Amabsg0929
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hello,
I have a 29 gallon tank with about 4small plants, two small snails, 3 mollies, 3 glo tetras, 2 glo danio and 5 guppies. I started having high nitrites 3 ppm and nitrates 40ppm results on the API test strips but no ammonia (I also have the master test kit). I did 2 8gal change daily for two days. Yesterday I went to a pet store and was advised to remove the Fluval Clearmax pouch, to do a large water change (I did 13gal), to a add a Seachem Purigen pouch and a Fluval Nitrite remover pads to the Top Fin cartridge that was already in the filter media. Today I tested with the API test strips and while the nitrites are significantly lower (0.5ppm) and nitrates are at 0ppm, the ammonia went up. I tested with the API master kit and it was in between the colors of .25ppm and .50ppm. I did a 8gal water change (I always use API Stress Coat to condition the water and add API Stress Zyme as well) I waited a few hours and retested and the ammonia seems to be higher and closer in color to the .50ppm. During the course of this time I vacuumed the substrate twice, first one mainly on top but a little bit more deep the second time during the 13gal water change cause of the pet sore rep suggestion. How can I lower the ammonia and stabilize my fish tank?
Thank you in advance.
I have a 29 gallon tank with about 4small plants, two small snails, 3 mollies, 3 glo tetras, 2 glo danio and 5 guppies. I started having high nitrites 3 ppm and nitrates 40ppm results on the API test strips but no ammonia (I also have the master test kit). I did 2 8gal change daily for two days. Yesterday I went to a pet store and was advised to remove the Fluval Clearmax pouch, to do a large water change (I did 13gal), to a add a Seachem Purigen pouch and a Fluval Nitrite remover pads to the Top Fin cartridge that was already in the filter media. Today I tested with the API test strips and while the nitrites are significantly lower (0.5ppm) and nitrates are at 0ppm, the ammonia went up. I tested with the API master kit and it was in between the colors of .25ppm and .50ppm. I did a 8gal water change (I always use API Stress Coat to condition the water and add API Stress Zyme as well) I waited a few hours and retested and the ammonia seems to be higher and closer in color to the .50ppm. During the course of this time I vacuumed the substrate twice, first one mainly on top but a little bit more deep the second time during the 13gal water change cause of the pet sore rep suggestion. How can I lower the ammonia and stabilize my fish tank?
Thank you in advance.