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No the tank is not planted. I had a few java ferns but they didn't do too well and the fronds would shed and clog the filter fins. You can see that the filter is an in tank Marineland canister. Using zeolite mixed with charcoal and the sleeve. Chg monthly, sometimes rinsing the sleeve. Always...

The nitrite level is at the highest 5.0ppm on the API chart. Yes, I posted on another site about the ammonia because that was the problem then, and for a long time. When i ask for that advice I had just began using Prime. I measured the levels after that post and the ammonia was gone but the...

Maybe your saying not to do water changes and let the process work but remove the fish?

Please share what would you do Naughts. Are you saying that its taken two years to cycle my tank?

I use the API test products. I agree, it would seem to have ammonia and nitrite present but that has never been the case. For over two years it's been high ammonia levels but no nitrites.

Thank you for the salt advice. That's the only thing that I don't have on hand. The tank is 40 gals and two clowns. I inherited my grandfish from a broken marriage. I really enjoy them and take very good care to keep check on things but sometimes its like a losing battle with water parameters...

My tank does have two clown loaches and a bumblebee catfish. I read that salt should not be used with clowns. I do water changes at the least once a week but after the last one on the 27th the nitrites spiked to off the API chart. I'm using Seachum Prime as I ponder what's going on. Fish are...

Need advice on the different recommendations to do water changes when nitrite spikes or leave it alone allowing the cycle process to work.