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What’s a cycle and what’s it mean if the filter is established?

Will cleaning the filter too much get rid of all the good bacteria then kill the fish because of the ammonia ?

Australia

I have run out of ph strips and need to get more so I wouldn’t be able to cheak the ph of anything for a few days but this is what the provider said about the water “The typical hardness level of water delivered in South East Water's area is between 12 – 45 mg/L. This means that the water being...

Any suggestions on what fish I should put in my 22 litre freshwater tank. The ph is 7.0 and the temperature is 24 degrees.

It’s about 22 litres so I won’t be getting catfish again for this particular tank as I have learnt it will become too small for them as they grow. They were only 3cm. The length is about 45cm height 25cm (from the gravel to where I fill the water to) and the width is about 20cm.

Here’s a photo of the type of filter I use. Not sure of the brand or anything. I only kept the instructions not the box and I bought I off eBay (not sure if getting it of eBay makes a difference or not) also the type of water condition that I use also sets the ph to 7.0 and I was wondering if...

As they were only in my tank for less they 2h for the first and 9h for the second they didn’t poop while I had them. I checked with the pet shop 3 weeks prior to purchasing my fish what condition they keep there fish at so that I could condition my tank the same as I knew I was eventually...

The tank has been set up for a few weeks now but the filter and heat I’ve only just bought and had only been working for about 24h. Not sure how to test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and I’m not too familiar with it. I didn’t take any photos of the catfish that died but they looked normal and...

Hi this is my first time using this the forums. I just got some new tropical fish for my tank yesterday. 3 balloon mollies, 3 Tatras and 2 Bristlenose catfish. And within the first 2 hours of them being in the tank one of the cat fish has died and I woke up this morning and found the second one...