Hey all

[Ry4n7]

Hey everyone I set up a small 30 litre tank for a few guppies to try breeding them.

I have 3 in at the minute but when I test the water in getting 0.25 ammonia 0 nitrite and 30 nitrate.

Curious as to why I'm getting ammonia when I have quite a lot of nitrate with only 3 fish getting fed a small amount every other day (I'll feed less until the ammonia is sorted obviously) thanks I'm advance

 

[Colin_T]

Hi and welcome to the forum

The nitrates are probably from the tap water.

The ammonia will be from fish food and waste breaking down in the water, and a filter that does not have beneficial bacteria that can convert the ammonia into nitrite into nitrate

 

[Ry4n7]

Hey thanks for the reply. When I first started the tank I wasn't getting any nitrates at all. I'm using media from an old tank I had set up before Xmas

Hi and welcome to the forum

The nitrates are probably from the tap water.

The ammonia will be from fish food and waste breaking down in the water, and a filter that does not have beneficial bacteria that can convert the ammonia into nitrite into nitrate

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[Colin_T]

Do you have a nitrite reading? If yes then the nitrate test kit will be picking up the nitrite as well, and giving you a false reading.

The easiest way to lower ammonia, nitrite or nitrate is to do a big water change (50-75%) with water that doesn't have nitrates in.
Make sure any new water going into the tank is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added.

 

[Ry4n7]

Yea there's no nitrite l, just ammonia and nitrate so I'll keep up with the water changes and see how it develops. Thanks.

Do you have a nitrite reading? If yes then the nitrate test kit will be picking up the nitrite as well, and giving you a false reading.

The easiest way to lower ammonia, nitrite or nitrate is to do a big water change (50-75%) with water that doesn't have nitrates in.
Make sure any new water going into the tank is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added.

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