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ascarbo27

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i just got a 90 gallon tank, all the levels are at 0 but the ph is at 7.9 or 7.2 one of the two, i have 2 pacus 2 plecos and 2 jewel fish. i want to decorate, i have a ship shape piece of driftwood in it and a castle and another plastic reef and cichillid sand, i want to add some more stuff to make the tank "wow" people lol, i will add some pictures after i get home around 4pm est.


2 7" pacus
1 10" pleco
1 6" pleco
1 3" jewel
1 1" jewel


please help :WHOA:
 
there are no plants in the tank, water remains at about 76-78 with no heater, i have 1 marineland 75 gallon filter and 1 cascade 300 filter, water is clear, my first cleaning will be this weekend. just so you have more info, i also want to add a bubbler
 
Your tank is not cycled yet. You should have some trace of nitrate not zero.

Those pacus are going to outgrow that 90 fairly quickly
 
i can not remember the nitrate levels, i know they were very low, what is a good amount of nitrate low and nitrate high
 
Strive to be around 40
 
I highly suggest you do the following:

1. Bring all your fish back to where ever you got them from, and ask for a refund or store credit.
2. Do some proper research about cycling an aquarium and the nitrogen cyclus.
3. While your aquarium goes thru the 4 week cycle, do your decorations. Meanwhile, decide which fish you want to keep, and research which ones you can responsibly keep in a 90G.
4. Buy new fish with your store credit.

Good luck
 
well ive had the fish for about a year or 2 in a 55 gal, the 90 gallon i got used, @ anthony070, i am asking how to fix it, im not gonna return anything. im simply asking for help, the fish are part of the family.
thanks for your input though.
 
ascarbo27 said:
ok wow yea mine is for sure at 0 ppm for both nitrates, how do you get them to go up?
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You need to read up on the nitrogen cycle. Basically: fish produce waste; waste has ammonia; ammonia is very toxic to fish; after a period of time, ammonia eating bacteria will colonize on surfaces in your tank and filter system; the ammonia is then converted to nitirte; nitrite is also toxic to fish just not as bad; after another period of time, there will be bacteria that will consume nitrite; nitrite is converted to nitrate; nitrate is much less toxic, but will ultimately be harmful if levels are high for prolong exposure; there's no nitrate eating bacteria in a typical aquarium set-up; so, the only and best way to remove nitrate is water chances (and/or live plants)
 
ascarbo27 said:
well ive had the fish for about a year or 2 in a 55 gal, the 90 gallon i got used, @ anthony070, i am asking how to fix it, im not gonna return anything. im simply asking for help, the fish are part of the family.
thanks for your input though.
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Since you can't do anything with the fish, what you need to do is 40%-50% water changes EVERYDAY and add Seachem Prime each time. Prime will dechlorinate the water and also neutralize some of the toxic stuff. Monitor your water parameters to see ammonia, nitrite, nitrate levels,. Once ammonia and nitrite are at zero and there's traces of nitrate, you are cycled and go back to weekly water changes
 
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