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Also, what kind of testing kit do you recommend? I plan on picking up an aquarium vacuum and doing a water change tonight, so I'd like to know these things so I can pick up on the way home from work. Thanks for your input. Also for a small tank like this...once I get the water thing...

What kind of dechlorinator do you recommend?

I basically didn't do this. http://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Fishless-Cycle Instead I followed the instructions that came with the tank. I let the tank filter run a few days while adding the cycle liquid that came with the tank. And I bought a test kit which I think only tests Ammonia This is...

My goldfish came from a small fish bowl which did not have a filtration system on it. I did daily water changes. The substrate was blue colored pebbles. In the new aquarium (6 gallon) I have aquarium sand as the substrate, because I thought it would look nice (which it does), But I've also...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I have a question about my Fluval Edge Aquarium I recently aquired as a birthday gift. My son has had a goldfish now for a year and half. I've been keeping it alive in a half gallon (yes half gallon fish bowl). I know! Way too small. Anyway. I've recently moved...