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Hi Ben If you collect media from your existing tank, ie, sponges / stones / gravel, and hang it in your new tank using a piece of stocking or tights your new tank will cycle more or less instantly, removing the need to cycle fish in. As to your question, some of the guppies would survive but...

Hi According to my test kit manual the max nitrate before a water change is .50. Your ammonia should be eaten by your nitrates no matter how they are introduced. So if you have ammonia plus nitrates you have a spike/imbalance and must continue to change water and test daily. Ideal is 0 0 0 or...

Hi! You have the readings correct, however my ammonia and nitrate are nutrafin and my nitrite is API. I didnt exactly have a fish in cycle...I started the cycle with terta safe start, with no fish. Then after 11 days I tested and all was fine so added a molly and a guppy and two otos....then...

Thank you! Ive adjusted the outlet and hopefully that will help. Do I need to add the salt?

The temperature is around 80, I have done four tests, one before w/c and one seven hours after....I can add salt but will it affect my plants? I have quite a few plants, could they be affecting the oxygen levels? Should I add an airstone? I cant really do anything about the fry as I have only...

Other than plants becoming dislodged when I was changing the water, no

I am testing using nutrifin liquid tests. I have used them throughout and they have pretty good. The fish wer all fine when until the fry. I have a orca mt50 and I am using the internal filter I cleaned the sponges with aquarium water....

Hi! This is my problem. I have a newly established tank, eleven weeks old. All was fine until thursday when I noticed that I have alot of fry in my tank, a mixture of endlers livebearers and guppies. On friday I noticed that alot of the fish, including the fry, seemed to be at the top. I did...