NITRITE SPIKE?! HELP!!!

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I asked the LPS and they said they don't do anything like that. I also don't know anyone who lives around me who has an aqaurium. I did a 50% water change today and added two of thos dechlorinator tablets. I was thinking about doing a 75% water change tomorrow, and keep doing water changes everyday until the nitrites get down.

 

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Ad some anti nitrite and anti ammonia filter materia. After a few days take it out and do frequent water changes.

 

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Ad some anti nitrite and anti ammonia filter materia. After a few days take it out and do frequent water changes.

Okay,I will try that.

 

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Hope it helps.

 

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Hope it helps.

Thanks, I will post back here tomorrow with my nitrite level and if things get better or worse.

 

[STEVIE00]

Tetra Bactozym tabs there in a green box

had a couple of these tablets there good for nitrites
and ammonia they ad good bactira back into the tank
and will solve ur problem

 

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Tetra Bactozym tabs there in a green box

had a couple of these tablets there good for nitrites
and ammonia they ad good bactira back into the tank
and will solve ur problem

I looked at those on the internet and haven't been able to find any in my LPS.
I did a 75% water change today. Ever since I have been doing my large water changes all of the fish are WAY more active!

 

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Ever since I have been doing my large water changes all of the fish are WAY more active!

Glad ur fish are getting a bit better...

 

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Ever since I have been doing my large water changes all of the fish are WAY more active!

Glad ur fish are getting a bit better...

Thanks! I did about an 80% water change today and tested the water a coupel hours after. My nitrites are still high at about .5-3. The good part is, that they keep decreasing and not increasing. I think I will take a trip down to the pet store today and get some products to help my tank.

I was also thinking about picking out another fish for my boyfriend (not going to add him until nitrites are 0 for a few weeks) Just to shop around. I forgot to tell him his khuli loach died. He had his mom and her boyfriend come over and he was all showing them our tank and he was telling him about his loach and how he looks like a little worm. I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to tell him it died infront of his mom and her boyfriend. Should I just buy a replacement in a few weeks or let him pick out another fish?

He really isn't into fish as much as I am but he knows he loves taking care of them. One day I was at work he calls me up, "Hey, I just added some melafix to the tank because one of the fish had a torn dorsal fin and it was kind of pale/white. I think it is fin rot?" Hehe. He is adorable. He learns a lot though...he can't help not to hear me chat about fish all day.

For some reason, all of "his" fish end up dying. I think it is because he picks out really fragile fish. Or maybe he has a curse or something. Anyways when the fish that he treated for fin rot got better, he was so happy and claimed that fish as his own.