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I know that there are"pH up" and "pH down" solutions sold at pet stores, but do I really need to pay 7 or 8 bucks or is there another acid I can add safely (like vinegar)? Has anyone ever heard of adding some vinegar to an aquarium? It wouldn't be much, it's not like I want pickled fish!

I have a fairly new 20 gallon freshwater tank and Im not sure if I am just going really slow with the nitrogen cycle or if I have a nitrite issue. I have been doing regular water changes of at least 10% a week, sometimes 25% a week. I have had the tank for 6 weeks now and I have fish and live plants in it. I test the water on a weekly basis and still have fairly high nitrite levels and dont know what Im doing wrong. I have read about adding salt to help reduce stress / increase buffering capacity. I have access to IV bags of sodium chloride that I think would be better than adding table salt but how much? And would the other elements be harmful (IE calcium, low pH, etc) Any advice on how to reduce the nitrite is helpful. PS, The fish dont seem like they are unhealthy or stressed.........

I have two oscars, a Jack Dempsey, a bala shark, a blue gourami, and two plecos in a 75 gallon aquarium.

Okay, so I'm having problems with my fish. I started my new fish tank about 6 weeks ago (it's a 28 gallon freshwater tank). At the moment I have 3 long finned black skirted tetras, three other type of tetras (I don't know their name- they're orange with black and white), 5 small neons, 2 sunset tequilla male guppies and 1 golden gourami. Just in the past two days another gourami and one molly died. In the past (maybe 3 weeks ago) a different molly and 2 other guppies died (I figured those were just stress deaths, since they died not long after moving into my tank). So now I'm having problems with my fish being sick. Both of the fish that recently died were sick, but I don't know what of. They were very innactive all of the sudden, and were hiding in corners and going around my heater a lot. Also, they barely ate, and they gulped at the water all day. After three days of this they died. So now a few of my other fish are acting this way, and I don't know what sickness they have, so I don't know how to treat them. I've had the usual water balance problems, but now I have nitrites low, ammonia low, and ph is a little high, but not by much. Each week I do a 25% water change, and I have prepared the water in advance. I also have oxygen supplied into their tank, and add aquarium salt on a regular basis. Oh, in case it makes a difference, I have three live plants and two fake plants. I had a moss ball, but I took it out because it was getting too much algae. Please help so I can treat my fish! I add salt because even though it's freshwater, salt keeps fish healthy. It helps their fins stay healthy, and makes the fish more active. Also, I do make sure there is no chlorine in the new water.

I understand that I will need to seriously upgrade the tank later but my current setup is as follows: 65gal AGA Magnum 350 BioPro Coralife CF lighting @ 3wpg 20w substrate heater Current 1/10hp chiller All natural homemade driftwood and decor (freshwater lake style) Low dose CO2 I have no problem maintaining ph and if neccisary I will go with a pressurized Co2 w/ ph regulator to maintain the optimum ph of 6.8. The problem is with the temp. I have done the math and have found that with the ambiant temperature, lighting and sub heater, I can only maintain a minimum temp of 68 deg. Can rainbow trout survive at these high temps? Going with a larger chiller is not possible due to cost of chiller and replacing my magnum filter (required flow rate). If it is possible, what negative side effects can I expect? Do they require any other special conditions? What plants thrive in these temps?

Ok so I have a ten gallon freshwater aquarium. I started with 2 black mollies and 6 neon tetras. both the mollies died and 3 of the tetras did also. i had those 3 for awhile but recently i bought 2 algae eaters (plecostemous) and like 5 days later one of them is dead! it had been hiding in my decorations and stuff while the other one was being normal. the water in my tank is acidic in PH and the alkalinity is to low. i put in this stuff when i test it and the PH is to low called PH up but it doesn't really have any effect. please answer! thanks ok just to some answers, yes i float the fish when i buy them, i use stress coat stress zyme and ammo lock. my filter uses medium whisper cartridges (dont know the exact name of filter)

I have had a freshwater aquarium now for about 8 weeks. My pH has ranged from 8.2 to 8.8 and I was wondering how to lower it. I do have tap water (although I am not sure if running it from an outside faucet would bypass the water softener and if that would have any effect on pH, I did read tap water has a higher pH). I also had quite a few shells in my tank that I just took out because I guess the calcium carbonate can effect pH and make it higher. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. My nitrates and nitrites seem to be ok, and my ammonium levels are good, along with no chlorine. Thanks in advance, Brad