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I have a molly with a droopy tail. Only noticed it recently i and it looks like her body is in a boomerang shape or a hump back. She is struggling to swim very well although is eating normally with rest of fish. i have a 90 l tank with the follwing fish: 1 albino shark 5 phantoms 6 red /...

whats this adding ammonia all about......is this essential?

to be fair to LFS's when e bought tank they did say that we needed to cycle the tank and he did send us away on wed to sort tank bfore adding new fish. so they are not too bad. just so many confusing things about what the levels should be. could someone clarify this please? The PH of my water...

Thanks for the advice but i was stood next to the guy when he did the test with liquids and he showed me the readings....unless he did something very slight of hand to trick me into thinking my water is better than what it was then the results of the test were what i said before.... i will buy...

Ok thanks for the advice...... So here's were i think i am....tank is 4 weeks old. According to the test in the shop (liquid test) the amonia was 0 and the nitrate was only on the first colour (think the number next to it was 0.3) if that is right then thats were i'm at. so this is what i...

got one poorly zebra danio and 2 orange sword tails (least think thats what they are) 1 male 1 female. what is a fish in cycle?

The guy in the shop did say to change water and reduce feeding then come back next week and he'd test it again and see of its ok for more fish. What is the fish in cycle......mines more like fish in, fish die, fish in, fish die!!! what would be a good test kit? an how much?

Sorry if this has already been asked but couldn't find it and i'm getting pretty annoyed and frustrated with the situation My tank has been running for over a month now and i ran it without fish for two weeks. I have a 90l tank 1 ornament and several real plants (not sure of names) after two...