Nitrites high, parrots dying - Help please!
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jcardona1;5139219; said:
So, if your cycle starts after you add fish, then how does one get through this without fish dying?
I added prime at 4x, when can i safely add stability?
Thanks much for the info, I just did a re-test after changing 10gal of water, dosing, and have RO/DI pouring in, slowly but surely.
Stability keeps the dose of Ammonia and Nitrite low enough so that the MAJORITY of fish don't die. I've never heard of anyone using it with discus or other fish that are very sensitive to water conditions, and thats why i dont say "all".
Just start dosing with Stability ASAP. Read the back of the bottle and follow the instructions, also add some prime in the tank to detoxify the amonnia. Within a week your Amonnia and Nitrite should be 0
Just start dosing with Stability ASAP. Read the back of the bottle and follow the instructions, also add some prime in the tank to detoxify the amonnia. Within a week your Amonnia and Nitrite should be 0
I put my parrots in my 125g, they were near death, totally bleached out. I left one firemouth and a pleco in the 75g, and am changing water. Parrots are 100x more active, harassing the natives, swimming about, and "nosing" each other. They're having fun chasing the bala's and lobster, hopefully they won't cause to much damage before it's time to put them back.
Ok, it's mostly the lobster, but it shows behavior of the parrots that I haven't seen since saturday, much better than laying on their sides on a plant or bubbler.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMke8tky_4[/YT]
This one has more parrot action, in and out of the chest peeking and watching me. Catching them in the 75g was easy, they just layed there. That was most alarming I think.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BvIIup8CA[/YT]
Ok, it's mostly the lobster, but it shows behavior of the parrots that I haven't seen since saturday, much better than laying on their sides on a plant or bubbler.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhMke8tky_4[/YT]
This one has more parrot action, in and out of the chest peeking and watching me. Catching them in the 75g was easy, they just layed there. That was most alarming I think.
[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BvIIup8CA[/YT]
Gruntking;5139745; said:
I used it to cycle after a medication treatment with elephant noses and they were completely fine. And they use those to test water quality in some countries... You'd have a hard time finding a more sensitive fish.
nasomi;5139701; said:
If you want to cycle without fish, you dose with store bought ammonia every day until your cycle is complete. Then you add fish.
My parrots are in my 125g and doing fine now. I left a firemouth and a pleco in the 75g, they never seemed bothered by the high nitrites, were swimming around, doing their own thing as though nothing was wrong. I dosed it after changing 25gal of water, seems to be about 3-4ppm now, the kit tests 2 and the next level is 5, and it's between those colors. How will I know when the cycle is finished?
I also used on on my recent batch of wildcaught discus. Tank was a fresh setup, and was running for about a month (QT tank). Added stability for the first week according to the instructions and never once saw an ammonia reading. And you can't get anything more delicate than wild discus. The stuff works wonders.aclockworkorange;5140358;5140358 said:
