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Nope that was first test

No journal. temp is 80. There is a lid and the lighting. I have not changed the filter, it has a plastic shell (I have rinsed the residue off of it) the tank is a year old

That's what I thought, but I haven't had nitrites at all in the past month.

I'm having enough trouble keeping ammonia down in my 32 can't imagine how much work this is going to take to keep up with.

I have read the post on cycling the tank and have mostly done what was suggested. I did not add pure ammonia to my aquarium.

So the last week of August I had an ammonia spike and lost everything. I did a complete water change but the ammonia stayed high. I removed 3 gallons of gravel (leaving about an inch of gravel), treated with Quick Start and Nite-out as well as added resin and an Ammonia filter to my system. 2...

tested the water had ammonia levels and nitrite levels go up and down over 7weeks.

Little bits of fish food. Some added bacteria. There is a whiteish substance on the food particles

Lost all the fish. It spiked while we were on vacation unfortunately.

I have a ten gallon aquarium that had an ammonia spike. I completely cleaned it out, boiled the decor and gravel, and cycled it. However when I get new fish they are dying within a day. Am I missing something? Ammonia is 000, ph is 7.4, 0 nitrits.

This aquarium has a three chambers in the back. Water fills the first overflows into the second, runs though the filters,then is pumped back into the tank. I Clean main filters every 3-4 weeks. There is a nitrite, black carbon sponge and floss filter. 2. 5 inches of gravel substrate. It gets...

Learning to know for next time Thanks. I've had crashes in the past just not like this. 3 of those fish were my original fish so this really hurts. They've made it through blooms and more.

Yeah. Unfortunately I was unable to get it soon enough.

Ok. Thanks. Yeah I'm trying to figure out what may have happened. That's what I was leaning toward. It was that or something bacterial. The ragged fins had me leaning there. I try very hard to keep my aquarium the best I can. Not coming here to get reprimanded.

I did not add full dose of chemicals. Probably a third of what the bottle said. I never use what the bottle says.