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My tank had ich, so I treated it by turning the temp up to 86, added some salt, and also ich treatment (Jungle Tabs). The ich is off the fish and I have done some water changes so hopefully most of it is out of my sand. However my fish began to act strange so I tested the water and the ammonia...

Hello guys I've been cycling my tank for 8 days now, my readings are 3ppm ammonia, 5ppm Nitrite, and 5ppm Nitrate. I put a filter and a few other things from my other tank in there to speed up the process just wondering what my next step might be?

Hello guys just wondering if you guys may know why my nitrate levels are so high. I have a  6 month old 40 gallon tank and my readings were ammonia .25ppm, nitrite .25ppm, and nitrate 40 ppm. I did a 10 gallon water change a few days ago because the nitrates were at 55ppm! Also, how often should...

Hey guys I'm just wondering what I can do to get my nitrites down, I do water changes nearly every other day, and only feed my fish twice daily. I seem to have some algae growing on the back of the tank, as well as on some of the fake plants.   My current readings : ammonia 0-.25ppm nitrite : at...

Hello, my 40 tank is in its second week of the cycle. I have 6 rosy red barbs and 2 bumbblee catfish in there, and am wondering what i should do. My readings are as follows :  ph 7.4 ammonia .25ppm  nitrite 5.0 ppm  nitrate 5.0 ppm   Thanks, guys

I did not cycle my tank before adding the rosy barbs, the tank has had water in it for two weeks,

Unfortunately I am using aquarium gravel, but corys are pretty cool.

Hello guys, I am just looking for some stocking advice. I have a 40 gallon tank with 6 rosy barbs in there, however I am thinking of getting more fish. What types of fish would look good and/or work? The tank is 2 weeks old.     Thanks, homgra