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I totally get what Bruce is saying. I think this comes from people fundamentally misunderstanding what the nitrogen cycle is. It doesn't help that we all use "to cycle" as a verb; I do so myself. Unfortunately I am not sure what can be done. Explaining with more words might make it worse. This...

Pending the results of the liquid tests: Unless it's just my eyes I am not seeing algae, the cloudiness looks to me as bacterial bloom. That is maybe just a normal sign that you are still cycling and will with sort itself out. If that's the case doing daily water changes for the sake of the fish...

i would suggest all tiger barbs, as many as stocking will allow - but get three different colour morphs, as all the sites suggest the more tiger barbs the better

try hygrophila and limnophila - those buggers grow like weeds. And they close up like daisys at night which can give u a clue if ur photperiod is too long or short

Just checked my old spreadsheet. My nitrite was similar until suddenly on day 11 or so the ammonia shot down and the nitrate shot up. I mean went so high I had to dilute the sample in test tube with tap water and guestimate. So maybe just have patience. My advice is keep testing and even be...

I don't know about the stock level in terms biomass is overstocked; a 1.5 inch neon is a lot less fish than your 1.5/2 inch gourami for instance. Main issue I see is there enough space for gourami and neons? I mean we aren't talking a bowl, so there may well be. Another issue is the...

If the fish is small still and you have plants that explains it. Salifert nitrate test has powder you scoop in instead of bottle 2 and the water turns pink instead of yellow, I find it easier to read. My suggestion would be go ahead and only do the smaller water changes already out of pure...

This is why I personally do not like the API nitrate test. To me it looks zero, that could just be my eyesight of course. I wouldn't trust a zero reading of nitrate unless there are are plants that are removing most of the ammonia in the first place, and as I understand, goldfish tend to destroy...

A couple of years ago I left mine for a fortnight with one of those 14 day dead daphnia cake things. I think Tetra sell them. I did massive water change day before go and another one when I came home. I think the food block was unnecessary and potentially dangerous - but I used it anyway. I also...

Ah yes, i read the link for the test kit but not the whole sentence it seems

If you used a test strip, I expect it did not test the ammonia. If nitrate and nitrite are zero that implies you might not be cycled. Did you transfer the media from your old filter when you upgraded? The advice Colin initially gave about a huge immediate water change is what you need to do...

Long time anonymous lurker, only just joined. Have a 54 L tank with cories, cardinals, honey gourami, otos, and 2 surviviing hatchetfish