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hi there,well my tank is 38 gallon.i test the water with liquid testing,2x day as i am always worried,but my levels have shown 0ppm for over a month not even a spike.Even though i have switched to bottled water i still add cycle to water.The temp.sits between 77-78.i feed shrimp pellots and...

ok well i lost another fish today,i have had my tank going since dec.and fish were good my levels for ammonia and nitrite have been oppm. for over a month,water so clearv since i switched from acreage water to bottled.There no signs of stress or disease they swim around happy and then boom...

hi,well i took out my last neon this am,even the ones that i had since day one.my temp.sits at 78.So should i not use bottled water,i just seemed to always fight with my well water.So i was told by a friend who has saltwater fish to use bottled.None of fish look like they have anything.All my...

yes hi this is andrea12 i haven't been on for awhile as my old computer crashed.I have had my 37 gallon going since December 19,2010.i was having issues but had help from a few wonderful people here that got me through,one being waterdrop.My levels are great i do my regular water and gravel...

Hi,I was wondering i had a black puffer molly and he was perfectly fine no signs of stress disease i found him yesterday afternoon floating,he seemed to have some kind of mark on him and when i removed him from tank all this creamy color stuff oozed out of him,I am so sad as he was one of my...

hey there just wondering if u could help,i came home todasy and found my favorite black puffer molly floating,he seemed to have a little hole on side of him and when i took him out all this creamy color stuff came oozing out,he was perfectly fine in am had know signs of stress or disease,do u...

Ok,that would be nice if i was near the end.The flow is still really good,the spunge gets really gunked,so i have just lightly sqeezeed it off in pail of fish water.So maybe i should have not squeezed the spunge yet.And yes i do a deep gravol change.Thanks so much.Have a good night, Andrea12

hello,well im sad just got back from my son getting his tonsils out and i lost a neon fish,all my levels are still showing oppm and nitrate 5ppm,and i've been dealing with this cloudiness for like a week it just won't go away,I 've done water changes gravel clean nothing is working,i am getting...

hello,its a milky white,i just checked levels again and still 0ppm for ammonia,nitrite so everything seems good,i do have 1 fish that seems to be staying in corner top of the tank,and usually he is always swimming around,all other fish r still happy.I have lots areation going,and no trace of...

yes hi,i was wondering if anyone cou;ld help me out,my tank has been running for 6 weeks,its a it has fish,and i think has been cycled for 3 days.Ammonia is 0 ppm,nitrite 0ppm,and nitrate 10ppm,ever since then my tank has been cloudy,i even did a gravel clean yesterday with a 50% water change,I...

hey ,well ithinkmy tank has been cycled for 2 days now ammonia is a 0,nitrite at 0and nitrate between 5-10 ppm,now my only concern is my water has been cloudy since then, i tryed doing gravel clean yesterday and usually that taked it away but its not.if anyone could help me out that would be...

Well all is good,had to use prime once yesterday,and since then ammonia, and nitrite have been 0ppm,with no water changes,so hope this means my tank is cycled.Guess I'll find out!!Thank you to all for the great advice and getting me through all this,definitly feel like I've become a better fish...

Okay I new it was too good to be true,tested my levels tonight,have new testing kit,and well my ammonia was 0 for like 5 days,tonight it went up to 0.25ppm,nitrite still at 0ppm, ph still 8.2.So i finally opened my bottle of prime and to my surprise it really,really stinks some bad!!!!!!!!!Hope...

hello,did a 50% water change yesterday,and another 50% water change today,when i got home in afternoon my reading were p.h 8.2, ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm,so this is a first,i'm sure to good to be true but i ready now, went and bought 2 bottles of prime.Hopefully with prime means...

hey ,no i havent got that yet,i think i have to drive into city to get some because the only pet store out where i live has nothing, i don't even know why they are still in buisness.Do u think petsmart would have it? I am using aqua plus nutrafin with every water change,plus i either add stress...

