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Hi all! Thanks so much for trying to help. When we filled the tank at first, we put in the chemicals that are supposed to help the cycling along - stress coat and Stress zyme - I think. The nitrites have always been at zero since day 1 - we did have the cloudy water that cleared up, etc. I...

Hi wet! Don't mind the questions at all. I guess the proper term for what I did was change the cartridge in the filter (sorry - still new at this) - I've looked the the filter part that holds water, in the old cartridge, etc. I just checked my records and we filled the tank on June 3rd...

Thank you for the replies. It's not in the filter - checked that. There are several possible hiding places, but I dug up and moved everything this morning trying to find her. I guess I didn't consider the danios because they're so small - the largest is less than an inch long. Do we have the...

I can't figure this one out - yesterday, when I changed the filter I saw all of our fish. Last night, we couldn't find the female guppy. We looked under, around, behind everything. Today, she's still nowhere to be seen. Is it possible one of the gouramis ate her? Wouldn't there be some...

Thank you for the replies so far. As for why the aquarium salt - umm... I don't know, because the booklet that came with the tank said to add it - (1T for every 5 gallons). I did not put any live plants in - I figured I better master the fish thing first. Hmmm - sounds like our combo of...

Hello all! You all seem so knowledgable, I'm hoping for a bit of help. We purchased and filled a 20 gallon aquarium last Wednesday. We added extra carbon in the filter, Stress Coat and Stress Zyme (according to the directions), and aquarium salt. The temperature is at 80 degrees. Naturally...