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Yes the coral does raise it. Mine was too low until I added the coral, now it stays at about 6.8 to 6.9, which is about where I'd like it.

The stats tend to have identical readings at my LFS. I have a "chemist" style test kit at home. When the tank was cycling, I got big readings on all tests throughout the cycle, and the test kit has not passed its expiration date. Before I do a water change, my nitrates do come up. Though...

She's gone and flushed now, so not much we can do to help. My stats are at 0 because I had just done a water change. I also have live plants, which tend to keep my nitrate levels pretty low. The tank is about 8 months old, and yes it's cycled. Believe me, I went through some nasty nitrite...

Well, whatever it is, it's killing her. She's struggling to stay upright now, and though she's still moving constantly, she's starting to swim slower and floats toward the surface whenever she stops swimming. :( Poor thing. I don't know how long she will keep this up before she finally...

That definitely is strange. My dalmation mollies are not at all aggressive, and from what I understand, gouramis are supposed to be semi-aggressive fish... How big is the tank?

Sorry - didn't include this in the 1st post. Tank size: 45 US Gallons pH:6.8-6.9 ammonia:0 nitrite:0 nitrate:0 kH:? gH:? tank temp:80-81 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): One molly (female) swimming very strangely - barrel rolls is the...

She's swimming in 'barrel rolls' non stop. Any idea what might cause this? She's active, she's swimming quite fast - but it is as though her equillibrium is non-existent now?? Just noticed it about 5 minutes ago when I walked in the door from work. Everyone was fine when I left this...

Source?? No idea. I live in Rhode Island. I use stress coat and stress zyme to treat the water when I do changes.

The rubber plec was getting algae wafers and spirulina flakes every other day. I'm pretty sure he was getting adequate food, though the mollies on occasion would nibble at the wafers if he wasn't nearby. The tank is about 5 months old. It was set up early this summer. I do have my own test...

I'm on city water, yes. The weather has been normal - occasional rain. Right now it's hitting about 45 degrees F during the day. Down to about 20F at night. This has been happening over about a 2 month period. Oh - and on a side note, the death of the kuhli loach, I do not think is...

Yes, the water is clean, and I gravel vac every time I change the water - so every week - 2 weeks, depending on scheduling and how the tank is looking. Is there anything I can test for??

My tank is established, and the levels are about perfect. No ammonia, no nitrites, very little nitrates between water changes (every week to 2 weeks, 15% or so). It seems like all my "algae eating" fish are keeling over. I've lost 2 ottos, 3 bamboo shrimp, my rubber lipped pleco... I had...

So the molly fry that appeared in my tank the day after I brought my mollies home are getting pretty big. I think they are about 5 weeks old now. 3 survived out of the 8 that I originally counted. All three still appear to be female, and both the mollies that I bought at the LFS are female. No...

I know clowns play dead - I experienced that many times in my previous tank with my old clown loach. But do Kuhli loaches play dead?? I woke up this morning to a floating kuhli loach in my tank. I've had the three of them for about 1 week now, and the pet store guarantees 15 days/money back...

I know a lot of people really like sand as a substrate, but I had horrible luck with it. Maybe it was the kind of sand I had?? It became discolored really quickly, and for some reason the water was always cloudy, no matter what I did. So I'm back to gravel. Good luck with whatever you choose.

Are Black lights safe to use for an aquarium - not all the time, but for maybe an hour or so a day? Just curious.

I'm wondering if the Angelicus Loach would serve this purpose as well? They have them at my LFS, but do not have the YoYo loaches (which look similar). Anyone have experience with them?

It's a 46 gallon tank, and a ton of hiding places - which means that probably the fry are gonna make it if I leave them in there. As for the clown loach, I've been told that recently - though my past experience with them was another single clown loach in a 35 gallon tank, who lived at least 5...

Alright. Thanks! :) I've been scouring the net for info on the babies - but so far most of what I'm finding is related to breeding adults - and not much info on the fry. I'm a little annoyed at the websites telling people that it's loads of fun to breed lots of mollies in a 15 gallon tank...

Oh well good. LOL I guess the good news is I've got the breeder net and food - now to find someone to take the babies. Still though - any idea how long til I can tell for sure on the babies' gender?

I've been testing my tank for the last week, since the nitrites went down to 0, and all was well - so I went ahead to the LFS and brought home 2 ottos (lots of algae for them to eat now) and 2 sailfin dalmation mollies (both female, to avoid the baby situation). However, apparently at least one...

Yes, I dechlorinate my water - however it is as it is entering the tank because i use a python system. And my PH is between 6.8 and 7.0 Just checked all levels today... 0 ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates

Good. :) That makes me happy. I have never had cycle issues like this in the past - I don't know if it's the water in this house (when we moved here in 2004, that is when I gave up the two tanks that I had - just too difficult to try to move them)... or what. Anyhow, I will continue to test...

I do not have any nitrate removal sponges or anything. The filter cartridges do have carbon in them, could that be the cause of the instant nitrate drop? And I'm still worried about the cycle starting over. Is that possible? I've used salt in the past (with past clown loaches as well)...

Ok. I tested again, and still have 0 nitrates. I do have 3 plants in there - quite healthy looking, and growing well - but I'm not positive that they could have eaten the nitrates that quickly... What I'm really worried about now is whether or not I reset the entire cycle - is this possible...

No - no water change between the 10 and the 0. That's what made me very confused. I'll do the test once more and see what happens.

Now I'm completely stumped. I just checked the levels, intending on doing another 25-50% water change today, after the two changes yesterday only made a small dent in the Nitrites. Both Nitrites and Nitrates tested at 0ppm. How is this feasible??? :blink: AFTER the 2nd water change...

Ok, directly before the 2nd 50% water change the levels tested at 2ppm Nitrites, 20ppm Nitrates. After the 2nd 50% water change, the levels are at .50 ppm Nitrites, and 10 ppm Nitrates. Should I do another 50% tomorrow, or do 25% daily from here on out until the cycle completes? Or are there...

Good morning. After a heavy dose of tylenol cold, I'm feeling slightly human now. :unsure: But could certainly be better. To answer the questions from yesterday, as my spouse did well... though not familiar with the tank much - I have a Marineland power filter for use for 50 gallon tanks...

Hi All, Emms is sick and sleeping, but I figured I'd at least thank y'all for your inputs. First, there's 4 live plants (or will be once the fourth one grows) in the tank already. Should she add more? Second, she does the feeding, I tend to just go oooh and aaaah when necessary (:-)), so...

Hi all. I'm not exactly new to the hobby, but took a brief hiatus for a couple of years and now am back into it. This is the first time that I've run into an issue with my tank not cycling quite as I had expected. I have a 46 gallon bowfront freshwater. Currently housed (and apparently...

Oh - and all but 1 of my previous dwarf gouramis did well too - lasted well over 2 years until I gave the tank up. Whether they survived the move to their new home or not, I'm not sure. Only one had an issue - and that was the fault of my ornate bichir, before I moved him to the 55 G. He bit...

Hmmm. I kept my gold severum in the 30 G for the 4 years that I had it. He (she) was about 6" or so, and seemed to be quite happy. Same with the clown loach. He was a hoot. Played dead, came to say hello at meal time, sneak attacked fish who swam by - though never did damage. Just chased...

I've finally gotten back into fish, and I've started a beautiful 46 gallon bowfront. Right now I've got 3 zebra danios and a rubber mouth pleco. I know that I will have a clown loach, and I'm also planning on a couple of dwarf gouramis. I've also considered a couple of dwarf otos and maybe a...