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Hey, Sorry for the late reply, had a bit of a family emergency. I got some Nutrafin Cycle and have done the dosages as directed but there are some curious results. For 3 days now (since I've been using it) ALL of my levels are at 0. Including ammonia (which, as you recall, was changing daily)...

PLEASE HELP!! Everything was going along fine until this morning. I woke up to find one of the mollies that was going strong yesterday was stuck to the intake tube of the filter. She's still alive, I unstuck her and she floated about for a second, started swimming erratically, and then sunk to...

Thanks for replying! And I appreciate you talking to TwoTankAmin about my issues. I'm feeling a little uneasy about the ammonia getting that high as that's the sole reason everyone has said was why I ran into the issues with my fish getting sick/dying in the first place. It's not that I don't...

Quick question: about how long should it take for everything to level out? I'm doing a water change everyday to every other day due to ammonia levels.

Okay, I think I'm beginning to get it...I think.   I had a family emergency last night and was not able to get to my water change until today. I did put some Prime in there before I left (last night) though, so hopefully that helped? Today's numbers before the water change were as follows-pH...

Thank you all so much for your help and kindness (and actual willingness to help and not talk down to me). As a side, I posted the same original plea for help on 2 sites (this one and another one) and you all have not only ben very attentive and quick to respond (which the other board's members...

Alright, so an update on the tank first: The one that was not looking so well died. Perhaps she was too far gone already to recover? The levels as of this morning-pH: 7.2, Nitrate: 0, Nitrite: 0, Ammonia: 0 Now my questions: 1. Shouldn't something be going up somewhere? I mean, should all the...

The ich cleared up completely, which is why when I did the big water change I went ahead and put the filter back in. But according to what I'm gathering from the_lock_man, was I not supposed to put the filter back in?? I was just going by the instructions on the bottle of ich meds. The cloudy...

Alright, so it's been a few hours since the water change and all the levels are looking good. However, the fish are not. The vertical swimmer/bent(ish) spined one looks like she's having a hard time breathing and has, what looks like, a white string hanging from her. And another one, that was...

Thanks for replying Ch4rlie! And for being so kind--I've been beating myself up over this for days! And really good to know that the 50% change did not hurt them. I got such grief from fish people after I did it! So, don't ever rinse the filter in tap water right? I didn't rinse it at all...

the_lock_man: thank you so much for all your prompt and detailed answers! The chemical testing kit I have is the API Freshwater brand. I know you mentioned not remembering which one used the salicylate tests, but I thought I'd mention which test kit I was using anyway. Okay, all of that makes...

Just read through the link in your signature and have one question: It states, "once levels for ammonia and nitrite have been 0 and nitrate has been rising, you are cycled for that fish load, and you are ready for a few more fish, space allowing...." But, in the last 2 weeks (approximately), I...

Okay, I get what you all are saying but I have a few more questions. I completely understood the whole cycling thing before adding fish and only added a few per week (as recommended). I'm just unsure how I got into this mess. Things were going along fine (really fine) until I added the last 4...

Hello and thank you in advance for reading/helping, Request Help Tank size: 29 gallon pH: 7.2 ammonia: 1.0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 kH: ? gH: ? tank temp: 80 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Over the course of 2 weeks they've had many...