Red Gills

[gregkarr09]

Hey guys I think my 50 gallon tank just finished cycling Ammonia 0 Nitrite very very close to 0 and Nitrite almost 20ppm any ways I have 5 angels in the tank 3 are badly stressed one of them has red right were his swimming fins meet the body? will it pull through?

 

[Lupin]

Did the angels undergo your tank's unstable cycling process beforehand?
How high did the ammonia go? The highest you recorded.
What is your pH?

 

[gregkarr09]

yes they underwent the whole process ammonia never got higher than 1.7ppmand PH is 6.7 or so...

 

[Lupin]

What test kit was used?
Seems the ammonia would not be toxic at that pH. What was the highest nitrite you got?

Not much we can do but do water changes and then add a teaspoon per gallon of salt to neutralize nitrite poisoning which is possible.

 

[cichlid freaks]

what kind of salt