If you read correctly you would know that I'm not talking about the new tank. Im ytalking about his old tank.
Extremely high nitrates and nitrites help?
- Thread starter slow302stang
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in my experience how long the tank is cycled means little if it suddenly has a much greater bioload to take care of. If the 2 new fish were much bigger then the previous stock then you could have increased the ammonia levels above what the current bacteria can handle, creating a new mini cycle to clean up. If you already had a well established tank with several similar sized fish i have no clue what is wrong
The fish that were in were the same fish as before. There old tank has always had a Bullhead and a redtail. I did add a huge pleco for a few days but he was taken out. The new tank seems good and it wasn't even cycled. Just used the old filters and a Pei e of drift wood makes no sense
I had the same problem a week ago. All the sudden way to high nitrites! My buddy gave me one of his filters and I replaced mine with it and a few days later the bacteria destroyed all the nitrites and almost all the nitrates. If you can manage to get someones established used filter, swap it. Then invest into getting another exact filter as the one your using and only replace one filter at a time. Replace one, then the other the nest time. Yes you'll have a really dirty filter but you'll also have the bacteria. For larger aquariums its a good idea. I'm doing now and I never even have to worry about nitrates. I do a water change once a month as well as a filter change. But swapping filters saved my fish man, and really helps to have friends using the same filters I do. Hope it helps. And don't use prime or any additives to get rid of it, they just mask it and it pops up worse when it wears off. They don't get rid of it like they say they do. 25% water change once a week. But not to much or you'll loose your bacteria and it will have to cycle again cause the same problem as before.
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I seem to have fixed it. Last night I tested my waters and everything seemed okay. I did a water change and it helped even More. I used 2 filters(4 cartridges in all) that were established so i think that helped with the new tank plus the drift wood. It was just a very random problem. Lol. Thanks for the info Bro!
I would get a aquarium master test kit. I use to use those strips from Walmart and come to find out they are way off, just a sugestion.
Lol, well I'm glad you fixed it. Just for future refferance, use some duckweed as well but keep it contained in something porous so the spores don't over run your tank. Beware Ph drop with that stuff, but works wonders with nit etc.
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Once you start using canisters youll laugh at HOB filters. Get a fx5 or two and youll be set. Even with a 30gal sump and (2)fx5 i had to instal a continuous drip system. once i did.....i realized how easy it can be to take care of large fish. Good Luck
