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Hi. I'm still new to the aquarium hobby and I recently bought a bottle of Tetra Safe Start hoping it would help startup the nitrogen cycle before I add any fish to my 10 gallon. Today is the fifth day since adding Safe Start, an I'm noticing that there is light brown stringy material attached to...

StevenF, I actually don't have hard water, surprisingly. my results from testing my water are: Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 Hardness - 0 Alkalinity - 300 pH - 8.4 Again, haven't started up the nitrogen cycle. Trying to though :confused:

thanks everyone for the amazing replies! I'm trying my best to comprehend all of this, I was never a super science whiz ;), but what I'm understanding is this: 1) Fish produce a lot ammonia from pooping and breathing, that's bad. 2) The nitrogen cycle is the thing that keeps the balance from...

Thanks for all the wonderful advice everyone! I will keep all of it in mind. As for the overdose on hydrogen peroxide killing a lot of things, I used a keck lot of it in my small container full of duckweed, but it has been sitting there for about 5 (I think) days now. How long should I...

Hi! I'm still new to the aquarium hobby and trying to figure out this crazy scientific nitrogen cycle. I have seen many diagrams made by people trying to explain this thing to a newbie, but really it's not helping. Specifically the part about how to start the darn thing. And suggestions on how...

New to the aquarium hobby, I recently bought a 10 gallon tank. Now figuring out all there is to know about keeping the animals inside of it.

thanks for the advice! I didn't necessarily get this duckweed from a lake/pond, more like a decorational ditch near my yard. When I collected it I was shocked because there were tiny black bugs everywhere around it, and for that I am extremely hesitant to put it in my aquarium, as they might...

Hi :-) I am still new to the fish keeping hobby and I had a couple questions about duckweed. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :-) 1) What are the benefits of having duckweed in an aquarium? I have a 10 gallon tank that is filtered by a TopFin 10 and heated by a...

Simple answer: yes. an fx6 pumps out 925 gallons per hour. That would be more than enough to filter your tank plus 3 more. (Btw, love the idea of a senegal bichir in there as well.) If you want to get away with an eyebiter, I would put it in a separate tank, if you have one big enough, that...

I agree with 'StevenF' if your hardness is too hard or too soft the shrimp could molt and a death could occur. How long ago did the power outages occur? They could have gone into shock from the sudden temperature change. I would be really careful if you move anything like decorations around in...

From what I'm reading it seems like you don't maybe have enough oxygen for your fish. You have made sure that your filter is working correctly? Another possible problem could be that parasites or harmful bacteria have gotten into the tank. This is most likely not the case but you have live...

Thank you so much! I did that and waited a couple minutes, everything in there is working perfectly now as far as I can tell! Thank you so much for that advice!

Hi. :DSo I just got a new filter, and I set it up and everything. It runs just how it's supposed to. I just want to make it quieter. I have my tank under my loft bed, and so I sleep right on top of the noise. It's not really the grumbling sounds that the filter makes as the mechanics run to pump...

Hi :) I'm new to the aquarium hobby and I recently refurbished a 10 gallon tank that I bought at a garage sale, (no leaks, thankfully :yahoo:) I have researched a lot of different fish, and I came across AqAdvisor, I tried it out, and people are right that website really helps with stocking...