Nitrite Noooo!
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yoruyongbpei
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It will take a bit to stabilize, I introduced nitrifying bacteria colonies to my tank before adding in fish to help jumpstart the cycle
Water changes are important. I use Seachem Prime as my water conditioner which is supposed to protect the fish up to 1ppm of ammonia and nitrite so i do let it go up just a bit (0.5ppm max) to try and speed the cycle along. But yes, do partial water changes and try to keep the nitrite down.
If you can't take them back and fishless cycle then you need to Read up on fish in cycle and follow that.
When my nitrite spike came with my fish in cycle I was doing 2-3 large partial water changes a day just to keep my fish alive.
Partial water changes will harm nothing but high Nitrites will kill very quickly so don't be afraid to do lots of them if needed.
When my nitrite spike came with my fish in cycle I was doing 2-3 large partial water changes a day just to keep my fish alive.
Partial water changes will harm nothing but high Nitrites will kill very quickly so don't be afraid to do lots of them if needed.
xohaibshahzad
Mostly New Member
Water change,...
noobgamers
Fish Crazy
water changes i have heard of chemicals that can remove ammmonia maybe theres one for nitritesJoeycich said:
Obviously you have got an immature filter.
The first thing you need to do is to read this article here. It will tell you about what needs to happen in your aquarium. Some of it is happening, but the rest of it isn't.
One thing you can do is to change water daily, to reduce the amount of nitrite in your tank. THis is hard work, and when I said daily, that's exactly what I meant
The other downside of this is that you are slowing down the process, because you are trying to grow bacteria in your filter, and water changes deprive those very bacteria of the food they need to grow.
WIth nitrite, you need to add salt to the tank to counteract the nitrite. The chloride atoms in salt enter the fish through the same part of the gill that the nitrite uses - with enough salt, the chloride will outcompete the nitrite for space at the entry point. You need to 10 times the amount of chloride, so you need about 15 times the amount of salt (obviously salt is partly sodium and partly chloride).
You haven't said what your nitrite figure is, so you need to multiply that figure by 15, and add that amount of milligrams of salt per litre of water in your tank.
Keep monitoring the nitrite level, if it increases by 50%, do a 50% water change, and add 50% of the amount of salt that you originally added.
The first thing you need to do is to read this article here. It will tell you about what needs to happen in your aquarium. Some of it is happening, but the rest of it isn't.
One thing you can do is to change water daily, to reduce the amount of nitrite in your tank. THis is hard work, and when I said daily, that's exactly what I meant
The other downside of this is that you are slowing down the process, because you are trying to grow bacteria in your filter, and water changes deprive those very bacteria of the food they need to grow.WIth nitrite, you need to add salt to the tank to counteract the nitrite. The chloride atoms in salt enter the fish through the same part of the gill that the nitrite uses - with enough salt, the chloride will outcompete the nitrite for space at the entry point. You need to 10 times the amount of chloride, so you need about 15 times the amount of salt (obviously salt is partly sodium and partly chloride).
You haven't said what your nitrite figure is, so you need to multiply that figure by 15, and add that amount of milligrams of salt per litre of water in your tank.
Keep monitoring the nitrite level, if it increases by 50%, do a 50% water change, and add 50% of the amount of salt that you originally added.
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