I'm really hoping someone can help me...the peeps at Petsmart hadn't a clue.
I have a newish tank...about six weeks old. I added a bottle of the Terta bacteria stuff...and added two mollies and two platys. The platy popped out some fry the same day....and died. Two of her fry survived. I waited two weeks, and added another molly, another platy, and a dwarf gourami. I haven't added any fish since then.
I test my water every day....and my ammonia has always been 0, my nitrate is .5 but my NITRITE is 8.0!!! I have been doing 25% water changes daily, adding PRIME each time....to no avail. I have artificial plants and one moss ball in the tank. I am at a loss. All my levels are decent, and I cannot get the nitrite to come down. I haven't experienced but one fish loss and I would like to keep it that way. Can you help??
I have a newish tank...about six weeks old. I added a bottle of the Terta bacteria stuff...and added two mollies and two platys. The platy popped out some fry the same day....and died. Two of her fry survived. I waited two weeks, and added another molly, another platy, and a dwarf gourami. I haven't added any fish since then.
I test my water every day....and my ammonia has always been 0, my nitrate is .5 but my NITRITE is 8.0!!! I have been doing 25% water changes daily, adding PRIME each time....to no avail. I have artificial plants and one moss ball in the tank. I am at a loss. All my levels are decent, and I cannot get the nitrite to come down. I haven't experienced but one fish loss and I would like to keep it that way. Can you help??