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Okay, I decided to try the big water change first, and I noticed something that was interesting: my tank water foamed excessively when I changed it (as in fillin gup the bathroom sink with foam). Bad? -_- So, I checked the ammonia I'm using (HomeBest Clear Ammonia), and it only says it has...

Whoops - I missed SkiFletch's reply (sorry!): my nitrates are currently about about 5 ppm (but it seems it may be leaning towards 10 ppm). As for my test kit, it's a liquid test kit by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals...I bought it (new, of course) at a LFS right before I set up my tank (so, around the...

Hum, I haven't done anmy water changes recently, so no. I did the water change at the end of September, as (like I said) since I had added so much ammonia (which was not going down much, if at all, while the nitrites were slowly going up). I actually left on a three day trip after I did the...

Okay, so back in the middle of September (pretty much right around the 15th), the nitrites finally showed up in my 20 gallon high tank while doing a fishless cycle. Soon, the nitrites went way off the chart, and this lasted a good couple of weeks - during which time I continued to add a tad of...

Thank you for the replies and advice! I'm not disappointed at all - schooling fish would make the tank look more "alive" anyway, which is why I would like to get some in the first place (rather than one or two bigger non-schooling fish, if that makes sense). :D I really appreciate the...

Hello all! I'm quite new to fishkeeping, so please bear with me... After much patience (after some trial and error adding ammonia), my 20 gallon tank finally has some nitrites showing up...therefore, I have started narrowing down my search for fish in preparation... I have always liked...