help reducing nitrites

[dannew]

Hi all you have a great site im fairly new to fresh water tropical and hope to get some advice on my current tank im having a few issues with water chemistry mainly nitrites I had a 20g tank going for approximately 6 weeks the tank was going well I was using seachem stability to cycle my tank as well as prime the I came across a deal I could not refuse a 55g tank at a great price so my steps as follows I filled tank with water from my smaller tank and toped with tap water moved all fish gravel ect and took media from old filter and put in new and continued with stability all was ok but I recently checked my nitrite levels and was shocked to find then really high at 5.0 I have been doing regular 30% water changes using prime and stability and level s are still high what can I do to reduce the levels the fish seem fine witch is weird but there not gasping for air and all seem happy any help would be great im getting desperate

 

[Teakwood]

Just keep up with big daily water changes. They will go down, it may have just been to large a volume of water for the filters to handle right know. Also make sure when you water change you dechlorinate before adding water, specifically if your filters are running. it'll level out soon.

 

[dannew]

Thanks for the advice I de clourinate with prime im jus worried about my fish is a 30% water change every other day ok and should I use denitrate or something like that or just continue with stability and wait

 

[Aski247]

Daily wc's, be careful with over dosing prime as it helps neutralize the ammo, it can some times stall a cycle from the lack of ammo for the bb to feed off of.

 

[dannew]

Thanks for the info