty quickly in my tank. I do scrubbing a of the walls of the tank every week when I do a PWC, it seems to grow very rapidly. It is next to a window, so I have even started keeping the light block curtains drawn. Has not fixed the problem. I have read that over feeding...

I was curious is under gravel filters are any more beneficial to a tank than a canister or exterior filter. More / less maintenance than the other? Better for the bio filter? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok I need some help!!! I have a freshwater aquarium so I have a little experience with tanks, but none with salt water. My supervisor was let go 3 weeks ago and it's become clear that he is not coming back for his tank / fish. He has a clown fish, and urchin, and 2 pink shrimp. We have been...

Checked Aqadvisor and according to them I am perfectly stocked with way more filtration than I need. No intention of changing that though! ;) woooo! Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

How do I know whether my glo skirt tetras were derived from black skirt or white skirt tetras? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Since I have read that the 1 inch per gallon rule is not the best thing to go by, I'm curious if I am close to my max or if I have a ways to go. I have a 20 gallon tank. It's "tall" rather than wide. I have 5 colored skirt tetras, 6 neon tetras, and 5 corydoras. I'd like to add 2 or more to...

It's been about 2 weeks now maybe? And my water tests are still all 0 which is so strange to me. 5 corydoras, 6 neon tetras, 5 colored skirt tetras in a 20 gallon that I upgraded from a cycled tank. I am running my old filter with my new filter at the same time. Ammonia is 0, nitrites are 0...

I'm having trouble finding answers with internet searches, there seems to be a lot of conflicting information. I have a few questions regarding normal behaviors since I have only owned my guys for a little while. Colored skirt tetras: if they are chasing each other around are they playing? I...

So I went out and got some more decor for my tank to try and keep the colored skirt tetras from chasing my neons. I bought what I could afford at the moment and it's far from done, but do you all think this will help!? These are before and after shots. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

So I had a very established 6.5 gallon tank but it was too small for my stock. Upgraded to a 20 gallon. Had to change the substrate because my fiancé was tired of the bright colored rocks that my 4 year old chose. I kept all the tank water from the 6.5 to add to the 20. I am currently running...

I have a very empty 20 gallon so I am planning on grabbing some live and fake plants this afternoon to try to fill in the space and keep my little neons safer. How do you all go about cleaning a tank with lots of stuff in it? For vacuuming gravel, etc.? Just work around it all or do you remove...

Day 2 with my skirt tetras new tank mates and one of the neons is already gone. I mean GONE. No body or anything. I'm so sad :( Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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I added 5 neon tetras to my 20 gallon today. They have been in there with my 5 glo skirt tetras for about 20 minutes and one of my skirt tetras is chasing the new neons. Will they settle down? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Here is a pic of my set up as requested. 5 corydoras, 5 glofish skirt tetras, and 5 neon tetras. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

In my new 20 gallon, I have transferred 4 glofish tetras and 2 corydoras. I plan on adding at least 2 more tetras to make them their happiest and also a few more cories. What other fish would make good companions for these guys? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Good morning all! Just set up my new 20 gallon tank last night! Running my old established filter with the new filter for a bit to try to help along the bacteria growth. Right now, I have put 2 cories and 4 neon tetras into the new tank from the old tank. I'd like to get a few more of each so...

I currently have a 6.5 gallon tank running a whisper 10i filter. Getting a 20 gallon set up. I'm planning on running both filters to establish bacteria in the new filter. What is a good amount of time to do this for? How long before it would be safe to remove the old filter?

Hello all! My tank has finally cycled. I've been checking my levels every few days. I have a 6.5 gallon tank with 4 neon tetras and a Cory catfish. My nitrate levels have been good until today. Today they tested at 80ppm. My ammonia and nitrite are both 0. I did a water change but I am...