Cheesecake1015
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Apr 21, 2021
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Hello so I will try to make this short.
I had a 40g tank set up had a orange blotched peacock cichlid, and a bristlenose pleco. Then the gf saw a small tiger oscar at the store thought was a good idea bring him home. I knew how big oscars get so I let him grow some in the 40 he is about 7,8 inches now
So now to my issue. I bought a 75g tank a fluval fx6 canister filter set up new tank used some of the substrate from old tank used filter media from old tank (tidal 110 filter) also all the old non cleaned decorations I am impatient and so I didn't let it sit for however long to cycle
Anyway. To the levels.
Ph is 7.8ish sorry hard to match the colors exactly
Ammonia shows a like slight tinge of Green but not as green as .25ppm shows and yellow is 0.
Nitrite is a dark purple so sky high so 5.0ppm or higher and hasn't changed in days. Thought a water change might help I removed about 30% water replaced with tap treated with prime. Next 2 days nitrites still dark purple.
Nitrates on the other hand are low around 10-20ppm
So question is. Is it just part of the cycling process and filter does not yet have the bacteria to break nitrites down to nitrates yet?
Fish seem fine oscar sulked a little at the change of scenery. Think he is mad at me everytime I go near tank now he swims back to his cave then I walk away and he comes out to eat the food I gave him ha
Right now in the 75 I have the bristle nose, ob peacock, tiger oscar, and a what I found out to be a green terror (was sold to me from lfs as a jack dempsey) will fish be ok in high nitrites as I don't currently have another tank I can transfer them too until I can figure out water levels
I had a 40g tank set up had a orange blotched peacock cichlid, and a bristlenose pleco. Then the gf saw a small tiger oscar at the store thought was a good idea bring him home. I knew how big oscars get so I let him grow some in the 40 he is about 7,8 inches now
So now to my issue. I bought a 75g tank a fluval fx6 canister filter set up new tank used some of the substrate from old tank used filter media from old tank (tidal 110 filter) also all the old non cleaned decorations I am impatient and so I didn't let it sit for however long to cycle
Anyway. To the levels.
Ph is 7.8ish sorry hard to match the colors exactly
Ammonia shows a like slight tinge of Green but not as green as .25ppm shows and yellow is 0.
Nitrite is a dark purple so sky high so 5.0ppm or higher and hasn't changed in days. Thought a water change might help I removed about 30% water replaced with tap treated with prime. Next 2 days nitrites still dark purple.
Nitrates on the other hand are low around 10-20ppm
So question is. Is it just part of the cycling process and filter does not yet have the bacteria to break nitrites down to nitrates yet?
Fish seem fine oscar sulked a little at the change of scenery. Think he is mad at me everytime I go near tank now he swims back to his cave then I walk away and he comes out to eat the food I gave him ha
Right now in the 75 I have the bristle nose, ob peacock, tiger oscar, and a what I found out to be a green terror (was sold to me from lfs as a jack dempsey) will fish be ok in high nitrites as I don't currently have another tank I can transfer them too until I can figure out water levels