I've never had problems in the last few months (I just inherited a tank in September) or maybe I just got really lucky. Couple days ago I did a water change and my fish we acting a bit weird. Did my testing and the water from my tap had very large amounts of ammonia Right is from my tank, after the water change, didn't realize my dechloinator didn't do anything about ammonia - that's fixed now!
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Tested again today, ammonia is gone, yay! BUT Nitrites in my tank were a bit high, before the change they were at 0 so I test both annnnnd
The test was supposed to sit for 5 minutes, I watched it turn deep purple in less then a minute
I'm afraid to use my tap water now
I've learned my lesson
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Tested again today, ammonia is gone, yay! BUT Nitrites in my tank were a bit high, before the change they were at 0 so I test both annnnnd
The test was supposed to sit for 5 minutes, I watched it turn deep purple in less then a minute
I'm afraid to use my tap water now
I've learned my lesson