betta4me
Aquarium Advice Activist
I woke up this morning and tested my water like I always do, 8 drops each of the ammonia test, 5 drops of the nitrite, nitrite was blue right off the bat, which it hasn't been, as soon as I add the drops they turn purple immediately. I thought, cool, nitrites going down. Tick Tock, Tick Tock, finally the five minutes was up and the nitrite test stayed blue, I had to rub my eyes and take another look to make sure I wasn't dreaming. WOO HOO! Just a smidge of ammonia showing up on the test, decided to test nitrates and they were teetering between 40-60. Tested the nitrite again just to make double sure. This happened over night, yesterday the nitrites seemed high still but the ammonia was going down rapidly.
I did a happy dance which got the attention of my husband who decided to burst my bubble and say "better wait a couple days before you put any fish in there". Grrr.
I'm going to do the big water change today and stable the temperature and test once more before I add any fish.
I really want to thank Neilanh and everyone else here who has helped me through and given me great advice, you guys are the BESTEST!
I did a happy dance which got the attention of my husband who decided to burst my bubble and say "better wait a couple days before you put any fish in there". Grrr.
I'm going to do the big water change today and stable the temperature and test once more before I add any fish.
I really want to thank Neilanh and everyone else here who has helped me through and given me great advice, you guys are the BESTEST!