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I have about 40-45" inches of fish right now in a 140 Gallon aquarium. I really think I went through some mini cycles or destabilized the cycle with all the meds and large water changes I had to do.

Looking even better? 24 hours after 3rd 50% water change.

Hi there, it's the ammonia and nitrite I tested right before the water change today. Hopefully when I test the nitrite again tomorrow it will be the same. If it is maybe I should do a water after a day or 2 so I don't stress them?

Hi again. Here's the ammonia and nitrite test in the left vials after the water change. Will check again after work tomorrow.

Thanks guys, appreciate the help. I've been running this 140 gallon aquarium since February 1. I had some false calls on some parasites and had to medicate and do a 100% water change twice after the 1st and 3rd weeks...overcleaned filters..medications etc...it's all past now things are looking...

No fish in my tank lol? I have 20 Tanganyikan cichlids. Already started the water change, 20% done so far. Should I do 50%?

Ok doing another water change and dosing with prime. Gave them some stress coat yesterday.

I did a 50% water change on Saturday and another 50% yesterday. Should I do another one? Here are the test results from right now: What did you mean about nitrates they were like at 5-20. Under 20 is ideal, not easy to have zero nitrates I've read.

Hey buddy. I was just getting ready to test again. If it's 0.25ppm for nitrite should I do another water change? It takes 15 minutes, it's fun actually. I have all the wavemakers, heater and surface skimmer plugged into one power bar now, just need to press the off button to turn them all off...

Hi guys. So I did a 50% water change last night followed by a 55% water change this morning. Can you tell me what the readings are maybe you have a better eye for these readings than me? After 1st and than 2nd water change:

What in the world happened lol. My ammonia is going down slowly but I got a nitrite spike now. Please advise when possible. Ammonia looks like 0.25, nitrite sky high? Nitrate 20?

Thanks, do you think it's ok if I do a 25% change every 3 days until it clears? It seems like the ammonia is dying off. The next test and water change will tell a lot.

Hi there. Did a 70% change followed by a 30% one 2-3 days later and it seems to be stabiliIng. Left vial is ph, middle is ammonia after water change and right vial is pre water change. Seems like I had destabilized the bacteria with all the cleaning and medicating.

Yeah, true, thanks for all the advice will do just that. I'll add some prime daily until I get it under control? You think stress coat + neutralizes the ammonia too?

Hi. How often do you think I should do water changes and what %? Thanks

I left all the Eheim media in the original filter that's been on since the beginning including bio media, course and ceramic mechanical. I just threw the fine mechanical away and replaced it with a poly fill and pinky filter. But I emptied all the good water that was inside the filter. All that...

Milkingmomma, you think it will self correct soon. I even added another filter with 2.5L of Seachem Matrix biomedia.

Hello Houston, I'm having a problem with Ammonia and it's starting to worry me a bit. I always had 0 ammonia so I'm not sure what has happened. Nitrite is at 0ppm and Nitrate 20ppm. PH is at 8.2. Kh at 6-7, Gh at 13-17, Aquarium is a 140 gallon with about 20 1.5-2" Tanganyikan Cichlids. I feed...

Here's a few links if you want to check them out :) http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/water/72-heterotrophic-bacteria.html?device=desktop https://youtu.be/h_6lnp0-M2o

What a wacked out weirdo in a fish forum...get a life...

Somebody definitely needs to get out of their mom's attic lol.

You're still pulling you're hair out of your head at this point...jeez what a nerd I'm outtaa herees

Keep it up you're almost there. Here's what mine looked like during the swamp phase: https://youtu.be/lr8XOh1tMpg And afterwards: https://youtu.be/HAP64DPZy8s And to the guy who's freaking pulling his hair out about me mentioning not to syphon your substrate...I'm talking about don't overdo...

Yes you really should get 1, I have an Aqueon water changer with an extended 18" tube, they are so worth it.

Lol. You're cycling adventure is as bad as mine. I just went through one with my new 145 gallon Tanganyikan Cichlid aquarium setup. Although I had read up on it and was prepared what set me back was in the start of week 2 i noticed one of the fish i had bought had a real nasty internal parasite...