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Thanks Jay (and everyone)! I have taken all of your advice (removed amrid filter, added gravel from established tank and I'm doing 10-15% water changes daily) and things are looking good so far. My daughter is enjoying the fish tank tremendously, especially in light of the fact that one of my...

I'm totally new to fishkeeping and aquariums and just set up my tank last Wednesday with 2 mollies, 1 platy, 1 rasbora and 1 danio (died mysteriously -thought these were supposed to be hardy fish). I woke up this morning and my silver molly had given birth last night! There are 3 small fry in...

Thanks, I'll do that! And I'll keep the info about the cory's in mind--wouldn't want them to get too lonely! :P

Thanks for all your advice guys! Actually I dissolved the salt in the water change before I added it to the tank--didn't just toss it in. And I don't have any loaches or catfish yet, but will probably get a cory or two after the tank is done cycling. I'm also doing daily water changes for the...

Oops! Well, I just did a water change and threw some salt in before reading your post. I guess I'll just stop doing that from now on and the water will gradually revert back to its hard state. Or maybe I should buy some bogwood and put it in the tank? I think I read that somewhere else in this...

Really? It was my understanding that aquarium salt brings hardness levels down. I'm confused now... Karen

I just tested the levels in my tank and the water is very very hard (425 reading). I have two mollies in the tank and I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) these fish like a softer water. Can I just toss some aquarium salt directly into the tank? Or should I add dissolved salt with the next water...

The tank needs the ammonia to cycle! Of course! Jeez, why didn't that occur to me before? I just removed the amrid filter and will get some gravel from the pet store--thanks for the advice. :) Problem about returning the fish though. My 6-year old daughter has already given them names and...

Thank for the response Jay! When you say "don't overdo the water changes" what exactly do you mean? Last night when the fish were looking so bad, I did a 10% change (as per what I read by Alien Anna in the pinned post for New Tank Syndrome) and the fish didn't seem any happier. So I decided to...

Hi all, Newbie here. I just started a 10 gallon aquarium with an AquaClear mini filter that I loaded with a sponge filter, a carbon filter and an ammonia remover filter (amrid). I set the tank up 3 nights ago and bought 5 fish (2 mollies, a platy, a rasbora and a danio) tonight for the tank as...