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Thanks for your help! I've also discovered that some of my fish have been spawning....

Ok but what I don't understand is why is it gettin so high so soon after a water change?? Is there anything else that I can do to reduce the nitrite?

Hey all, I've carried out a 75% water change this morning and I've just checked the nitrite levels again and they are really high again - I'd there anything else I should be doing to help get them down or should I just leave the water a day prose before testing again?

Thanks for the advice. I've done a 50% change but the fish now seem to have taken a turn for the worse...would it be more advisible to do smaller changes a few times in a day or would that not make a difference?

Good spot! The kit is for Nitrite....are there any tips for keeping this low? How often are you guys carrying out 25% water changes on your aquariums?

That ammonia reading was an error on my part, it should have been 0.05 according to my chart. Readings for yesterday were as follows:   pH - 7.6 Nitrate - 0.3 Ammonia - 0.04   Do these sounds ok?

I have the API pH test kit which is drops and I am using the Nutrafin Nitrate and Nutrafin Ammonia test kits.   Thanks for the advice on the pH.

Hey SamB,   I cross referenced my pH reading with the Ammonia reading and the reading was actually in the green (perhaps I have recorded the wrong figure from the ammonia test by mistake). I assume I should have taken the figure from inside the chart rather than the initial ammonia reading...

Thanks for the advise! So my readings from yesterday were as follows, do they seem ok?   pH - 7.6 Nitrate - 0 Ammonia - 2.4   I will be carrying out another set of tests tonight to check that nothing has fluctuated too much. Any tips people can give me would be very much appreciated.   Cheers!

Great! Does the same apply to testing the ammonia and nitrate levels?

Hey dude,   I've just had to do quite a big water change on my tank and I was wondering how soon after the change I can test the nitrate and ammonia levels? Also, how long does it take for the pH to settle down?

Is anyone online to give me some advice? I've got a couple of questions that I would like to ask if possible....

Thanks for the info Blondie. I have a nitrate test kit which consists of tablets which I have to put into samples of water from the tank - is this not the right kind of nitrate test?   I'll take a look at the fish in cycling link

I'm aware of the silver dollar being quite a big growing fish but the plan would be to rehome when it outgrows the tank. Again, I seeked careful advice from Swallow aquatics on buying this particular fish. I appreciate that when the fish are fully grown there may be an overstocking issue but at...

Hi Blondie,   I was told to leave the tank for a week before adding any fish which is what I done. I have an Interpet test kit which comes with a bottle of filter start which is the bacteria that you refer to in your cycling link. I've tested the pH and the Nitrate regularly and they have been...