cycling first tank unsure about water levels

[CHEEZY]

Alright so I've been working on cycling my 10 gallon aquarium and my water levels are starting to frighten me. My ammonia is about 3.0 ppm, nitrite 3.0ppm, and nitrate at 90 ppm. Is there something I should do or will it take care of itself.

 

[Rlavassor86]

Alright so I've been working on cycling my 10 gallon aquarium and my water levels are starting to frighten me. My ammonia is about 3.0 ppm, nitrite 3.0ppm, and nitrate at 90 ppm. Is there something I should do or will it take care of itself.

Do you have fish?

 

[CHEEZY]

Yeah I have 5 zebra Danios they all seem really healthy and love to swim around.

 

[Rlavassor86]

Yeah I have 5 zebra Danios they all seem really healthy and love to swim around.

Then you need to do some water changes to get your ammo and nitrite levels to around .25-.5. If you use prime it will detoxify the remaining ammo and trates to a non toxic form but leave them available for your cycle. I'd start with 2 50% pwc's and test again

 

[CHEEZY]

Alright will do thank you it would be a shame to see those little guys die.

 

[molliwopp]

3ppm? Thats a dangerous level by anyones standards. Water changes asap and bring it down.

 

[librarygirl]

Agreed. I'd do a couple of 50% water changes a couple of hours apart. That should drop the levels by half, which is still fairly high for fish but better than what they are currently. Tomorrow do more 50% water changes. You want to try to keep ammonia and nitrite at .25 or lower. Here's a link if you haven't seen it: I just learned about cycling but I already have fish. What now?! - Aquarium Advice