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Yesterday when I got home my nitrite was back up to 5.0ppm, so I changed 80% of the water and it dropped to 0.5ppm. Today it rose to 1.0ppm ammonia at 0.25ppm and nitrates at 10ppm. My male molly doesn't seem to be improving and I'm afraid he wont make it, he hasn't eaten in three days. So...

I have two air stones in the tank for aeration. I changed 50% of the water when I got home from work today. Nitrites were at 2.0~3.0ppm. I added the CopperSafe because my two female dalmatian mollies had little gold spots on their bellies and around their eyes. So I went to my LFS and they...

Tank size: 25 US Gal. pH: 7.8 ammonia: 0.5 ppm nitrite: was 5.0ppm nitrate: 5.0ppm tank temp: 77 degrees Farenheit Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): see description below Volume and Frequency of water changes: 20% weekly (new tank)...

Thanks Waterdrop. :) Good to know about the bacteria. I will contact the LFS and see what I can come up with. I will keep plugging along monitoring my levels and adding ammonia when appropriate. I will raise the temp on my tank to around 84°F. Also, my water that was cloudy from...

Hey tanks for the replies. My pH in tank is 7.4-7.6 between the colors on the API test chart. My tap water has a pH of ~8.0 but it comes down when I add my dechlorinator. So if the ammonia levels were too high (the colorss on the API test chart for 4.0ppm and 6.0ppm are pretty close in terms...

OK so I got my new tank about a month ago and I set it up gravel, decor, filter, heater, etc. I filled with water treated with Tetra AquaSafe (with BioExtract - whatever that is) and let it run for two days to make sure my setup worked correctly. Now I've read a lot about fishless cycling and...