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So today I did a 20% water change, cleaned my filters with the water and such. Shortly after I added water, I noticed my molly was dead. All the other fish are fine, (1 guppy, 3 neon tetras, algae eater). The molly was fine as well. I gave them some food when I woke up, took the extra food bits...

I picked up a siphon, although we got bigger pebbles so I had to get a bigger Siphon, only thing that sucks about that is my tank is so small! Took me a little bit to figure out how to get the siphon working and next thing you know, I just disturbed the whole tank and went from being clear to...

Our tank has been running for about 3 weeks now and we are starting to see build up on the rocks (food, waste..ect) My question is: What is the best way to clean the tank with out loosing all the beneficial bacteria? I was reading something about a siphon is that the best way? How often should...

K cool, thanks for all the help everyone! I think my tank is almost cycled and my fish seem to be doing great!

So I finally got a testing kit and this is what I got. I did not change the water for over 24hrs. pH ~ 6.5 NH3 ~ 0.6 NO2 ~ 0.1 I currently have a Molly, Guppy, algae eater and 3 neon tetras. I did a quick search for the pH levels for the fish I have and most of them said between 7 & 8...

Yeah, actually I do have the cash to get one. There is a holiday tomorrow, so I'll have to get it on Tuesday. Fish seem to be acting fine, however sometimes it seems like the Neons are loosing colour?

Nah, at the moment I can't afford the test kit yet, until next pay. I'm pretty broke and now turns out I have to pay a fine for having a burnt out head light *sigh* Just got the guy to test it with their test kit, pH, Ammonia and Nitrate were fine. But that's all he said. He used a liquid test...

So I got my water tested, everything was good. I did how ever change my water a few hours before so I am thinking that probably affected it.

The guppy that was apparently "gasping for air" has passed away sometime last night. The other fish seem to be fine. I will keep doing the water changes and adding the dechlorinator. I am from Canada, and haven't seen this prime. The pet store that I go to is Pets Unlimited and most if not all...

So I changed about 80-90% of the water, and the guppy is still hanging around at the top? Gills seem to be moving rapid as well. All the other fish seem to be playing though? (swimming up and down and all over the tank really fast)

The guppie hasn't moved from that spot, and it does appear that his gills are moving rapidly. My last water change was less than 24hours ago, maybe 18 hours? I'm about to do another water change right now. I do not know what kind of algae eater I have, my girlfriend picked it up and brought it...

The black molly I had didn't make it :(. I tried quarantining him and placing the inside of peas so maybe it would eat them and maybe get unconstipated to fix that swim bladder. However I have failed! All the other fish are acting normal, one guppie however is hanging out at the top corner...

For serious? A bottle was 7 bucks instead of getting a 40 dollar test kit. I thought that if I changed 25% of the water each day, add the Nutrafin Cycle as directed, the ammonia levels should decrease. She also said I could take a sample of my water and they could test it for free, I do realize...

So I got some Nutrafin cycle and changed the water 2 consecutive days now since we realized something is wrong with the molly. Now one of the mollies is doing a "handstand" on the bottom of the tank in the corner. The other molly seems fine but has been doing vertical movements up and down as...

Cool thanks very much for the information. What about feeding your fish vegetables and fruits? I have read a few things but don't want to do the wrong thing.