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I completely agree and I will do what ever it takes to keep these fish in their top condition. The guppies are improving and they have been diving deeper into the tank and staying down there longer and longer. After the initial spike of ammonia it has been steadily going down the nitrite seems...

In my opinion it is not a false alarm.   No, it was just a beginner overreacting at first glance. A closer look at them now, and there is no gasping at all. They are also starting to move down from the surface of the water and swim around, which is a relief. I also added some Fluval Cycle.  

The guppies gasping was a false alarm, they are also starting to dive down an inch or so and immediately dart back up, so I think I might be taking the right % of water out when I do my water changes (50%). Hopefully everything will go well. Thanks

Okay thanks for the input. I will probably add more bacteria just to give it a little boost.

Okay, thanks fluttermoth. I am also probably going to add some API Ph down after every water installation. Is this a good idea? The bacteria I had originally added was Dr. Tim's One and Only. I had bought it off of Amazon and it was cold when I received it, however it was room temperature when I...

  Follow Nick's instructions as well, but you are basically looking at a few weeks of daily water changes to keep your ammonia and nitrites down. In a fishless cycle, we keep ammonia at a certain level because it stimulates the bacteria, that will process it into nitrite, to replicate. Then the...

Okay, I did the 75% water change and now my ammonia is a 1.0ppm and my nitrites are at 0ppm. I will probably end up doing another water change to eliminate the remaining ammonia(probably around 50% this time.) Jag, however, even after looking at the links you kindly provided me with, I am still...

I have a new tank and I cycled it and did everything that was necessary. I got the fish yesterday and I now have four guppies and a dwarf gourami swimming in there. My tank is 10 gallons. I put the fish in and acclimated them by floating and adding a little bit of my water into their bags every...