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My friend has an african cichlid tank. 55 gallon. 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 30ppm nitrate. 20 gallon sump filter. Fully cycled. Last water change was about a week and a half ago. Treated the water with prime before putting it in as usual. Overnight, all of her fish except one died. It was...

Awesome discus. And just as awesome of a wife!

I used to be part of this forum about 8 years ago and had to get rid of my tanks when I moved. But I'm now settled and finally back into the hobby! Heres my 55 gallon african cichlid tank. -Eureka red -OB -Benga sunshine -And a hap... I'm not sure what type of hap specifically. Any suggestions...

Beautiful variety of fish u got here

A year later he turned into a beautiful fish

The colors on that yellow peacock are gorgeous. Jealous.

So cool. And the father is beautiful look at that hump

Pretty stoked about my new hap and eureka red. Getting a few more beauties on Wednesday. I'll keep you guys updated!

Thanks for your help. After doing a little more research I read prime would neutralize it but I was worried my bacteria wouldnt convert it in that state.

So I just finished cycling my tank. Got my ammonia and nitrite both down to 0ppm. I was about to do a water change before I added fish... but I figured I'd test the tap water just for the hell of it. And theres at least 1ppm of ammonia in my tap water...... is this normal? I ran the test a few...

I did what mark said and added the ammonia last night so that the tank had 2ppm of ammonia. And Only 12 hours after adding it last night, I've already seen a spike in the nitrite and nitrate. They are converting it! The Ammonia is already almost back to zero. Looks like I'm going to have to do...

Oh I forgot... will doing a big water change after its cycled, decrease the amount of bacteria? To the point where its counterproductive?

Good news!! Only 12 hours after adding the ammonia last night, I've already seen a spike in the nitrite and nitrate. They are converting it! The Ammonia is already almost back to zero. Looks like I'm going to have to do some water changes to bring my nitrates back down after it's all done...

Alright I got the ammonia in the tank to 2.0ppm. How long should it take for my bacteria to convert it? Assuming my bacteria are already non-dormant and actively converting it.

Thank you

This is my tank btw! Small for now because I live in an apartment. But once we get our house I'm going bigger. My cat loves it.

Thank you for your help

Okay I bought this. So 2ml per gallon?