We have a fry tank set up for our new hatch of ancistrus.
I've been away this week but my wife rang the other day to say the nitrite levels were through the roof.
I suggested water changes so she did 3x 50% water changes in a day and tested the water each time. It didint drop the level very much
We thought we'd put our new fluval U3 in with a whole pot of bactinette live bacteria (as suggested by the LFS). That didnt have much effect. We've now removed the old plus2 that was in there.
We've just done another 50% water change and its still wont seem to drop below 1.
Tap water has been tested and its fine, all our other tanks are showing 0
Any suggestions as to what the problem is, cure and so on.
Its a 50 litre hexagonal plastic/acrylic tank. small piece of bogwood and a new plant (amazon sword added this evening). Approx 30 ancistrus fry.
we lost at least 10 fry when the level spiked, and now we cant get the level down very far, I dont want to lose any more
I've been away this week but my wife rang the other day to say the nitrite levels were through the roof.
I suggested water changes so she did 3x 50% water changes in a day and tested the water each time. It didint drop the level very much
We thought we'd put our new fluval U3 in with a whole pot of bactinette live bacteria (as suggested by the LFS). That didnt have much effect. We've now removed the old plus2 that was in there.
We've just done another 50% water change and its still wont seem to drop below 1.
Tap water has been tested and its fine, all our other tanks are showing 0
Any suggestions as to what the problem is, cure and so on.
Its a 50 litre hexagonal plastic/acrylic tank. small piece of bogwood and a new plant (amazon sword added this evening). Approx 30 ancistrus fry.
we lost at least 10 fry when the level spiked, and now we cant get the level down very far, I dont want to lose any more