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One is a neon tetra. One is a guppy. I was gravely misinformed at the pet store about fish. I don't have a kit that gives parameter numbers yet, but all the colors on the testing strips are in ideal for nitrites, nitrates and ammonia. I am having a ph problem tho - water is acidic. I tried to...

Basic maintenance is being done. Check water parameters constantly. Use RO water. Which I've been told is bad but I've also been told it is good. I don't know what to do. Change the water every day? Not as cloudy but by next day - cloudy. Don't do anything? Cloudy but gradually gets worse every...

Tank has been set up for almost a month. We have 2 fish in there currently.

I've read several different solutions to a bacteria bloom in a newer tank. One solution is to do nothing and wait it out. The second is to do 50% water changes every other day. What is everyone's thoughts on this?

Oh and there is no ammonia

Should I do anything about the bacterial bloom? Is that why the fish aren't swimming around? I have minerals coming too. There isn't much out here and the one store didn't have either things when I went. Amazon saves the day!

Yesterday. I used RO water. I can't bypass the water softener.

I'm back! Did a large water change like requested. Waiting for the testing kit still unfortunately. The water looked ok and the fish were swimming around for the first time in days so we were pretty excited. Woke up this morning to find the tank cloudy again and the fish back to hiding. I don't...

It is the salt type

I can use tap water. I just thought RO would be better because we have horrible well water with a softner. Another stupid move by mom! So if I do a large water change and use regular tap water - is that going to be ok? I was told not to make big changes like that, but then again I was told a lot...

It is 100% RO water, but after I was told to add salt it became very hard. The ph was always on the low side but it's bad now. I bought some API ph powder that is supposed to keep it at 7.0...again from the pet store. Should I use it?

Really? Guess you guys were right...never trust a pet store employee! She even gave us a whole speech about schooling and how tetras and guppies get along!

Oh I did don't worry about that

Hi! Let me start out by saying I have been Googling fish tank problems and reading answers on this page for days, so I thought I'd try it out. I am really struggling. I was very undereducated about everything, and I know that so please be gentle. Santa brought my 8 year old son a tank and all...