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Ammonia is not listed on this test kit. How do I test for that? Yes, it is strips that I dip into the water. WalMart didn't have anything else. There are also ppm numbers listed. I did the test strip again yesterday. Everything basically stayed the same. PH dropped to 8.0. Nitrite 0...

Yes I have two dwarf gourami, one gold gourami and about eight male guppies. I also have baby guppies, so there must also be a female guppy in the tank. I'll have to take a small net and get the babes out of there tomorrow.

OK, yesterday I added part of the filter from my home pond to the aquarium. Waited until today, stopped by and checked all the readings. Nitrate, Nitrite tested out safe, the test showed the water as 'hard' and ph at 8.4. Do I need to decrease that ph. This high reading surprised me. On...

OH MY GOSH, and I teach grammar! Terrible communication on my part......sorry! It IS indeed a goldfish pool that we've had for years. Just a few goldfish in it, too many frogs (how do I get rid of them???), water lillies, papyrus, water poppy,etc. If I can use the filter media from this...

OK, no corries yet! Instead I'll shop for the APE Fresh Water Master Test Kit and keep doing my daily water changes. I want to read Easy to Grow Plants next & Common Newbie Mistakes before the weekend.. Jonesey, your tank is beautiful! When i get everything 'right', I'll read how to take...

Thx for the info. I failed to mention that the ice chest also contained the one surviving gourami and eight male guppies. MW, I will get corries this weekend. I read the link on gouramis and will read the others as I have time. I've already shared with the kids the fact that I'm learning...

The tank IS stablized. I shut it down & cleaned it well last June, saving the filter and most of the substrate in a large ice chest with the pum running. Well two of the students brought in three of the dwarf gourami, so I'll keep fingers crossed that they live this time! I told the classes...

Thx everyone! I do not have a wter test kit. I use well water and just the ph strips the Science teacher gave me. What is in a test kit? I never even used one when I had the angels. The fish were a gift from a friend and he helped me set up a tank and told me how to maintain it. I had the...

I've set up a 29 gal aquarium for in a Spec Ed Jr. High School classroom. Last year I had male guppies, three gold gouramies and three dwarf gouramies. Sorry guys I don't know species names and haven't the time (dial-up connection) to search out the info. All did well with the exception of...