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Excellent. I didn't know about the 12/24 hour differentiation, so that's quite helpful as well. My tank's already looking less cloudy, too! I'm having a hard time waiting 'til 7 tonight to measure the ammonia. *squirms impatiently*

Okay. So I shouldn't worry about the creepy stuff in the tank, yes? I need to just worry about whether I've got enough ammonia in there to get the cycle really cookin'. Following your advice, I've gone and purchased some pure ammonia (smells pure. It doesn't say percentage or ingredients, at...

Thanks for you help, guys; I appreciate it. So I have bacteria AND algae in there? 'Cuz the white thready stuff is supposed to be algae, according to my online research. Gosh, I've got an infested tank. Bleh. It's an AquaClear 30, yes, sorry for the confusion. Erm, and I think it's 12 US...

Okay, so male guppies should be okay together in this tank. Thanks. :) So after taking a look, there's a bunch of wispy-looking white algae on my driftwood AND my plant leaves. Could the cloudiness be, in fact, algae too? HOW DO I KILL IT?!

This is the first tank I've ever had (since one as a kid--we won't count that), and I have determined that I only want colorful fish in my tank. I just planted it yesterday with wisteria, anubias, and Java fern. My driftwood is apparently still leaching tannins, 'cuz the water's cloudy now...