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Thankyou again wilder :teacher: your the bestest :wub:

I am a complete novice with no understanding of cycling and aquarium keeping(just over 2 weeks experience :unsure: ) I cycled my tank for 1 week with all the substrate, rocks, and features from the previous owners setup(Just rinsed filter media possibly some bacteria still there?), then for...

Definately nitrate reading at 5 i just want it to be a little lower, i expect the 0.5 nitrite reading to fall to 0 over the next week as i have a good bio filter running at 1000L p/h and this is the third week of the cycle and i was aware of the risk introducing tetras so early but like canaries...

really sorry i never replied yesterday i had no time to, all neons were returned as asked for by lfs on the phone and determined that they did have ntd. credited my account :) my stats are: PH=7 Ammonia=0 Nitrite=0.5 Nitrate=5!! <I no longer have fish in my tank and will continue to cycle...

I'm going to remove the infected fish right now and hospitalise them till morning and return to store as they were obviously like this when i purchased them 30hrs ago, is it possible the others will be safe from infection given the time they spent in the tank? or could they be infected from the...

To Three-Fingers, I suspect NTD but i just want to be sure as im new to it. :lol: besides i did notice 1 fish with the problem before they entered the tank.

To Tweety, Will get my stats a.s.a.p.(possibly tomorrow a.m.) 21 imp. gal. yes only neons and all very active. no(but hard to say as they are v.small and always facing in the other direction one side lookin fine). yes. no all have vibrant red. no just forward of the dorsal fin on the side...

The tank, pump,gravel, log(fake) and some stones where from the previous setup but have been cleaned so i tagged it as new but it has just cycled, the store person said that the tetras would be ok as the starter fish and tbh apart from the three with the white/discoulered patches they seem very...

Yesterday i bought 12 very small neon tetras on adding them to the tank all was well but i did notice one with a dull patch on one side, since a closer inspection today i have found similar marks on three of them and i am a new starter to tropical aquarium keeping so advise on what i should do...