bevoholic
Aquarium Advice Freak
So, I've been doing a fish in cycle with my Betta in a 5.5g for about 3 weeks now. Every day I do my tests (using API Master Kit), and things have been going smoothly so far. For the time being, I had just been testing pH and ammonia, because I figured the nitrites would take awhile before they showed up. Fast forward to today.
Tested the water like normal. pH was 7.8 and ammo was 0. This was the first time I had seen it at 0, which led me to do a test for nitrites. These were my results.
pH - 7.8, ammo - 0, nitrites - >5, and I didn't test nitrates.
So I do a 50% WC and refill. I wait 20 minutes and do another 50% WC and refill. Second test.
pH - 7.8, ammo - 0, nitrites - 2, nitrates - 5
Should I do another WC to get the nitrites down even farther?
Tested the water like normal. pH was 7.8 and ammo was 0. This was the first time I had seen it at 0, which led me to do a test for nitrites. These were my results.
pH - 7.8, ammo - 0, nitrites - >5, and I didn't test nitrates.
So I do a 50% WC and refill. I wait 20 minutes and do another 50% WC and refill. Second test.
pH - 7.8, ammo - 0, nitrites - 2, nitrates - 5
Should I do another WC to get the nitrites down even farther?