Hi all
New to this site and new to fishkeeping. Got hooked when my sister in law came home with a goldfish for the kids.
I now have a 200l tropical tank and was wondering how long it takes for the nitrites to fall to zero. I've had the tank set up for 6 weeks,first with no fish and then I've gradually added 6 zebra danios,8 corys and 10 cardinal tetras. I think I added the fish too soon as last week I had a nitrite reading of 5ppm. With constant water changes and reduction in feeding it's now at 0.25. Ammonia is 0 and nitrates between 0 and 10. Does this mean that the cycle is almost complete. I worry that the fish will suffer although they all seem to be doing fine. Will I need to go daily changes to get to 0. Also can I use some of my filter media from my goldfish tank to speed up the cycle
New to this site and new to fishkeeping. Got hooked when my sister in law came home with a goldfish for the kids.
I now have a 200l tropical tank and was wondering how long it takes for the nitrites to fall to zero. I've had the tank set up for 6 weeks,first with no fish and then I've gradually added 6 zebra danios,8 corys and 10 cardinal tetras. I think I added the fish too soon as last week I had a nitrite reading of 5ppm. With constant water changes and reduction in feeding it's now at 0.25. Ammonia is 0 and nitrates between 0 and 10. Does this mean that the cycle is almost complete. I worry that the fish will suffer although they all seem to be doing fine. Will I need to go daily changes to get to 0. Also can I use some of my filter media from my goldfish tank to speed up the cycle