aquahungerforce
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have had a 10 gal tank with two small orandas for about 4 weeks now. The tank had cycled in about 2 weeks, but I have had an extremly difficult time keeping the ammonia and nitrites down out of the danger zone. Even with daily 30-40% water changes, the levels would not drop. I finally tested my tap water, and there were same levels of nitrites, nitrates and ammonia I had in my tank.
The levels were
ammonia between 1.0-2.0ppm
Nitrate 20
Nitrite between 3.0-5.0
I'm thinking something happened to my tap water quality and has been screwing with my tank. Does this mean I could have had like an "artificial cycle"?
I changed out 50% for r/o water from LFS. It dropped my ammonia down to between 0-.25, but my nitrites skyrocketed to almost 10. nitrates are now between 20-40.
Now I'm confused as to keep doing massive water changes, or see if it drops on theire own. I'm worried about my fish with such high nitrites. Any suggestions would be great.
I have a Whisper 10-20HOB(added recently)
Regent 5-15 HOB
2 orandas (small)
No live plants, 1.5 inches of gravel
The levels were
ammonia between 1.0-2.0ppm
Nitrate 20
Nitrite between 3.0-5.0
I'm thinking something happened to my tap water quality and has been screwing with my tank. Does this mean I could have had like an "artificial cycle"?
I changed out 50% for r/o water from LFS. It dropped my ammonia down to between 0-.25, but my nitrites skyrocketed to almost 10. nitrates are now between 20-40.
Now I'm confused as to keep doing massive water changes, or see if it drops on theire own. I'm worried about my fish with such high nitrites. Any suggestions would be great.
I have a Whisper 10-20HOB(added recently)
Regent 5-15 HOB
2 orandas (small)
No live plants, 1.5 inches of gravel