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My nitrites went back up to 1-2ppm this morning so I made a 60% wc and rn they are at .50ppm even with the 15% wc I just made. I don't want to stress my fish out any more than I already did today, so I'll see how things work out tonight if they do and do a water change based on what my readings...

I’ve done two 50% wc today. The nitrite is at the lowest it’s ever been at .25ppm and tomorrow morning I plan on making another 30% water change, I hope to find the nitrites eithe the same at .25ppm or converted into nitrate.

Oh okay so .25 isn’t harmful for the fish? The bacteria need that to feed and eventually convert it to nitrAte? Yeah I now have .25ppm for nitrite, hopefully it either stays like that or gets converted into nitrAte by tomorrow ? My poor goldfish don’t deserve to be going through this..

But even in my cycled tank the ammonia reading comes out to be .25 even if the nitrites are at 0 and the nitrAte a healthy 15ppm. I have a fluval FX6 canister filter which is supposed to filter 400 gallons. I use it for my 75 gallon (currently cycling) tank. Would it be okay if I made a small...

Tap water results: Ammonia looks to be .25-.50 but I’ve heard other people complain about misreading with the API liquid test kit for ammonia. Nitrite is 0 NitrAte is 0

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I tested the water: Nitrite 2-5ppm NitrAte 80ppm I’ve made a 50% water change as my fish were starting to look stressed. I’ll be testing the tap water and posting results.

Have those 50% pwc affected your water parameters negatively?

I believe you messed with the substrate enough to mess with the bacteria that breaks down your heavy metals ):

Doesn’t a big water change affect the bio bacteria?

I have 20 fish in my 29 gallon and the nitrates go up in little as a week without a water change, so be careful with 22 fish Luckily I have 3 tiger barbs that are doing fine, with 5 neon tetras, 3 cobra guppies, 5 guaraníes: 1 pearl, 1 blue, 1 pink kissing, 1 powder blue, and 1 red flame. I...

I agree. You need to reconsider leaving them for a week. It’s a responsibility you know? You can’t just leave them to die.. The tank is barely starting to cycle.

Hello all, I’ve made the biggest mistake of my life ): I set up a new 75 gallon fish tank on February 7, 2019. I was so excited, after a week I took in a water sample to my local pet store and they assured me I was ready to start adding fish.... I began with 2 goldfish. I then waited 2 days to...