Help - New 10 gallon water issues

[kaynick1218]

I have a ten gal tank its has been running for 4 weeks and has 4 fish in it a platy, black molly and two tetras. The ph is 6.6 ,ammonia is 2.0 and nitrite is 0. Its been like that for about a week now I test its everyday. Should I put ammoniasafe in the tank or just let its work its self out? The fish seem to be fine. There not darting all around and they are eating. I feed them every other day. There eyes are clear and scales and fins look good.

 

[kaynick1218]

I have a api test kit, I hear that one is good.

 

[Skeeter4158098]

What are your nitrates at? You want ammonia to be zero and nitrites zero and nitrates to be 20-40.

I would do a 50% water change then test your water. Make sure you have a water treatment like prime or aqua safe. I use aqua safe. A lot of people prefer prime because it takes half the amount of prime to treat the water as it does to use aqua safe to treat the water. When i use up my aqua safe I will be switching to prime.

 

[kaynick1218]

Is that stuff the same as stress coat or is it different? If different what does its do? Thanks

 

[Samzter]

What type of tetras , I'm surprised they're still alive with that ammonia.? Ideally they like to be in schools of 3 plus. I use tis ammonia remover stuff, it worked for me !

 

[librarygirl]

Have you done any water changes in those 2 weeks? I'd suggest doing a few 50% water changes; you want to get that ammonia down.

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