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[hi there the sucking fish are brown in colour , i think they are the most common type.i feed them the sinking wafers that are for them, only a few each day. the other fish that has survied is a molly, i was thinking of another molly and 2 tiger barbs. also i have 9 baby fish in the tank that...

hi there last week you gave me loads of advice, many thanks. i went away got a test kit.(could only get a tablet one) done some tests ammonia was fine, nitrite was good, p.h was fine. but the nitrate was very high. the test only goes to 100 mmp per litre. and looking at the test it was 100+. so...

yep, i will get a test kit and see what is going on. i wont be putting any more fish in , i was given up on the fish idea. but now i will get this right with a little help from you good people. what is the right way of cycling my tank now. is it just a case of geting the ammonia levels down ect...

a dechlorinator, i used this when i fist filled the tank up with water. yes.

taken that the ammonia . nitrite is high. because i havent cycled the tank. do i have to start again and do this ? can i still leave the two sucking fish that have survied in the tank in there while this is done. thanks

[the tank is about 90 litres . i went to a fish shop they never said anything about cycling, just told me to put some filter start liquid in and put some food in while i was letting the tank run over the month, the fish that have died are a mixture , plattys, guppys, angle fish. you say about...

PLEASE HELP i got a second hand tank set up. with filter and heater ect. gave it all a good clean, set the tank up ran it for a month with no fish , then put some fish in (only 5) . after two weeks the slowly died. apart from one of the sucking fish. so i left a week and put 5 more in. a week...