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Okay so 75 gallon tank has been cycled with a fish less cycle. Now I have three tanks. Betta is isolated. Goldfish are isolated. Tank 1 6.6 gallons: 1 betta Nitrate 20 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Tank 2 10 gallons: 1 goldfish 1 coy goldfish Nitrate 30 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Tank 3 75 gallons: 1 bn pleco...

Okay I have been doing 50% water changes every day and it looks like the crisis is over for now. Now the readings are a little bit strange but probably a lot better. Nitrates 5 Nitrites 0 Ammonia 1 I'm thinking about putting my peace lily in there. I have been reading up on How to cycle a tank...

Okay, I am ordering some plants but in the meantime I have a peace lily I can add that's currently living in water. Would this help?

Thank you for the advice. I'm worried now but hopefully things can stay the same until next week, I have a 75 gallon tank coming. I'll move the tetras and the pleco into that one and my betta will stay in the ten gallon. I hope this will resolve any issues and hope the peace will last that long!

Thank you very much for the information. I am making long-term plans for the pleco and my betta but it is going to take a little bit of time to get it done. I'm really thankful for everybody's help here. Upon testing my water today I discovered that I am in trouble with ammonia. It tested 4...

Thank you very much for the feeding instructions. I didn't realize that they only needed to be fed once a day so I was probably still overfeeding him. I read somewhere to feed 3 or 4 times a day so I am glad I have that straight now. Unfortunately I can't put him back in the 6.6 gallon tank...

Thank you so much for your response! Well, I must be crazy but I'm now looking at a bigger tank. I've already decided that I love having fish and am in it for life. I love that pleco, and decided it would be too hard to find him a good home, so..... I am looking at a 75 gallon. Do you think it...

Hi everyone, This will be long, apologies. I am new here. I have had my current tank for a week and a half. Sadly like so many others here, I did everything wrong in the beginning. Originally I bought two bettas from a store and put them in a 2.5 gallon separated tank. One of them got swim...