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ok I new he had a ways to go I have a 55gallon but not very many fish the leporinus is kind of the center piece

I received a 55 gallon tank about a month ago and the owner gave me his two silverdollars and a black banded leporinus. We rehomed the silver dollars and now have 1 gold algae eater, 2 zebra danios, and 4 tiger barbs as well as the leporinus. My question is the leporinus is about 4 inches how...

I have another question my black banded leporinius is about 4 inches about how old do you think he is.

It is going pretty good I have 4 tiger barbs (had to take one back it looked sick)and 3 Zebra danios, 1 chinese algae eater (I had one die on me), and a black banded leprodontius. I rehomed my silver dollars. I don't really know what else to get so I am just taking my time. What is your opinion...

Hello to all I am still relatively new to the fish tank world. I struggled for a little bit trying to get all the levels right in my tank and now they are at desirable levels. The PH is 7.0, the Ammonia is 0 - .25 ppm, the Nitrite is 0 - .25ppm , and Nitrate is 5.0 ppm. The reason that I am...

Yes I have been using the same type of test that you mentioned that you use. I have been doing water changes every day now and my last reading has the Ammonia and Nitrite between 0 and .25 it wasn't .25 on either it was lighter and closer to 0 but I didn't want to cal it exactly 0. My Nitrate is...

Thanks for all the help everyone I will check everything again in the morning and if I need to do another water change. I will post my morning results and see if there is something that I need to change at that time.

I just retested the PH, the NO2, NO3, and Ammonia and these were my results My previous results tested on 12/31 were: PH : 6.4 NO2 : 0ppm NO3 : 20 ppm Ammonia : 2.0 ppm My new result taken 15 min ago are: PH : 7.0 NO2 : .5ppm NO3 : 20ppm Ammonia : .5ppm I think these are pretty good results...

If I cleaned the water today when should I check the ammonia, PH, and Nitrate levels again

lol look like that is where I am headed.

i finally found the guy I wasn't sure about what he was he is a black banded leporinus and it seems that they eat plants too. I would love to have a tank with beautiful healthy fish and beautiful healthy plants and it seems that I can't have both lol.

Awsome thank ya'll so much for the help looks like I better go get started.

Wanting a nice established tank.

Here is a link to the type of algae eater that I have http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+1162+938&pcatid=938 I couldn't do a pic I have two of these guys. I will take a look at the type of fish that you have. I am now in a debate over the silver dollars. I may see if I can...

No when we transferred we kept about 35 gallons of the old water and made the rest. Am I understanding right that I should never replace a filter or should I squeeze all the good stuff into the tank and then replace :/ ? I want to be a good fish owner which is why I am asking so many questions...