HELLOI NEED HELP... DESPERATELY.

[Opalocka16]

YEAH I CHANGED 9 OUT OF MY 26 GALLON TANK, (THE WATER) ANFD MY NITRITE LEVELS ARE STILL THE SAME?! WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? THANKS

 

[CFC]

How long has the tank been set up for?

 

[Opalocka16]

it is about 3 weeks to one month.,.... however, i have added cycle and only slowly added fish

 

[CFC]

Did you allow your tank to complete its cycle before adding fish?It sounds like your tank is still going through the second phase of the cycling period.All you can do is keep doing small water changes every day and adding cycle untill the readings go down.

 

[Opalocka16]

every day that seems a little extreme....i i do about 30% each week and add cycle eahc week

 

[CFC]

Do a 10% change every day and add cycle after each water change to help the bacteria build up,exposure to nitrite can have serious effects on the long term health of your fish and until the tank has finished cycling the levels will continue to go up every day.

 

[Thomas A. Anderson]

I had the same problem on my first tank, and I followed similar advise that CFC is giving, changing 10% daily and adding the bottled bacteria stuff with each bucket of dechlorinated tap water, although I did a fishless cycle using flaked food.

 

[CFC]

I should also have said to only feed the fish a small ammount every other day

 

[Angel Lady]

I should also have said to only feed the fish a small ammount every other day

i have been changing my water everyday and my levels still havent come down yet I had my ten gallon cycled and i bought a 20 gallon long and i messed up and washed all my gravels good in that ten gallon and messed up the cycle on it now i have to start from scratch all over again with both tanks I am going to bye me some minnows in the morning for my twenty gallon lets just hope i can save my fish while the other one is cycling

 

[tdnp]

Go and get some filter aid does mine a treat