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[thecatdidit]

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[NottoosureN.Z]

Hi thecatdidit I am by far not an expert on fish keeping,but feel i should start adding my two cents and try to help people,as i have recieved so much help from this site myself.So if i'm wrong somebody please correct me.
I do have a few concerns about the stocking levels in your first tank.Possibly this could be the reason for your nitrite levels being too high.As you probably already know nitrites are dangerous to your fish and should be 0ppm.

 

[dwarfgourami]

But you would expect to see some nitrites at this stage of the cycle; that's why you cycle with hardy fish.

(Would have thought you might need more than 2 WMCs to cycle a tank that size, but have not done a fish cycle for 30 years, so am defintiely not qualified to pronounce on this- besides, the presence of ammonia and nitrites suggests that your tank is indeed cycling).

Can't say the proposed stocking levels look desperately high to me, though I have to admit it's too early in the morning to do the maths. I would concentrate on a few of those tetras though in larger schools, don't think you can rely on them schooling together; keeping them the way they want will make their behaviour more natural (and it would also be visually more attractive).

 

[NottoosureN.Z]

Good point dwarfgourami thanks for correcting my miss information.Wow thirty years since you've done a cycle thats a long time.

 

[thecatdidit]

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