I've been fighting with my tank parameters for about a month now. I've had my 50 gallon heavily planted tank established for about a year with no issues. However a month ago we had a power outage that caused all of my rummy nose tetras to die. I was able to save all of the other fish in the tank through a large water change and stress coat. A day after the outage my nitrites had jumped all the way to 5.0ppm with no change in ammonia. After the water change I was able to get nitrite back down to .25ppm and that's where it's been stuck for the last month. My ammonia has also been reading at 4.0ppm consistently however considering my fish have been acting completely normal I figured the test is measuring ammonium instead of ammonia. I'm just not sure what's going on with my tank! The ammonia has been at 4.0ppm and nitrite at .25ppm for the last month but all of the fish in the tank seem happy and healthy and they're always very interested in eating. Also last night I did a small water change and added some beneficial bacteria and this morning my nitrites jumped up again. I figure my tank is re establishing the nitrogen cycle but I've never had this happen before!
Tank parameters
50 gallon
Heavily planted with CO2
2 juvenile angel fish
10kuhli loaches
Ammonia: 4.0ppm
Nitrite: stuck at .25ppm but at about 1.0ppm as of this morning
Nitrate:10-20ppm
pH:7.4
Water temp: 78°
Substrate: fluval stratum and white sand
Any help or advice would be appreciated!
Tank parameters
50 gallon
Heavily planted with CO2
2 juvenile angel fish
10kuhli loaches
Ammonia: 4.0ppm
Nitrite: stuck at .25ppm but at about 1.0ppm as of this morning
Nitrate:10-20ppm
pH:7.4
Water temp: 78°
Substrate: fluval stratum and white sand
Any help or advice would be appreciated!