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It was 20ppm just before water change. It's been set up for over 6 months and has certainly cycled. ;) I do think we need a larger filter, though. The flow is okay in the one we have going but I don't think exchange rate is good enough. Oh, and we change out about 20% each week. Oh, yes...

Tank size: 35 gal pH: 7.8 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 20ppm nitrate: 0 kH: 120 gH: 150 Temp - 78 Sand substrate Water changes/vacuumed weekly 6 guppies 6 black skirt tetras 2 Otocinclus 2 recently introduced powder blue dwarf gourami (came with ick) 2 recently introduced guppies We have wood and...

Here's the little guy in question.

I thought it was as simple as 'set it and forget it' side from water changes and feeding. Bwahaha. Experience is a good teacher, though, and thankfully we haven't lost any fish due to negligence (we did lose two cardinal tetras a few days after purchase). We recently had an issue with ich...

Bummer. :-( It is unlikely, as we've had these guys for a few months and the store we purchased them from is an hour away. I can certainly check into local stores to see if they'd be willing to take them. Thanks for your kind, quick responses.

It's a 35 gallon tank. The male is less aggressive towards the larger female (who at this point is larger than our male) but still does a fair amount of chasing. He hasn't claimed any particular territory but certainly claims the food. If we moved the smaller one to a 10 gallon (with...

We have two female and one male three spot gourami in our planted community tank. We're newbie Gourami keepers so their behavior may certainly be normal for the species, but I've never seen such crazy chasing before. The male will chase the smaller of the two females more often to where she...

Thank you for your detailed reply. I think we're looking for colorful, engaging fish. Something with personality, if you will. What are your opinions on sand? I've seen several people mention okay sand as opposed to aquarium sand. Are there any special filtration considerations for the...

The city softens the water to between 120-150.

GH 150 KH 80 PH 7.5 Doing a water change later today.

35 gal 55.5" circumference 18" deep 18" across (at angle)

I was super excited to get this tank. As a bit of a newbie fish keeper, I had all sorts of ideas on what to get. The more i research, the more doubt I have. So I turn to you lovely folks. I would love to have African Cichlids but was told there wasn't enough width to the tank. Angels were...

I was excited to get the 35 gal hex, but have had conflicting suggestions on what to stock it with. I was thrilled with the thought of having a saltwater tank, but was quickly steered away from it. Cichlids was another that I was told to not put in it because the tank is taller than it is...

Hello! I've been researching quite a bit on fish keeping and this site comes up often in my Google searches with the answers I need. I figured I might as well join and search directly for what I'm looking for. LOL We have two five gallon tanks (glow fish for my son in one and guppies in the...