afishmom
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have been cycling my 60 gallon tank for a little over a month now. I added fritzyme and fishfood to get it started after running about a week. I added some fish after 3 weeks and now have the usual new tank issue of high Nitrites. Ammonia is fine but Nitrites are off the chart. I'm doing water changes and adding Prime but Nitrites are still very high and NitrAtes aren't coming up any, they are still Zero. I know plants use Nitrates but I really don't want to have to remove them from the tank. I've never had a planted tank before so just want to make sure the Nitrates will eventually catch up with the Nitrites even with the plants in there. The tank is about 75% planted and 25% artificial. Thanks for any input you can give me!