water quality help please

[super-fish]

i just started a cichlid tank about 2 weeks ago. i filled up the tank with tap water but it turns out my tap water has nitrite in it. my test are reading between .25ppm and 1ppm.

i have been using seachem prime but its not helping. i have 3 fish in the tank now and they seem to be fine. are these levels too high? should i get the fish out? im afraid to use my tapwater for topoff because of the nitrites.

any advice would be appreciated.

thanks,

 

[vitacrux]

When I had a nitrite spike in my tank I threw some plants in there. Hornwort is really cheap and good at killing nitrites. Bit you may not have cycled your tank probably.

 

[neilanh]

Welcome to AA!

Your tank is definitely not cycled. And it's a bit unusual to have nitrItes right out of the tap.

What test kit are you using?