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Thanks for the replies! The otos seem to be doing much better, and things are settling down with no other casualties, except 2 of my guppies keep duking it out. Is 3 weeks enough to know that they...

Good question Learis, and I'm not sure what their previous tank had. I'm thinking that some salt is a good way to go. The amount of conflicting info is discouraging.m

Lady Hobbs, this is very...

The tank cycled fish less in 5 weeks, which I have to say, seemed like forever. But the day finally came when I could think about fish. I started stocking it a week ago. I am watching the tank now...

Thanks Dennis. I'll check the nitrates again and do a water change. The tank is new. These were the first fish I had put in, do this all is quite daunting. I'm thinking of going back to watching...

Sorry, the pics are as clear as I can get...

Hi. Keeva here, trying to slowly stock my cycled 55 gal. Things were going well, and the water is still testing good (with a good test kit), ph 6.8, Ammon 0, Nitrites 0 Nitrates 20, but my fish are...

I cannot get a pic with enough detail to be useful. But I followed your advice to quarantine the yellow guppy, and added three other fish whose tails seemed to be getting ragged just to be sure, and...

I've got a 55 gal tank and just finished cycling, so adding new stock. I'm a total rookie, but am trying to get fish who will do we'll together. I have just purchased, yesterday, 11 cardinal...

Cobb...a great name, and he sounds like a real character. Hope he's feeling better.

No possible way! This is so great. Here I return after a few days and there is shared poetry to be had. Thanks! And also for the link to limericks...

I will have to start writing one myself,...

Would love to hear fish poems others have enjoyed...or created. :fish:

This morning no sound but the loud
breathing of the sea. Suppose that under
all that salt water lived the god
that humans have spent ten thousand years
trawling the heavens for.
We caught the...

This is so too bad. It is obvious that you are being as conscientious as possible, but it's hard to foresee everything. I'm just starting out too, and cycling a 55gal (which feels like is taking...

Thanks immensely! There is hope for my tank!

Here are some attached pics of what is going on in my tank.

Plant types...I believe I have either java fern or a broadleafed sword plant, some micro-sword grass, cabomba, dwarf rotala, Japanese...

I checked the pic, and the stuff in my tank looks a bit different. It is a yellow green and brown, not a blue green colour. My lighting is (I believe) 108 watts for the 55gal, on for 10 hours a...

oh...also, should I stop dosing with ammonia? Do a water change?
Much appreciated!

Thanks CC. Scrubbing will commence. If I turn off the lights, will the plants die?

I realize now that it would have been helpful to have plant names...I'm learning. If you go to the photo...

Yes, my 55gal tank was starting to cycle (pH=7.6, Ammonia=1ppm, Nitrite=5ppm, and Nitrate=10ppm) and then...
thinking that plants didn't have any effect on the cycling, and yes, admittedly being...

Great! Then I can stick with my odd numbers.

About the cardinal tetras, these are the ones I had originally bought, but then when I became aware of how stressful cycling with fish (especially...

Welcome to a great community!

Thanks bceagle. So when ammonia tests 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates still high, I can do a big water change to bring it about 20ppm, and start adding fish, yes? It is easy for me to be exuberant...

Yes, it's happening. This morning, ammonia 0, nitrites 5ppm, nitrates 20ppm. Woohoo! All wisdom welcome...
Hmmm, wanting to add a pic here from my iPad. Possible? (the only option that seems...

Thanks Nephalem, have ammonia, no bubbles when shaken, let the cycling games begin, and may the force be with you.

Bronlaura, no apologies, jump in any time... I still don't understand lots, and...

Wonderful. Tomorrow I will hunt out ammonia. Many thanks for coming alongside in this process. I really appreciate it. I'll try to pass it on when I've actually accumulated some useful knowledge.