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You are a life saver! Two more questions: where do you buy liquid ammonia? Also, should I still buy the "fish water" from my pet store, or are there dechlorinators that you recommend? THANK YOU

Thank you for your reply!! How do you test the pH of your water? I know my local pet stores sell "fish water", but I've also learned in the past to not trust most pet stores... Is there a certain pH that the water should be at to be safe for fish or is that where cycling comes in to handle it...

I think I'm probably gonna go with a betta. Thank you for your reply!!

This might be a dumb question, but how do you get your water tested? The article linked above talked about testing kits; do those have everything I need in them? And I was looking into a 10 gallon tank and I think I'll probably upgrade to one of those since they aren't that expensive. I have a...

Thank you so much! All the replies recommend a betta, so I'll probably stick with that. What kinds of plants would you recommend? Thank you for the link, it helped clear everything up a ton. Thank you!!

Hey guys! Over the summer I want to start a 5 gallon tank and I have been looking up what kind of fish you can keep in that size of tank, because I know it's super small. I was thinking either a betta, or some tetras of some sort, or shrimp. So my first question is how many of each fish can I...