Gibbicep Plec Help!

[sadguppy]

You mean there are no Nitrites at all? That is surprising.

 

[coldcazzie]

If you are at the beginning of your cycle then you're right you won't be seeing any nitrites, because there won't be any nitrites being produced yet. The bacteria that process the ammonia into nitrite take 1-2 weeks to grow to a number where they can process the fish waste. That's when you should start seeing nitrites.

Unfortunately, you can't get a complete picture with just a nitrite test kit. You need the ammonia and nitrate ones as well.

Can't help with the missing/no-longer-missing fish though. My fish do that sometimes. I think there must be a portal to an alternate universe in my tank...

 

[jayneyt123]

Hmmm I couldn't see a nitrate test. Just ammonia and nitrite in pets at home. Got a pH test but that won't tell me much about the water quality will it? That's just to see if it's too acidic/alkali? Maybe my store is rubbish. Il go to the pet shop where I bought my goldfish, they have loads of fish stuff.

The fish that went missing was very small so he could have just got stuck somewhere and when iv poured fresh water in, iv dislodged him maybe. At least he's alive and plec hadn't eaten him! Ha.

I also bought some different plec disks and he has eaten a bit of one so that's a good sign.

 

[coldcazzie]

pH is useful to know, but not as viatlly important to the fish as you might think. That probably doesn't make sense.

It is possible the P@H was sold out of the nitrate ones. You could probably ask them if they'll have any more in any time. For the moment, just an ammonia one would do.

Ammonia and nitrite are the ones you need to keep below 0.25ppm. You can't know what the levels are if you don't have the test kits for both