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Will a regular lamp timer work? That's probably a stupid question :blush: Unfortunately with my school and work schedule, the lights are on about 13-14 hours a day!!! Far too long I know, but short of paying someone to come over and turn them on/off I have no choice. I can't believe I never...

So my 10gal. is now fully cycled and I have 2 zebra danios and 2 dwarf rainbow gouramis in it. I was going to get a few more danios to finish out the school. Unfortunately I have big problems with algae. I got a scrubber brush and try to clean it, but its all stuck in the plants (plastic) and...

So I'm cycling my 10 gal. Right now I have 2 zebra danios in there. I'm doing 20% water changes every other day and feeding sparingly and the fish seem to do doing just fine. It been a little over 2 weeks. My ammonia levels seem to be slowing but I still have 0 nitrites. Is this normal...

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately the poor little guy/girl didn't make it through the night. :( On the other hand the other fish seem fine and happy so thats the bright side.

I have a zebra danio with what I believe is swim bladder disease. It was fine when I left the house this morning, and when I came home tonight he was spiralling wildly. Is there anything I can do? Should I put him (or her?) out of its misery? All the info on swim bladder I seem to find is...

I only have three in there right now because I didn't want to add too many at once to a new tank. I do intend to get at least three more as soon as I feel comfortable with how these are doing. Its a 10 gal. which I believe is cycled as I had 0 readings after adding ammoia for several weeks...

I got some zebra danios today. One of them keeps chasing the other two around the tank. I don't know if they're playing or if I have a bully. They're so fast its hard to tell what exactly is going on. I was also thinking that maybe the aggressive fish is a male and the other two are female...

I thought the cycling was done, maybe i was wrong. I added the fish 2 days after cycle "finished." I did a water change about 80% before I put the fish in. I want to try again, but I'm not sure what to do differently as I cannot figure out what went wrong the first time.

I think the cycle took about 3 1/2 or 4 weeks. I added them all at once because the fishlss cycle sticky says you can add the whole bio-load after a successful cycle. I did slowly acclimate the fish to the tank water by adding it to the LFS bags and I did not put the water from the LFS in the...

So I followed all the directions for fishless cycling and all went well. I put fish in and everything was great for the first four days. Day five, ammonia went up to .5 so I did a 20% water change and added some amquel. Day six, was basically a repeat of the day before, except now the fish...

That's looking like the way to go. I lloked at liveaquaria and they have a minimum order amount as well, so a single fish from them is a no go. I'm in the chicago suburbs so I'm sure if I called some shops in the city I might find one.

Thanks for the info. I know shipping is expensive, but I've been to or called 20 local shops and no one has them. I wonder why? I'm still trying to see if someone local can special order and if that would be a better deal. . . Anyway, it'll be a while because I'll have to get another small...

Has anyone ever bought fish by mail? I really want to get a dwarf puffer and can't find them anywhere. Livearquaria.com has them. Anyone have experiences with this site or other fish by mail? Sorry if this is in the wrong thread.

How soon after the water change can I add fish? Readings today: Ammonia: between 0 and .25 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: about 25 ppm pH: 6.8

So I've read the sticky on fishless cycling and a lot of other posts but I'm still not sure. . . I've been cycling for roughly 3 weeks. Everything was going well until I went away for 2 days and left my bf in charge and he didn't add any ammonia like I told him. Did I loose all my bacteria...

I've read it now. I orignially went on the advice of other people I know who have successful aquariums. I've also read that if I do partial water changes evry few days that will keep the ammonia levels in check. Does anyone suggest a chemical additive for the ammonia?

I was under the impression that as long as I had good readings I was ok. I ran the tank for about two weeks before I put any fish in. I was told it was best to put a few fish in in order to permanently regulate all the levels.

One of my balloon mollies just died suddenly :(. I have a 10 gal. with (now) 1 balloon molly, 2 platies and a dwarf bristlenose pleco. I just did a 40-50% change. Before the change my levels were: pH 7.4, ammonia 3-4ppm, nitrite 0ppm., temp 78., gH 11. Do you think Conrad's death was due to...

On a white mickey mouse platy could the gravid spot be orange? Or are they always black? Thanks Its a brand new tank, so my concern is just with the first water change. I don't want to stress the fish. In that case I won't get anymore mollies, but I suppose if I determine I have a pair of...

I'm a noob and I did look for this info, but didn't see it so I apologize if it is a repeat. In any case, I know that sometimes young livebearers "become male" when they reach maturity. The question is, how do I know if what I believe to be a female platy is mature? In other words, until she...