Newbie needs diagnosis

[Colin_T]

Upgraded - no more strips…Going to do a 50% water change.

Any thoughts on these readings?

https://ibb.co/c29NjsC

ew pretty colours

a bigger (75%) water change will dilute the nitrite better than a 50%

 

[Navykop]

Thank you all

A big thank you to everyone for the great advice in times of trouble for this new aquarist!

I’m grateful to report my tank has cycled and everything is humming happily!

 

[Andy Sager]

A big thank you to everyone for the great advice in times of trouble for this new aquarist!

I’m grateful to report my tank has cycled and everything is humming happily!

Congrats!!! Just remember to take it slow going forward. The biological filter is a living , breathing thing that grows and shrinks to the amount of ammonia present. If you overload the system, you will have a " mini cycle" which is actually the time period it's taking for the microbes to catch up to the ammonia level. The good news is that this is usually a much shorter period of time. When going slowly, the microbes multiply swiftly and the chances are you would never see the slight rise and fall of the ammonia level. In most cases, you would need to have a probe in the tank recording the levels at every minute in order to actually see this.

 

[Colin_T]

A big thank you to everyone for the great advice in times of trouble for this new aquarist!

I’m grateful to report my tank has cycled and everything is humming happily!

Good Stuff