catwoman461
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have a 37 gallon tank and a 10 gallon hexagon that I used for a hospital tank and as soon as the fish got better I put it back in the bigger tank. now the 10 gallon has 4 fish in it and it is crystal clear here is my problem my 37 gallon tank has high nitrites. why I dont know except I had my little niece here for the week and I think when I was not looking she kept on feeding the fish. I asked her she is 4 and she told me yes. so that is where it all started, so I did a big 50% water change and the food debris on the bottom stirred up and the nitrites went up not down. so I did another change and lost my favorite angel fish. I have 2 angels now I had 4 until she came and I have 13 neon tetras that school together and one placo and one chinese algae eater very small and 3 fan tail guppies the guppies stay at the top the angels and in the middle and the pleco and chinese are at the bottom, I have several plants. I could name them but it is quite a long list. The plants are planted in sand that I cant put the vacuume in and suck up the poop at the bottom from that sweet niece of mine. anyway I did stir up the tank quite a bit and got it all cloudy and bought a bag called nitra zorb and it is in the filter. I have a penguin 330 on that tank and I bought a penguin 170 and put it on there too to get the stuff out and I put the filter from the 10 gallon on there too,. I got the water mostly clear it is a bit cloudy and bought a penquin mini and put that on the 10 gallon along with the filter that was on the hex. a liberty 125. Now my small tank has nitrites one color above normal but the 37 has high nitrates, and no ammonia I don't get what to do the nitra zorb has been in there since yesterday which means it has been in there for 19 hours. What can I do to save my fish, I don't want to lose anymore and I am scared to do another water change. so soon. Any suggestions?? also I put liquid garlic in the tank every two to three days.