nitrite a little high but fish are doing great HELP

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Not giving out miss info. 2ppm is pretty low... Not ideal but low... All this 50% water changes is gonna shock the fish and not allow bacteria to settle in tank quickly. Its why i say 10-30%

2 ppm is toxic to the fish. The next level is highest. 2ppm is high. Bacteria is in the filter. As long as the water is treated and temperature matched the fish will be fine.
 
2 ppm is toxic to the fish. The next level is highest. 2ppm is high. Bacteria is in the filter. As long as the water is treated and temperature matched the fish will be fine.

Ok lets walk this through step by step... Where do the bacteria in the filter come from?
The water added to the tank. How much bacteria is in tap water? Not very much.
 
As the water sits in the tank we go through a natural cycle called the maturing cycle. Whats taking place is bacteria from the water added is populating. First come the amonia bact. Then the bact. That eats ammonia start pop... (Which is where he is). Finnal the bact. That eat nitrate and nitrite. Before all the magical microbs start "colonizing" they float aimlessly through the water. Which is why 50% water change or more is way too much, ideally during this cycle you dont really want to change it that often unless u start looking at levels like 3.

Not rocket science
 
Ok lets walk this through step by step... Where do the bacteria in the filter come from?
The water added to the tank. How much bacteria is in tap water? Not very much.

I'd suggest you do more research.

Bacteria live and grow in the filter media.... if a tank was cycled simply by adding water this whole thread would be moot. Obviously it is not and here we find ourselves.

All of that being said, I will not discuss this with you further as you are not the OP. Happy researching to you. Good day.
 
Okay guys I'm getting a lot of different answers and I'm going to do a 25 percent water change and then I'm going to do another 25 percent in 2 hours should I put chemicals in for the first 25 percent of water I changed if I'm just going to take out in 2 hours or should I wait in just put the chemicals in for the 25 percent the last time I change the water??
 
I'd suggest you do more research.

Bacteria live and grow in the filter media.... if a tank was cycled simply by adding water this whole thread would be moot. Obviously it is not and here we find ourselves.

All of that being said, I will not discuss this with you further as you are not the OP. Happy researching to you. Good day.

The filter media is only a place for bacteria to colonize... They dont come with it hence why its so clean when u pull it out of the box and gets so dirty when u change it. Lol the black stuff in it is called carbonized charcoal, all it does is add carbo to the water and attract the bact. To the ploy fiber bag. Looks like you have some research to do.
 
Okay guys I'm getting a lot of different answers and I'm going to do a 25 percent water change and then I'm going to do another 25 percent in 2 hours should I put chemicals in for the first 25 percent of water I changed if I'm just going to take out in 2 hours or should I wait in just put the chemicals in for the 25 percent the last time I change the water??

Only do one water change then add chems. Check water level after 20 min or so after they had time to mix with water
 
Okay guys I'm getting a lot of different answers and I'm going to do a 25 percent water change and then I'm going to do another 25 percent in 2 hours should I put chemicals in for the first 25 percent of water I changed if I'm just going to take out in 2 hours or should I wait in just put the chemicals in for the 25 percent the last time I change the water??

Each time you add new water it should be decholirinated again. Doing 50% all at once is easier and more effective.
 
Hey man I just finished the 50% change should I retest in the mourning???
 
Ok lets walk this through step by step... Where do the bacteria in the filter come from?
The water added to the tank. How much bacteria is in tap water? Not very much.

Yes, lets walk through this step by step. First of all, bacteria are not getting into the tank via the water that is added, unless you are recycling water from another established tank. Tap water (at least any tap water from a muniple water source that treats with chlorine or some variation thereof, has zero bacteria - that is after all why we add chlorine to tap water. So the correct information from your statement would be None, rather than not very much.

As the water sits in the tank we go through a natural cycle called the maturing cycle. Whats taking place is bacteria from the water added is populating. First come the amonia bact. Then the bact. That eats ammonia start pop... (Which is where he is). Finnal the bact. That eat nitrate and nitrite. Before all the magical microbs start "colonizing" they float aimlessly through the water. Which is why 50% water change or more is way too much, ideally during this cycle you dont really want to change it that often unless u start looking at levels like 3.

Not rocket science

The cycle is called the nitrogen cycle or on aquarium forums simply cycling, not the maturing cycle. I've never see it called the maturing cycle. In the aquarium, ammonia comes first, then the bacteria that are able to convert ammonia into nitrite, then bacteria that convert nitrite into nitrate, then in some rare cases, under anaerobic conditions, bacteria that convert nitrate back into atmospheric nitrogen. The ammonia is either added by us to cycle the tank, or it is produced in the waste of the inhabitants of the aquarium. Bacteria do not "eat", nor are they magical. Once those bacteria start to occur in the water (either through direct introduction via filter materials or substrate from a mature tank) they immediately begin to colonize surfaces within the aquarium. The percentage found within the water column is small enough to be negligable in size, doing large scale water changes will not significantly impact the bacteria population, what it does do is keep the toxic levels of chemicals which are accumulating in the water at nontoxic levels.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...d-the-cycling-process-227745.html#post2144540

The filter media is only a place for bacteria to colonize... They dont come with it hence why its so clean when u pull it out of the box and gets so dirty when u change it. Lol the black stuff in it is called carbonized charcoal, all it does is add carbo to the water and attract the bact. To the ploy fiber bag. Looks like you have some research to do.

Again, this is incorrect. The black stuff is called activated carbon and what is does is remove organic wastes and some chemical substances from the water. It does not add carbon to the water, unless you fail to rinse it as directed.
 
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