barterking85
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Wondering how I can lower my nitrites Iam showing 0.3 I did 50% pwc yesterday and about 30 today
ryan-peddle said:Wondering how I can lower my nitrites Iam showing 0.3 I did 50% pwc yesterday and about 30 today
I did a 50% massive before I stocked I tested before and all was good no ammo very little trites and 10 trates after 50% wc it was about the same I never use prime cause I am on well water but I can pick some up if it will bring down my trites so today I tested and everything was the same so I did another 30% wc now my trites are about .2
ryan-peddle said:I did a 50% massive before I stocked I tested before and all was good no ammo very little trites and 10 trates after 50% wc it was about the same I never use prime cause I am on well water but I can pick some up if it will bring down my trites so today I tested and everything was the same so I did another 30% wc now my trites are about .2
eco23 said:Are you showing any ammo? I still think it's possible you're seeing the remnants of conversion from the last ammo you dosed, but regardless we've got to keep it down especially since you don't have a water conditioner neutralizing anything.
Also, I think you're using test strips, right? So honestly we can't necessarily trust anything they're saying, and we've got to keep the pwc's up until we get accurate readings.
I'm definitely curious if you see ammo, and any no2 from the tap. I don't know how many tanks you have, but obviously if you can grab media from another we can knock it right out.
ryan-peddle said:No ammo I am using a liquid mini master no ammo or n02 from the tap no trites in my other 6 tanks and I am using 2 filters from other tanks I am baffled
ryan-peddle said:Yupp I added one more filter that I wasn't cycling with and I left the water half full when I added more gravel?????
ryan-peddle said:I will keep doing 2 30% pwc per day and keep testing and tomorrow I will pick up some prime do I add it right into the tank or prepare water with it in it cause I normally use a python
ryan-peddle said:Yes I added the fish last night I believe it's from the last dose too just looking for a cure but I guess it's prime and pwc this should be cheap prime for an 80 gallon tank lol
eco23 said:You're absolutely right, pwc's + Prime + a day or two = solution. Prime is SUPER concentrated. A single capful treats 50 gallons. It doesn't take much. I think the problem was remnants of the last dosing not being fully removed since we moved them quickly and the walls possibly drying out a bit did it, but the couple pwc's and other piece of media should knock this out in no time. No worries . You're experienced, you know what to do.
ryan-peddle said:Ok do I prime once or every pwc cause I will be doing 2 per day