NightSpirit
Aquarium Advice Activist
Ack! Help!
I tested the levels of my QT that has been running for a couple of months and they were fine, so I bought a Heniochus butterflyfish.
So an hour later after putting the fish in, I test ammonia and nitrite and nitrites are through the roof (1.6 mg/l), which doesn't make much sense to me since there is no ammonia spike ?!?. So I do a 75% water change, and there is little decrease if any. So I test my main tank, and there's no nitrites, so the testkit is likely ok.
So what should I do? Should I put the butterfly in my main tank, or keep doing water changes? The fish will likely die if the nitrites don't decrease soon.
I tested the levels of my QT that has been running for a couple of months and they were fine, so I bought a Heniochus butterflyfish.
So an hour later after putting the fish in, I test ammonia and nitrite and nitrites are through the roof (1.6 mg/l), which doesn't make much sense to me since there is no ammonia spike ?!?. So I do a 75% water change, and there is little decrease if any. So I test my main tank, and there's no nitrites, so the testkit is likely ok.
So what should I do? Should I put the butterfly in my main tank, or keep doing water changes? The fish will likely die if the nitrites don't decrease soon.