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...l meter to see the temp of the aquarium.. 4. TOXIC LEVEL à for discus or any aquarium the NH3 and nitrite must be zero. Steps taken to remove toxic level you change 40 % water change in...
...uneaten food, decaying plants, and bugs that happen to fall in. Most of those wastes turn into ammonia and nitrite, which will make fish very sick. But fear not. The good cooties (beneficial bacteria)...
...d to add stress zyme or other live bacteria if your tank is cycled, and you are not having ammonia or nitrite problems. If doing a major gravel wash you can sometimes add a bit, but thats about i...
...   * Before you do anything...Check your water parameters! Is there high ammonia? Nitrates? Nitrites? If you find any of these readings to be high, an immediate 25% water change shoul...
...5 gal, using the same water, same gravel and same filter. However, whilst PH is fine (7.0) ammonia is nil, nitrite is .25. This is the first time it's ever been higher than 0. If I don't feed for a co...
... aquariums in general. I set up a new 20g tank about 6 weeks ago and I am getting a bit concerned about my nitrite levels not going down. My tank has 4 cherry barbs (2 males, 2 females). As for plants...
...or a year or more. I have been doing water changes on a monthly basis for the last 5 years, and nitrates nitrites, ammonia, PH, temperature, and alkalinity test great. I hate to see my fish in this ...
...change 10% of the water every other day, and take out uneaten food after they have eaten. Despite this my nitrite level is 50mg/l, and nitrate levels are 50mg/l, my PH was also 5.0 but is now 7.0 due...
Hi all, I'm having a problem in one of my tanks. the reading for the water are as follows: Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 40ppm Ammonia: 1ppm Now that ammonia is what is worrying me, I have just done a
...ks today. And I notice that just about every tank has a reading of 40ppm for nitrate, yet the ammonia and nitrite readings are "0". How can that be and what does it mean? :huh: All my tanks app...
...n Tetras that inhabit my 55 gallon have come down with ich. I do not know why. My ammonia is at zero, my nitrites are at zero, and surprisingly my nitrates are at zero. My ph is at 7.4 and I feed t...
...uestion: I added two plants that seem to be dying, I am monitoring the PH which is around 6.6 - 6.8. The Nitrites and Nitrates are both higher than they should be but according to my test instructio...
...cle... ( cycling a tank.. your water parameters will read as follows) Stage/Week 1: Ammonia... zero Nitrites... zero Nitrates... zero Stage/Week 2: Ammonia starts to rise Nitrites... zero...
... I've started using AmQuel+ along side my water changes and my most recent water tests show no Ammonia, no Nitrites, and 5-10ppm of Nitrates (so I dosed again with AmQuel+, which should remove that, n...
...d don't know where it even came from. Has anyone been able to sucessfully get rid of it? Water has trace nitrites, pH is 7.0, nitrates at 10ppm. Temp at 78F....
...st done a test on the water and nearly fell over the ph is slightly above normal and ammonias fine but the nitrites and nitrates are so through the roof that i cant tell you what their actual readings...
... levels of waste. Well as expected the NH3 shot through the roof within a couple of days. Now I see NO2 (nitrites) way up there around 3.5ppm. But the NO2 doesn't seem to be going anywhere. It's bee...
...nia? I don't want to start dumping chemicals in the tank to try to lower. I have no idea on the nitrate or nitrites. We have not had any deaths but one of the dalmations just lays on the bottom. He...
...eeping my Angelfish. I have a 40gal tank, I do a 20% water change a week and check my Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels once a week. All levels are at zero. I've had 2 die and one start acting weird...
Hi Everyone!! I have a question on my test results. Here is the readings Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 2.0 Do these mean my tank has cycled?? I change my water (25%) weekely and that is
...dden since last night when my water was clear, I have cloudy water. I did a water check and my Ammo is 0, nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 5, I am only feeding once a day and I just noticed that I have on...
...ank and am currently going through the 'cycle', I am doing water changes and hoovering every 2 days but my nitrites are reading 3 -5 constantly. my question is should I be cleaning my filter pads an...
...t the bottom and not eat or swim is this normal for new oscars? Heres what my water looks like Nitrate-0 Nitrite-0 Hardness-75 Alkalinity-120 pH-7.2 water temp.- 78 degrees i feel bad for the ...
...h live sand, about 2 inches in the bottom. Water change of 25% weekly. I test regularly for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. Ammonia and nitrite are near 0, but nitrate is around 50ppm. I have ...
... a few weeks ago i went frm 35%water changes weekly to 35 every three days on my 180gallon tank; ph@6.2 nitrite@0 ammonia@0 nitrate@80-90...any advice would be very helpful....ty for ur time.....
...ice, and watched my water clear up and stop ruining the filter so badly. I have been checking my water for Nitrites and Nitrates twice a day for two weeks now. Until 2 days ago, my nitrates where at 0...
... fish, a kissing fish, an opal gourami and one other dude. Our last full set of readings were... pH-6.0 Nitrites-5.0 Nitrates-40 Ammonia-8.0 Please Help-we've already lost some of our coolest ...
...iod, but the last 3 days I have been keeping track and my readings of the last 3 days have been: Amm---0 Nitrite---.5 Nitrate---between 10 & 20 I don't want to add any fish until both the Amm & Ni...
...neaten food, decaying plants, and bugs that happen to fall in. Most of those wastes turn into ammonia and nitrite, which will make fish very sick. But fear not. The good cooties (beneficial bacteria)...
nitrites are high and nitrates are safe what is the difference and how do we take care of the nitrites:woohoo:
...high levels that can potentially cause the death of fish. While nitrate is much less toxic than ammonia or nitrite, levels over 30 ppm of nitrate can inhibit growth, impair the immune system and cause...
...l tank. These are the fish that are left anyways. We have lost 2 mollies and a swordtail. Here's where the nitrite issue comes in. I've been learning quite rapidly about the cycling process over th...
I just finished cycling my 40 gal tank using pure amonina and I now have my amonina and nitrite readings down to 0. Now I am suppose to do a major water change, so how many gal of water should I be t
John, I did all my test for amm,nitrite,and nitrate last night and today. Amm---0 Nitrite---0 Nitrate---0 Should I wait and do more test and then do a water change or can I start to add 2 or 3 f
...mpossible to vacuum as my vegetation is very thick. Normally I wouldn't mind of the dirt, as the ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels are low (guess the plants and the filter are doing their job). Pr...
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