It takes a while for the water to actually be affected by the water change. Readings this morning were:Sounds like you are on the right track. Lol just an idea for u... Buy a clown loach he will take care of all ur snails in a few weeks. U can double Ur dose with prime to lower everything harmful to ur fish without harming them. Look into the How to promptly lower the nitrite levels in your freshwater aquarium? They can be lethal to most freshwater fish if not handled on time. Week 3. initial nitrates in aquarium = 7.5 units (from the day before) nitrates produced in one week = 10 units. I always test around an hour or so after a change, figuring that between the I always wait until the next day. I changed the water last night and checked again and they were the same, the nitrates are slightly lower though.I have my 2 platys who show no signs of slowing down. But will test again tomorrow and might do another water change after work. Ok I did an 80% water change my nitrates are reading 50 now. https://www.wikihow.com/Lower-Your-Nitrate/Nitrite-Levels-in-Your-Fish-Tank Hi all.
If so, it's highly likely that you killed off a portion of your beneficial bacteria (they don't last long without water/a food source) but still have some left.Are you conditioning your tap water with the Prime you have before/while you're adding it to the tank? Essentially it blocks the uptake of nitrite in the fish blood, preventing them from being killed by it. If you haven't changed water in a while, the solution is never a huge water change, but several smaller water changes over a few days.Small amounts of salt, up to 1 ppm can help prevent nitrite toxicity.
You don't need one if you're not using co2. Here are some of their benefits. Someone to ld me adding salt to ur tank will kill snails. Next Last. To promptly lower the high nitrite levels in your freshwater aquarium follow these exact steps: 1. So I guess I will do 50% water change today twice and see if that helps and post an update. Water change is also an important emergency action when your water is contaminated or has high levels of waste (even nitrates). Change and add the prime to ur first bucket of new water I usually use prime and I think the doses of prime lowered the nitrites, when I checked earlier it was at 1 Doing a water change and cleaning the filter cartridges shouldn't affect Ur bacteria in Ur tank.... And using prime if anything is guna do more good than harm. Doing a water change and cleaning the filter cartridges shouldn't affect Ur bacteria in Ur tank.... And using prime if anything is guna do more good than harm. The water went from cloudy to crystal clear for about 2 weeks. If you see either of those, do another 50% water change right away.Changed 10 gals yesterday(again) tested water this morning and same thing stillShould one wait a full day after a change to run the tests?
I let it sit for 1/2 an hour then get started with the water change.Finally after all this time.........took readings today and: The problem is they breed and have a bunch of babies. Total nitrates in aquarium = 17.5 units. I am new to the forum and very new to aquariums. I've done it like that and have never had issues before. End of Week 2, 50% water change, resultant nitrates = 7.5 units. Ammonia and nitrite are zero and nitrate is 5.0ppm. A good kit will help you detect the slightest change in the levels of ammonia. Go. I use the prime and stability for the first clean bucket u add so the Member. I have a 29gal. I have another question. Jump to last night I checked the water and the reading were the same. I test the water right before I intend to change it. Things like pH, temperature, and sudden large changes in nitrates( ammonia, or nitrite) can also kill them.
Ok I'll do the water change and see how it goes. The water tested out great. It was just as high before the water change. I managed to drop ammonia to 0 and nitrate is around 15 i think but my nitrite reads at 5ppm everytime. The subreddit for anything related to aquariums! Lol prime will not ever have ur fish and u can't use too much u cannot overdose ur fish with too much prime I would just double Ur dose after it 50 percent water. JavaScript is disabled.
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