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Hello Kae,


Hope all is well. I thought I ask you in regard to the comment you made in a previous email; Do you think I should turn of one of the filters at night? Because the current issue is...

Hi Kae,



Should I remove the tiger/algea eating fish from the tank? Now the fish aren't running away from it even thought it will try to " clean" them at time or bully them.

How often do...

Hi Kae,


yes I figured out what avatar is and had a good laugh:) the tests I am doing are the test tube ones and the dipstick test sound much easier. Thank u for the suggestion.

I tested my...

Hi Kae,

Thanks for your email. I did do a water change and syphoning. Then added tap conditioner and some bacteria2 teaspoons.

I also realized that the 2 filters may be creating a current...

Hi again,



I just wanted to thank you for taking the time and writing to me all that detail, it is very kind of you.

If that is your house in the picture... then WOW! That is amazing. I...

Hello Kae,


I did some more tests and they are as follows;


Nitrite = way over the safe limit .3 / I did a 20% watr change , but still the levels were high

PH Low range = 7.2 or over

Hi Kae,


Thank you so much for your reply. I always enjoy reading your emails as I can understand much better when you describe things.

So you have many aquariums! Wow, how do you maintain...

HI Kae,


Thank you for your detailed email:) that's a lot of help. I think soon after I asked you my first question the cycle completed. That is how I got a clear tank... to me th ewater looks...

HI Kae,

I got some time to go out and buy a water testing kit.its the 5 in 1 test with test tubes and pamphlets to match colour of the water... etc. before the water test I took the filter(carbon...

Hi Kae,

Thank you so much for your reply. I have never got the water tested. But I will take a sample to the pet store to test it.

At first I thought I was over crowding the tank, but then I...

Hello ,

I recently got a new hobby... a 30 gallon aquarium.I have had it about 2 months. Initially I put in 6 gold fish,3 red cap orandas and 3 gold fish. I then went and bought ranchu(fat one)...