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@Byron thanks for the info about the light, I will try and make a schedule for that. About the others I said in my first post but I can state that again. 5 Gallon tank (20 Litters), it's been running since March 2021 I only had problems since last month or so, plants got 3 in them now-...

@Bruce Leyland-Jones no it's 7 or 7.2 that's what it was and that's what it is now I just measured it again. Also as a side question how much time should I have the light ON on the tank ? a few hours? a half a day? all night? I am still not sure about this :(

Well, I am not sure what is going on during this last week 2 of the oldest tetras that I had remaining from the old bunch just died 1 after the other 1 on Tuesday and one on Friday... I am not sure what I am doing wrong I measured the water right after I saw them and it was all good nothing out...

Oh I see , I thought the snails are something bad and you need to remove them right away silly me :D well, the strip is the same as the other stuff just plus the water hardness.

@Byron I see ok thank you I am gonna do one of the above for the new tank when I am ready to get it. I added a few pictures as I did my water change with my measurements and the tank itself are the levels ok or do I need to change something? 1 more thing I saw and notices was some snails...

@Byron so the tank if it is longer is better, is that right? I guess I'll do the cycling with ammonia and no plants then later when I add the fish and add the plants if I understand this correctly? Thank you for all you guy's advice.

Yes sir that what I mean I didn't wanna mean just put water and let it sit there and do nothing :D ofc'd do the steps to help it :D thank you for the post I see it describes the process in detail.

@Byron I see thank you for the info, should I just do this I was thinking, get a 20 Gallon, let it cycle for a month or two helping it ofc, then moving the tetras into it and then in the 5-gallon one just add a betta, later on, would that be a good idea/thing to do? As for the plants they are...

Plants are - echinodorus mixed - hemiographis colorata - hygrophila guanensis No more room for more I guess maybe just something small for the bottom of the tank but I am not sure what I could get, these were recommended by the shop.

1- API freshwater master test kit / and I got some strips for Ammonia and 6-1 strips as well just to be sure something is not wrong. 2- Absolutely not, only cleaning product I use is the water inside the tank that I use when I swap it out before I get rid of it, the sponge in the filter I only...

Well, it's been a few months since March now I'm sure it has cycled by now has it not ? I did measure and everything was alright with the water but I guess the stress and that cleaning the job for my beta and other tetras that passed :( I will keep an update here and see what's going on, the...

So my heart was broken this afternoon as I came back from work I found my beta on the bottom of the tank and I am not sure what happens if anyone can give me a few pointers for the future or maybe a reason why it happened. So it started like at least 3 weeks ago or so I decided to fully clean...