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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Ummm with the nitrate, i was kind of estimating b/c the colour wasnt quite dark enough to call it 5. ppm. Is that okay? THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I cant express enough how much y'all have helped us and how appreciative we are!
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good Morning Everyone!!! I am quite estatic to write that my tests this morning are quite good!! Well I think so .... u will let me know if im right.lol. The results are : Ammonia - 0, Nitrite-0, and the Nitrate is @ 2.5 ppm. So is this good news!?! Should a water change b done?
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good Morning, I am happy to report 0 ammonia, yay! Nitrite @ .25 ppm and the Nitrate is @ 5.0 ppm. No we are not using prime as of yet, just water changes.Things seem to be holding consistent. Have a great day!!!
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Once agian the water levels they are at the same amount as yesterday the ammonia is at 0.25, nitrate is 5.0, and the nitrite is at 0.25 then did a 50% water change. How long will it take to do this part of the cycle.
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Okie dokie, the only fish we have left is one guppy, one platy, one shrimp and one cory. So for right now il do a 25 percent water change and wait to see what u guys suggest.
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    K guys, i think we have achieved the ending of phase one and the beginning of phase two! Yay! Man u people have been such a blessing of help, thank you!!! The reason I believe we have reached phase two is because. I did as was suggested. On Sunday we did a big water change and cleaning of the...
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good morning once again, according to the calculator u linked us. The NH3+NH4 is .5 ppm and the NH3 is @ .0067 ppm. So now what is this telling me? Lol
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    We are using spring water. Not our tap water I havent found our test yet. So im not sure if the water is good. I dont think so however. Mr.eaglesaquarium what did u mean about the ammonia and the ammonium?
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good morning, just checking give ya an update. So i have still been changing water everyday because of the ammonia, which has been steady @ .25 ppm. I cant seem to keep it @ zero. Im doing anywhere from a 50% - 75% water change every morning after testing. Is there something Im doing wrong, and...
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Hello agian, uhm the two juli cory fish that we got one of them died and i was wondering ,if the live one should be left alone in the quary tank or put in with the other fish?
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Okay, that sounds good we will do that. Umm is there a special type of food that they eat or is it the same as our tropical fish?
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good day, well we lost the guppie, but on the bright side we seem to b maintaining the tank water now. However my son bought two cory today. How long should we quarantine them for and what things should we b looking for? Thanks so much the help, you all have been a tremendous! Above and beyond...
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    Good Morning everyone ! Well we gave him a salt bath and he reacted quite well towards and was doing great. However when we put him back into the tank, he goes down straight to the bottom and sits there breathing heavy. Today i noticed that instead of the gills being red which they are no...
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    We have a fungal treatment bottle that active ingredient is pimenta racemosa 1.0 % that says to use for seven days is this good?
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    My Boys Fish Are Dying

    The spot on his fin appears to be a fuzzy ball and is growing rather quickly. I have just done another water change as well.
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