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yeah neither my parents nor my sister remembered to do a water change. I reckon the bad water conditions would be high nitrates because the ammonia and nitrites were 0.

I've read mixed ways on...

What's making it tough now is that the other guppy keeps swimming around him and they're going back and forth in circles. The sick one is actually moving around to different water levels now, but the...

Well I've had my tank for about 8 months now and most everything has been going good. I leave to go out of state for a month and left my aquarium at home for my family to watch after.

I come back...

Thank you for your response, I will look into the 6700k bulb as others have suggested that as well. I'll give them time to recover and hope for the best :)

I forgot to include that my water params are in check. I can't for the life of me find the edit button on here! Sorry for the double post

I've got a 20 gallon long with 2 guppys, 5 neon tetras and some ghost shrimp. This tank has been set up for 4 months now. There are 2 amazon swords, 2 Aponogeton (Grew from bulb), 2 onion(grew from...

I used about 2/3's of a bag of 50# play sand in my 20 long. It'll be a great substrate as long as you wash it very thoroughly. I probably washed mine a little more than necessary but whenever some is...

All of these are awesome suggestions, thank yall so much! I will be on the lookout for another hob filter. I will also look into getting some other media to possibly put in the back of my current...

The cartridges I've been using are these: http://www.aqueonproducts.com/products/large-cartridge.htm "Aqueon Filter Cartridge Large
Aqueon Power Filters and cartridges were designed with the fish...

I changed from gravel to sand in my 20 long about 2 weeks ago and love it. I've found water changes easier since I just swirl half an inch above the surface to get any debris out. It makes my tank...

That's always been a thought in the back of my mind when I completely replace the filter. I was told that there would be enough beneficial bacteria on the blue bio grates but guess it might have been...

Well howdy yall, I started my tank about 4 months ago. It took about a month for it to cycle and then I added fish in. I've been doing ~20% water changes every week and I try to do a 50 or more once...

Alrighty I will try that, thank you!

I have the API freshwater master kit, on the regular pH scale it says 7.6, when I test the High pH, it registers about 7.4 some I would assume somewhere in there.

A bad run of fish is right!
I...

About an hour after the last post I searched for the guppy and couldn't find him. Lifted up his little house and there he was belly up and gone. And the new neon tetra I got today isn't looking so...

I'm going to wait a few weeks before I add any fish and see how everything goes. Thanks.

Back to the original fish in question, he's started to move around a lot more and interacting with more...

I've tested the water almost every day since the aquarium was set up. Since the cycle finished, it still reads 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and 10-20ppm nitrate. When I did my water changes I made sure to...

I was thinking that stress might be the problem as well. They seem to stay separated most of the time except during feeding time then it gets crazy. Most of the time the tetras just stay in one...

I do not have a quarantine tank but am looking to buy a cheaper 10 gallon for that purpose. I've got a problem though. In the last 20 hours I've lost 2 neon tetras :( last night I went to sleep and...

Sounds great, I'll be sure to get 1 more male guppy and I'll see how everything goes.

Any other suggestions for my tank and how it looks? I think I'm going to scratch getting the ghost shrimp,...

Fair enough that sounds good, thank you! Should I do a water change now, then in a few hours check the levels and go get the 6 neons? I assume you do a water change before adding fish each time?

Hmm that does make sense about them establishing themselves. I wish it wasn't at the expense of the poor little guppy! The only thing that is keeping me from adding the neons is that I don't know if...

I've got a 20 gallon long that has finished it's cycle and I added fish after a few days of confirming the cycle. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, ~20 nitrates. I added my 3 male guppies and they seemed fine...

I finally found some actual pure ammonia! wahoo! no bubbles when I shake it. I did the fish food for a few days but my levels have not changed since I started the tank. Do I need to do anything...

I looked all around town for pure ammonia and couldn't find anything that didn't bubble a lot. I've been adding fish food daily but plan on doing a full fishless cycle. A fish in cycle seems a but...