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I will definitely wait to do a water change since doing so many was getting me no where. Thank you for the reply I really hope I get somewhere soon and i only diluted because I saw someone else do it so I figured it would be a good way to see how many n itrites I truly had.

Api master freshwater test kit. Now when I diluted I did half tank water half tap water since my tap water doesn't have nitrite in it

Also to add to my terrible news I did a diluted test of nitrite and got dark purple so I have like 10ppm of nitrite even after 90% water change multiple times.... I'm at the point where I want to throw it at the wall

I'm so sorry to keep posting but I really feel like I'm doing something wrong. I do a 90% water change every other day to try and get my n itrites down but it never works. I only add ammonia when it hits 0 and i only add ammonia to 1ppm . Yes I have 40ppm of nitrate as well. Should I do two...

I actually added a whole bottle of tetra safe start plus not knowing that prime kills it and that's the only water conditioner I have. Also wow I bet your tanks are beautiful with all the plants! I don't have a green thumb lol

Long story short I dose my tank up to 4 PPM of ammonia nothing happened for 3 weeks I went on vacation came back to 0 ammonia and completely off the charts nitrite and nitrate now I'm trying to fix it everyday I do either a 50% or a 90% water change to bring the nitrites down which I've had zero...

That's what I've been doing but I keep getting super dark purple for nitrite. I did a 90% water change yesterday and finally got a normal purple result today.

Doing a water change everyday to try to keep the nitrite down has become quite the hassle. I'll see what happens if I just add ammonia and wait thanks for all the replies! Hopefully I can buy some gold fish in two weeks lol

Ok so the photo I just took of my tanks results. Please excuse the broken test tube I broke it right before taking the picture:( so I just used what little was left for the photo. Two days ago I did a 90% water change and didn't add ammonia thinking that maybe the nitrate needed time to eat the...

Ok thank you!!

I'm doing one a day at 50% but can't get the nitrite down

I've done that 3 times now lol

I have 40ppms of nitrates just keep getting my nitrite reading at 5ppm no matter how many water changes I do. Ammonia goes back to 0 every 24hours though so I guess it's progress

No way I don't want to put another fish in danger I will be patient.

The ammonia is being cycled but the nitrite is not

Thank you so much!

So after a water change I should be able to put fish in?

If all goes well my soon to be goldfish better out live me

That doesn't sound like a bad idea hahahaha to bad I can't even cycle my tank without asking questions lol.

Thank you so much! My patience is terrible lol

Okay so I've been doing a fish's cycle for about 4 weeks now I have a 55 gallon tank and I use pure ammonia got it all the way up to about 4 and waited for it to drop to zero my n itrites are 5ppm my nitrates are 80ppm. I'm not sure whether I should do a water change if it's cycled or I need to...