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i had heard that about the saltwater but I also have 5 neon tetra and the lfs guy said they don't do well at all with the brackish water so not to add salt. I have been using melafix for the fin rot and his fin does look a little better but still chewed up a bit...but it's only the 3rd day i've...

thank you guys for your advice... my molly's fin is still looking ragged but i think it's getting better with treatment and i think i've got all the extra food out. my molly is still acting weird though... it bobbles around when it swims sometimes and has it's tail curled to the side. It...

I think your talking about a gravel vac...I should have mentioned that earlier. I do have a gravel vac, I netted out a ton of food and then used the gravel vac to do the 90% water change. I didn't even mean to change that much water at once it is just SO much food I kept trying to vacuum out...

I got my tank fairly recently (late oct, i think). I finally got it cycled (fish in cycle) and all my amm and nitrite readings were at 0, nitrates a bit high around 10 or 20ppm, growing some algae as a result. This was around the beginning of Dec it was cycled i think... -I have a 10 gal tank...

The molly is mostly black with some white spots but yes, he looks like the bottom guy not the one with the big belly which I'm assuming is the balloon molly. I really hope that they stay small enough that I can get another 2 or 3 small (non-schooling) fish. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks...

well, I only have the one tetra and the guy said he was fully grown (although I'm starting to take everything I'm told with a grain of salt) and it's only about 2". I know I should have more but I don't and I agree that I don't have room for more so I won't be buying more tetras. If I had a...

dang...tap water. Good call - I should have thought of that, of course that is where the nitrates are coming from. Now about my fish... where's the anal fin? The only fins I know are the one one the very end (tail fin maybe or is that the one your talking about?) and the big one on top. I...

ack! This is getting so old... I do enjoy the fish but geez, it's too much work right now. And I'm still trying to figure out how I have 5ppm nitrates when I test all the time and have never seen any nitrites yet. I also heard from someone that medicating my tank ('cause of a sick fish, it's...

so I checked the levels of everything the other day just to see and I got a ph of 7.8, ammonia .25, nitrites 0 and nitrates of 5 pmm. I did a water change to get the ammonia down. the temp in my tank is about 82...this is week 4 of my "cycle" - you think everything is going like it should?

So, I've been trying to cycle my 10 gal tank. I'm brand new to fish keeping so please keep that in mind when offereing advice (please don't assume I know things because I know very little about fish keeping). I have 3 fish in my tank (ack-I know fish-in cycle and it's giving me a major...

I'm using the aqueon water conditioner...is says 5 ml does 10 gal. I'm hoping this isn't killing any bacteria that may be trying to grow because I change water about once a day. I'm also a little concerened about my water temp... my house is about 65 degrees (give or take a few) and I always...

Yes, that does make sense...and thank you for your supportive advice. I am not naturally a patient person and I'm afraid the tank will never start to cycle, I find myself thinking the water conditioner I'm using to get rid of the chlorine is ineffective even though I'm following the directions...

I do wish that my test kit was more sensitive because it goes from 0 to .25 to .5 (and up). Since that one time (before I got a test kit) my ammonia has never been over .5 and When I test it it is usually at .25 (and sometimes 0). One or two times it has been as high as .5 and I've changed the...

thanks y'all...I don't notice any fin fraying and I haven't seen him do any flashing lately. That is in the last day or so...It was just that one day. Also, people keep referring to the spots as salt or sugar grains and that sounds about the right size but they are sparkly, iridescent spots and...

ok so some of you have read my new tank help thread and know that I have been battling disease in my tank (which I think is cured THANKS) but I have one last issue. I believe the fish I am talking about is a dalmation molly. It's mostly black and has white spots/patches on it. Recently when I...