yeah rn there in a 5 gallon. we have like a 10,000 gallon koi pond but it gets too cold for the guppies
I just got a fish aquarium and my ammonia levels are high. What do I do??
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I never heard anything about a koi pond from you! I would also want to breed some cichlids. Maybe the rarer type, and sell the fry.
lol yeah we have a giant koi pond
we have gambusia that breed in there
Ok update Nitrites are showing up on my API test. its at .50-1ppm ammonia is 2 ppm
we have gambusia that breed in there
Ok update Nitrites are showing up on my API test. its at .50-1ppm ammonia is 2 ppm
Nitrite must be detoxified. It's harmful at any concentration, unlike ammonia.
60 gal = 227,000 gram of water
1 ppm = one millionth
so 227,000 / 1,000,000 = 0.227 gram of nitrite are present in your aquarium.
For the sake of our rough estimation, nitrite NO2 and table salt NaCl molecular masses are not significantly different, so we will just continue working with weights in grams and not bother with the moles.
One must have table salt aka sodium chloride at 100x excess to detox the nitrite, so:
0.227 x 100 = 22.7 gram must be added to detox 1 ppm nitrite in a 60 gal tank
Since NaCl molecular mass is a bit heavier than nitrite and since NaCl is rather benign, I'd go with a 1.5x-2x excess by weight, that is, I'd add 45 gram of table salt to a 60 gal tank to detox 1 ppm of nitrite.
Keep testing for nitrite and remember to replenish table salt when you do a WC. For instance, if you do a 50% water change, you will have removed 50% of table salt, so must add 50% back, that is 23 gram.
You can use kitchen scale to weight out the salt. Make sure the salt you are using is (almost) pure, like 99%+ sodium chloride without any additives, water, etc. The salt used for water softeners is good.
60 gal = 227,000 gram of water
1 ppm = one millionth
so 227,000 / 1,000,000 = 0.227 gram of nitrite are present in your aquarium.
For the sake of our rough estimation, nitrite NO2 and table salt NaCl molecular masses are not significantly different, so we will just continue working with weights in grams and not bother with the moles.
One must have table salt aka sodium chloride at 100x excess to detox the nitrite, so:
0.227 x 100 = 22.7 gram must be added to detox 1 ppm nitrite in a 60 gal tank
Since NaCl molecular mass is a bit heavier than nitrite and since NaCl is rather benign, I'd go with a 1.5x-2x excess by weight, that is, I'd add 45 gram of table salt to a 60 gal tank to detox 1 ppm of nitrite.
Keep testing for nitrite and remember to replenish table salt when you do a WC. For instance, if you do a 50% water change, you will have removed 50% of table salt, so must add 50% back, that is 23 gram.
You can use kitchen scale to weight out the salt. Make sure the salt you are using is (almost) pure, like 99%+ sodium chloride without any additives, water, etc. The salt used for water softeners is good.
So without a scale, it is roughly 1 tablespoon of fine salt per 20g of tank water for 1ppm of nitrite. (more than 1x excess by weight)
I have a question. I thought Nitrites were good so that way they could be turned into nitrates?
Im probably wrong but I will add 23 grams of table salt
Im probably wrong but I will add 23 grams of table salt
Nitrites are extremely toxic. But yes, it means the tank is cycling. You want to detoxify the Ammonia as soon as possible, for it can be as harmful as 20ppm of ammonia
Oh wait ill add 45 grams of salt
So basically what im trying to do is take out the nitrites by adding 45 grams of 99% pure salt. Then in about how long do you guys think the tank will cycle?
So basically what im trying to do is take out the nitrites by adding 45 grams of 99% pure salt. Then in about how long do you guys think the tank will cycle?
Tanks can take upwards of 2 months to a couple of weeks. No telling how fast it will go.