Well now im freaking out,don't know what to do and don't want to go to bed until i have the tank under control.I got up today and ammonia has been at 0 for 3 days now but nitrite was rising almost 0.8 so i did a complete gravel cleand with almost 40% water change put all the neccessary stuff in...

Hey,okay so if the flow is going good then just leave the whole filter,what about all the pieces of live plants that gather in tube?I just did testing again and ammonia is still at 0 and nitrite still at 0.3,should i leave it or do a water change,i did water change lastnight?Also this might be a...

Oh yes i forgot i have live plants and they keep clogging up my filter but not enough to stop it from not working but it drives me nuts,i am cleaning it constantly,also i know it says certain times to rinse spunge,so hoe often should i clean it during a cycling,i also take fish water out and...

Hello there,i finally feel at peace now that i understand my numbers,so it makes me feel like im doing something right and on the right track thank you so much for all the wonderful advice,and for taking the time to keep helping me out,i definitly don't feel alone now that i found this...

Hey there well i have tested water and since last night my ammonia has been at 0 but nitrite has been sitting at 0.3 since water change yesterday so what does that mean?Thanks

hey,well its hard for me to go with number 0.25ppm because all my liquid test are for nitrate either 5,10,20,50,110 and nitrite is read 0.1 ,0.3 ,0.8 ,1.6 ,3.3 and ammonia reads 0, 0.6, 1.2, 2.4, 4.9, 7.3 so i just go by what they read and holy i did gravel clean,and another water change in same...

hey, thank you so much for your advice,u r so right on about big water changes my ammonnia seems to be not bad right now but my nitrite,nitrate just go high then do water change and iys ok then by eveing its about again,i feel like i have a new born baby!!LOL

Thank you,i feel better now the only thing that confuses me is u say no higher then .25ppm,so how do i read my nutrafin liquid test,the chart for nitrate was 5 ammonia read 2.4 and nitrite read 0.3,so to me that was high and i just completed a water change,i do test about 4x day as i get...

Hi,well i asked them if i should run filter in there and they said know i can get rid of it,the new one has been running for a week now.That is why i have been doing small water changes to keep levels down,so i dont kill the fish.They have good for 3 weeks going on 4 weeks,but now that i changed...

Hi,what u r saying makes complete sense,but unfortunatly i have fish in it from a previous tank,as the pet store told me as long as i run it up 72 hours first.So im a little worried the fish seem to be doing good,happy.Thanks

Yes hi,i have been cycling my tank for over 3 weeks,levels were starting to do good then i changed my filter to aqua clear 50 for a 37 gallon tank,and of course i asked the pet store if i should keeping running old filter with new one until i completly cycled my tank they no.So I guess i am...

hey everyone well Im panicking now,i did a gravel clean with water change yesterday my nitrite,nitrate were almost 0 few days but my ammonia was a little up.Today i have done 2nd water test and my reading are nitrate 5...

Hi waterdrop thank you for all your advice,i am so glad that i found this forum,i dont feel alone anymore,and i have already got great advice.I use the liquid drop test kit twice a day,i have had the tank running for 22 days with many high spikes and daily water changes to get them down,i...

isn't that so true,well all my levels are good right now so i guess i will take advantage of that till the spikes start again in tank and then it will be back to panicking,worring wether u get the levels down soon enough,its acually tiring cycling a tank,but so worth it.I do love my fish!!Thanks...

Well here we go again,thanks glad i have this sight and others help.I do use the liquid too!So seriosly its starting right from the beginning?That really makes me mad that the pet stores give you wrong answers.

Hi,thanks for info.I knew i should have kept old filter but i listened to lady petstore and got rid of it.So does my reading level show im starting over?I test with the strips during day and in morning evening i test with all the drops,i know i probably test to much a day but i see have fast the...

yes hi everyone my name is Andrea and i am new tho this site,but i have been reading tons of different post for awhile,which have given me awesome advice.I started out with a 10 gallon last april,and 21 days ago i decided to go with a 37 gallon.I had removed everything from my 10 gallon to new...