Ten minutes ago I had was vacuuming my tank and I wasn't paying attention and got a mouth full of water.....I might be looking into one of these kits.

I am new to the hobby. It's been about a month. 2 days ago I lost a red coral platy and a guppy. I checked the ammonia level and it was quite high. It was at 2. I've been changing the water once a week and using the waste control, cycle, and water conditioner. I changed the water in the tank yesterday (20 %) Today I checked the ammonia level and it was reading quite high again. It is at a 1.

I don't understand what I may or may not be doing that is causing this. I have no real plants in the aquarium. It is a 10 gallon and I have 2 red coral platy, 4 male guppy, 1 female guppy, and a snail. I use the vacuum to get all the stuff in the rocks.

Don't want to lose anymore fish. Any ideas??

it's because the tank isn't cycled, if you read the link in my sig 'whats cycling' it will explain more to you.

best bet is to start up your own topic in the new to the hobby forum and more people will chip in, if you tag your post onto the end of one of the pinned topics like this it can get missed.

Great Thread, Thanks Buddy!!



I have 2 vacs the second is awsome lifts all the waste from the gravel..Get one you won't regret it.