0 Ammonia but crap loads of NitrIte

[G_Sharky]

Did another water test today but to my surprise the Ammonia is at 0 or maybe almost, but my NitrIte is way up 0.5-0.7 and NitrAte at 20 ppm. Could this possibly be a Nitrite spike? I see no stress on my fish so far but i did lost my sailfin pleco yesterday I just did a 20% water change this morning and I would like to know if there's a possibility of losing anymore fish and what can I do besides doing water changes daily to prevent Nitrite from going over the top. Any ideas is very much appreaciated.. Thanks

 

[Feline]

Has your tank finished cycling yet? Or it's in the middle of it? During nitrite spike, the reading can go up to 8-10ppm

I think adding Nitra-zorb can help reducing the toxic level apart from the water changes. Good luck!

 

[G_Sharky]

Feline I just set up the tank 2 weeks ago, What's a Nitro-sorb, is it like a bacteria in a bottle like bio-spira or cycle. I'm going to my LFS tomorrow just wondering if this stuff is available in Canada?

 

[dcraveiro]

if you can, do bio spira, that stuff is amazing! the good kind is not cheap though

 

[Shizat]

shark the things your tank is going through right now are normal and you should read more about the cycling process of fish tanks online.

 

[Auslander]

Or go to the Library and get a book Definately keep doing large water changes until Nitrite dissappears.

 

[bgraber]

biospira! biospira! biospira!

 

[G_Sharky]

They don't have bio-spira here in canada i think. I went to my LFS yesterday and they told me they never heard of it all they have is the nutrafin Cycle which i have been using so far....

 

[Aquarian]

Just wondering if you were able to get your NitrIte down, what you did? I added bio spira to my tank the other night and NitrIte level is still between 2.0-5.0

Oh, and BTW, I ordered it online through The Fish Store and it arrived 7 days later. IF I buy more, I'll be driving across the border to handle it myself!

 

[G_Sharky]

My tank is cycle now the nitrite spike lasted about a week and what I did to drop it to 0 is 15% water changes everyother day and adding "cycle" bacteria on the bottle everytime I change. Also I would suggest doing around 25 % water change if that nitrite is still stubborn....I did a 25% water change the day before my parameters hit 0..

 

[Bear]

Sorry, I didn't read the whole thread.

Glad to hear your levels are normal.

 

[Feline]

Sharky, sorry for the late reply... to answer your question, Nitra-zorb (by Aquatics Pharmaceuticals) is said to remove traces of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Some say it works, other don't.

Anyway congrats that you've cycled your tank!