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so here is a picture of the plants that seem to be dieing, the leaves look to be turning yellow and brownish, i notice that my angel tries to eat it all the time. They are also not as tall as they used to be, kinda like slouching/limp now

2/10/10 ammonia 0 ppm nitrite .50ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6 i did a 75 % change today. im not too sure but it kinda looks like some of my plants are dieing, the leaves look a a bit brown however i do see some sprouting smaller stems from the bottom though. Im refering to the plants on the...

2/09/10 ammonia .25 ppm nitrite .50ppm nitrate 20ppm ph 7.6 looks like a 50% change will do but ill do more like 75% to be safe

2/8/10 nitrite 1.0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrate 20 ppm ph 7.6 sadly one of my x ray tetras passed away, i figure it was due to the water quality however i did notice that the angel fish was nipping at him a lot today, also the xrays dont get to eat as much due to them swimming in the middle of the...

2/7/10 nitrite 1.0ppm nitrate 20ppm ammonia .5ppm ph 7.6 75%change seems pretty hard to tell whats going on right now with all this fluctuating, but i guess time will tell, haha

k well i wasnt actually able to do that last 75% change so this morning i test it again and it came up with 2/6/10 nitrite 1.0ppm nitrate 10ppm ammonia 0ppm ph 7.6 im doing a 75% change for today, however since the ammonia dropped does that mean im starting to see some progress,

alright cool, so to continue my log heres another test 02/05/10 nitrite 1.0 ppm nitrate 20ppm ammonia .25 ppm and im doing another 75% change

its an API fresh water master test kit. thanks for the advice, ill try to test regularly and post the results on here more Heres the test for 2/4/2010 nitrate 10 ppm nitrite 1.0 ppm ammonia 0ppm

k so i finally got my test kit in the mail today my results are nitrite 5ppm ammonia .25 ppm nitrate 20 ppm ph 7.8 so how much of a water change does this mean i should do? 75%? also should i be using my amquel +to treat the water, i do use novaqua for removing chlorines, but do i need to...

thanks for the tips, ill go hunt down a test kit. i came back today and i found my betta making a bubble nest, its the fist time ive seen it, quite interesting how he chases all the other fish out of the area. should i be careful to not destroy his nest when doing waterchanges, or is it ok? i...

yeah i noticed that the girl used test strips rather than a liquid testing kit, what do you guys think about some of the kits on ebay, that should be fine right, some are advertised to be used a few times, but it seems like they will be ok. i also wonder if there was a way to test for chlorine...

alright i did a 75 % change and my angel fish seems much better, as for the decorations i think i will leave it on since i already spent money on it, i feel like it would have been wasted if i didnt use it, and the fish dont seem too scared. i will continue to check the water at petsmart since...

could the stress also be due to an air powered ornament i recently added, it was making a lot of disturbance in the water, but i adjusted it so that the bubbles are as slow and as few as possible, or maybe because my betta chases the angel sometimes? i took a water sample to a petsmart since...

well to update, ive been doing daily 50% cycles, i found a test kit at a bigger fishstore, but i didnt have enough cash on me, most of my fish seem fine however i noticed today that my angel has been just staying on the bottom of the tank should i be concerned

alright so i did a 50% water change, i noticed that there was a small build up of film on the top of my heater, i think its algae. also my filter tube goes about half way down the tank, is it supposed to go all the way just above the gravel?, if so where do i get an extetion for the tube...

well i checked my local fish store and they didnt have any water testers, (its a pretty small place). should i just do a 50% water change now since i havent done one yet, ill try to find another store that might have the testers, or maybe online, but it seems like it may be too late by the time...

i usually turn on the lights around noon and turn them off when i sleep, so maybe around 12 hours, though some days around 6 hours as i turn them on when i get back from school. So does that mean i can go without buying nutrients, or if i were to lessen the time with the light on. Ill also...

Yeah i cant take the fish back, and its a 15 gallon tank. I cycled the tank on saturday, and yes the bacteria came in a bottle, i also used a water conditioner, that says it adds vitamins and anti viruses, and some thing thats supposed to remove nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, chlorine, and...

Hey guys im new to the forums and pretty new to fish aswell. I started off with one betta in a vase, but then i picked up an old tank from my neighbor. So I bought a filter, heater, and light, an some bacteria for the filter to cycle for a day. then i put my betta in, and i just recently put...