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    What Is This Worm Looking Thing In My Tank?

    I have a 2.5 gallon tank with one betta and bunch of red cherry shrimp. Ive had the betta only for a few months with no problems. I added several shrimp a few a weeks ago and again, the tank was fine. I ordered 5 marimo moss balls from ebay and recieved them a few days. I cleaned them the best I...
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    Crazy High Ammonia Levels?

    All the fish are there. When I feed them they all come to the top of the tank so its rather easy to count them. The 1 little pleco is always sitting on a rock somewhere. I did a 90% water change and a very thorough vacuum job. I moved all the gravel around and got as much junk out as possible...
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    Crazy High Ammonia Levels?

    I understand if the ammonia was really that high the fish would be dead. I tested my tap water and I got a normal reading. When I added new tap water after vacuuming I treated the water with aqueon water conditioner to make it safe. After the tank was full I added 20ml of API ammo lock...
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    Crazy High Ammonia Levels?

    Ive had the kit for 4 months. Theres no expiration date that I can find on the api kit. The ammonia bottles have lot #s of 84A0611 and 83B0511. Is that the expiration date (06/11)? All the other bottles have the same lot numbers printed on them
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    Crazy High Ammonia Levels?

    I tested my tap water and it reads 0-.25. I know this normal for my tap water b/c I tested it a few months ago and I got the same results. Tap water Happy fish lol
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    Crazy High Ammonia Levels?

    Ive had my 36 gallon tank up and running for about 4 months. Tank was fully cycled after a few weeks using tetra safe start. I have 12 cichlids (4 yellow labs, 4 acei, 4 red zebras) in the tank and 1 pleco. All about 1-2". Before these high ammonia levels, I did 50% water changes each week and...
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