Phishhead46
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Sep 24, 2013
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Hi everyone! This is my first post and I have a few questions. I recently set up a 37 gallon tank. I set it up with a sand bottom. Has a good filter, air stones and a heater staying around 79 degrees F. No fish in it yet. I have an established 10g and I put one of its filter cartridges and some of the gravel in the new filter. I also put some gravel and a fake plant in the tank itself as well. Currently my water test readings look like:
pH: 7.6
Ammonia: (0.20-0.25ppm)
Nitrite: 5ppm
Nitrate: currently 2.5ppm ( yesterday AM was 7.0ppm, yesterday PM was 5.0ppm)
I added prime yesterday. My water was treated with stress coat and stress zyme when initially set up.
So my questions are,
Mainly--How can I lower my nitrites?
Once my nitrites are at zero I can add fish?
Is there anything I should be doing that Im not, or anything I shouldn't be doing?
Any help would be much appreciated!
pH: 7.6
Ammonia: (0.20-0.25ppm)
Nitrite: 5ppm
Nitrate: currently 2.5ppm ( yesterday AM was 7.0ppm, yesterday PM was 5.0ppm)
I added prime yesterday. My water was treated with stress coat and stress zyme when initially set up.
So my questions are,
Mainly--How can I lower my nitrites?
Once my nitrites are at zero I can add fish?
Is there anything I should be doing that Im not, or anything I shouldn't be doing?
Any help would be much appreciated!