Recent content by SouthernFish

I hope thats not the case! If my tap water is high on nitrates than I'm in a jam...I'll post the tap water levels as soon as possible. Thanks again Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Ok will do, thanks. Also the nitrite is 10 not 5 unfortunately..hopefully they will all survive until the levels get back to normal Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

50 gallon cichlid, only 5 fish for now but hope to add more soon Sent from somewhere in outer space...

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Been running about 3-4 wks. Kh: 180 Gh:120 Nitrate: 80 Nitrite:5 Ph: 7.2 I'm hoping it's just the tank cycling but I am in process of getting the API buffer max & the mineral salts to keep the water ideal Sent from somewhere in outer space...

I added the 5x the normal dose (bottle said to in case of emergency) when I first noticed it , then have been adding normal dose every other day since. Still no result. Do you think it could be a case of tank not being filtered enough & maybe I need a second filter? I assumed with only 5 fish 1...

the peacock is the one that died Sent from somewhere in outer space...

I'm new to the aquarium game and recently got a 50 gallon tank with fluval 306 filter setup. Currently I have 4 cichlids bc one died 2 days ago. I've had an increase spike in nitrites and nitrated few days ago & I did a 50% water change immediately then 10% water change daily with no change. I...