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Help! My nitrites are spiking (majorly!) but I STILL have ammonia in the tank! What does this even mean?!

Three weeks in and ammonia is still hanging tight at .25ppm. I haven't changed the water in over a week. Shouldn't I have more ammonia than this if the bacteria aren't there yet? I'm probably just being impatient..

Thanks guys! (:

Aye aye! (:

All thanks to you!

Wow! That's cool. You learn something new every day(: I'll add the salt tomorrow, keep testing over and over again, and I'll change the water when ammonia/nitrites get above 1.0ppm! I'll update when my ammonia zeroes out! (:

I can totally manage that. Between normal table salt and kosher sea salt, which would you think is more preferable? And I need to dissolve the salt in conditioned water before adding it, right? And just for giggles.. What will the salt do? I'm sure it's a really complicated thing that is over...

Can do! (:

Fantastic! And since I am getting nitrites already as well, I should do a water change if that gets above .5, regardless of the ammonia level?

Wow! Thank you very much! Just a few questions/concerns/comments.. I thought that the bacteria needed preferred warmer temps? I'm totally fine with lowering the temperature, just curious(: As is right now, I've been doing about a 30% water change every day, or every other day, in order to...

The heater is set at 80, but the water is closer to 82 (F). Haha, no worries, I trust that you have a point!

About 7.8(:

I understand(; there's tons of fairly-priced mini heaters out there! Good luck!

Oh don't worry, I'm not going to neglect the fish! Haha I'll be monitoring his water very closely. I'm just putting this "cycle" to the test!

It's just a cheapo Aqueon 10 watt mini heater. From what I've read (since purchasing) they really aren't the highest quality, and a bunch of them come out of the package not working.. However, I guess I'm a lucky gal, because mines always worked great.