Hey There,
So I set my tank up 3 months ago (freshwater), and cycled it for about a month following what the local fish store guy told me to do (it's an exclusive fish store not some place like petsmart, etc...)... I put stability, etc... in and let it run. I tested my water and as advised slowly started introducing fish while regularly checking my chemistry. everything was going fine for about 2 months then kerpow! nitrites way above detection limits of the API water tests. I'm at a loss for what to do with this, I've been doing water changes, adding prime, etc... and the nitrites aren't budging... my nitrates have also been between 5-10ppm for the last two weeks as well. I don't think my tests are faulty as I've now lost 6 fish in the last week (about 1/2 my population).
Any advice on what I can do? I've done large scale water changes 50+% and I test immediately afterwards (like within 10 min of completing the change) and my nitrites are still above the max.
So I set my tank up 3 months ago (freshwater), and cycled it for about a month following what the local fish store guy told me to do (it's an exclusive fish store not some place like petsmart, etc...)... I put stability, etc... in and let it run. I tested my water and as advised slowly started introducing fish while regularly checking my chemistry. everything was going fine for about 2 months then kerpow! nitrites way above detection limits of the API water tests. I'm at a loss for what to do with this, I've been doing water changes, adding prime, etc... and the nitrites aren't budging... my nitrates have also been between 5-10ppm for the last two weeks as well. I don't think my tests are faulty as I've now lost 6 fish in the last week (about 1/2 my population).
Any advice on what I can do? I've done large scale water changes 50+% and I test immediately afterwards (like within 10 min of completing the change) and my nitrites are still above the max.