Did a 50% water change last night as readings for Nitrite and Nitrate were off the scale
pH 8
Nitrite 80
Nitrate 8
Ammonia 0 - 0.2
Tested again this morning
ph 8
Nitrite 40
Nitrate 4
Ammonia 0 -0.2
Will do another 50% change tonight
Is anyone out there able to spare a little mature filter media for our new tank? We are in Norfolk. Happy to buy it and collect - LFS just want to sell us chemicals, not willing to part with sponge squeeze or gravel
Thanks Rabbut, I did indeed read your fish in cycling last night, very useful thanks. Just seems very scary changing so much water - am worried that it will stress the fish - all the activity and having to turn the pump off and the change in temperature for a short while (although was using...
Hi I'm a newbie who found this brill site yesterday. Any advice would be great. My boyfriend bought a tank about 3 weeks ago. He has kept fish before but I think mostly by trial and error. I am completely new to fish but after losing three fish in two days read most of this site in the last...