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I id a 50% water change last night. My ph is also kind of high. 7.4 the nitrates are now 20 ppm, ammonia still looks like it is 0.25 I didn,t retest the nitrites since they were 0. I have had this test kit quite awhile i wonder if the nitrate test could be wrong. I can find no experation date on...

Hi, I havent been on here for a long time but tell people how good this website is. I have fish die from time to time. The only symptom I can see is they start to swim usually with their head up. this is guppies. They can stay this way and keep eating for maybe a week and then die. Lately I have...

It only actually listed flukes. I gave them some of the food for internal parasites but they don't like it.Do you think when they get hungrier they will eat it.Also will my cories eat to much of it going to the floor? The active ingredient in the food is metronidazole 1% praziquantel 0.5%...

I had to go to my daughters this weekend and didn't get back on the forum.I got Lifeguard when I was there. It says active ingredients are 1-chloro-2,2,5,5- tetramethyl-4-imidazolidinone I treated tank tonight and took my media and carbon out and plants because I wasn't sure if it would hurt the...

What should I use.name? I hope I can find it at petco or petsmart this weekend otherwise I will have to try and get to a fish store but not sure they are not easy to get to.I can mail order if I can't find it but don't want to wait that long.Will it hurt plants and bacteria in filter.Can I take...

Lost another guppy today and one more female kind of staying by the top hiding in floating plants.Should I treat even though I'm not sure what is wrong.Could I treat for bacterial or parasites.And if so what should I use.I don't want to loose anymore fish. So far only guppies have died except...

NONE OF THE OTHER FISH THAT HAVE DIED SINCE THE FIRST ONE WERE THIN.They all were in good condition and acting normal.

The fish looked a little thin but always ate just fine!

The first sish that died.The mollie was looking thin before he died.No discoloration, protrucing fins or swimming bent.They all look perfect since that one just find dead when they were fine a few hours before.On a good note had 20 fry born this AM. Will put them in fry tank. If it might be...

They all look healthy and active.No signs of stress as far as I can tell. And eating normally.

Ok last week I lost a molly. He was a little thin but wasn't sure why.THought maybe the water wasn't right mineral content for him. Since then I have lost three guppies in a week.They look perfectly healthy. I just lost the last one tonight.Thought she looked close to having her babies. Was...

Hi I am wondering how high is to high on the nitrate level.My ammonia gets up to .25ppm before my weekly water changes but after I do them the ammomnia and nitite level are o the nitrate however is 5 ppm. I have one sailfin molly looking funny and wondered if this could have anything to do with...

Question would it help to take the foam sponge off and squeeze it into the whisper filter or would that restrict my flo to much.Would the bacreria get on it from touching the other media?