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It has to be your nitrite. Ammonia and nitrite are toxic and fatal to fish, and he is trying to escape, like mine did before my tank was cycled. As others have said, keep changing the water to remove the nitrite and test your water parameters daily. Eventually, as long as your source water is...

How long has this been going on? Is the surface of the water agitated to allow oxygen in and is the tank cycled? I put some fish in an uncycled tank once and when the ammonia built up they all went to the surface and tried to escape via the corners. Others will be able to help more than me.

I'm starting to like Prime because it is an all-in-one of sorts. I also use purigen, and anything that has artificial slime coats like aloe are supposedly a big no for any tanks using purigen.

Ah, a shame. I'm still holding out for a couple of males. Two seem to really be taking on a red color, but they all have those greyish-black horizontal lines going the length of their body, which I think is indicative of females. You're probably right and I'm being hopeful.

An update: We've finally stocked the aquarium. Thanks for all the help- we're several days in and they all seem to be doing fine. Here's a link to a thread with some vids: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/father-son-aquarium-project.477821/

Father-son aquarium project. As much as I'd like to take credit, he was responsible for the... colorful interior design^_^ Right now we're set up with 6 cherry barbs, an amano, and 2 nerites. At the lfs you couldn't really tell the male from female- they're still juvenile I believe- though...

Fry should be an excellent food for the betta. It's a 20 gallon tank. Maybe 4 platies (3 female and a male) and a betta, later. I want some plants so badly, and will be doing it when I get my own. Hornwort, annubias, moss, and maybe a dwarf lilly as the centerpiece.

I did a 50% water change, and I'm going to dose to 2ppm ammonia one more time. If it's gone within 24 hrs I'll introduce some fish. I had no idea that the nitrite stage of the cycle could happen so fast, slaphppy. Appreciated. It's my 5 year old's aquarium, and he's more of a pirate ship and...

Using the API liquid tests. Not planted. Kept the lights off because I have heard the BB grows faster in darkness. I'm not sure why my ammonia levels can go from 2.0ppm to 0.0 in such a small timeframe, but there is no nitrate or nitrite buildup. I've been able to reproduce it several times now...

A little background: I started a fishless cycle around three weeks ago. I opted to go with a controlled method, so have been dosing with a 10% concentration of pure ammonia. It requires about 1.5ml for 20 gallons to get 2ppm. I also used a filter floss from an established tank and introduced...

I tested my tap and the parameters were the same, except the GH. My tank is 12dgh with the tap's being 15. It either went down because of the cycling process, or my tap water hardness varies. I'm definitely starting with platies. What would you think about attempting to introduce a Betta...

Really appreciate the warm welcome and all of the information. It's been great. I've managed to get my hands on an API liquid KH and GH test, so here are my tank's official parameters: -8.1 pH -8dKH -12dGH Here are the fish I'm considering introducing after cycling: -4 platies -2 nerite snails...

I'll give the water company a call on Monday when they open, but here is some of the information I already know from my own tests: pH: 8.1 or 8.2 GH: >180 (the API test strip I have only reads up to this value- mine is likely higher) KH: >240 (see above) Interesting. If I'm reading correctly...

I kept goldfish many years ago but have been looking to get into tropicals and I'm currently cycling a 20 gallon tank. My only issue is the pH around here is high- usually 8.1 or 8.2. I believe it's from all the limestone in my state. I've done some research, and have come to the conclusion that...