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Thank you all for your help! Much appreciated :good:

Thank you, I will do that. Yes, it will definitely be easier doing smaller water changes. Thanks again.

Thank you for your response. I will get right on it with the water changes. I've read that a pH below 7.0 automatically converts ammonia into less/non toxic ammonium and I think that's why my fish are doing ok in 2.0ppm ammonia levels in my tank. As for doing water changes to get rid of the...

I learned we have very soft tap water, which also has chloromine and ammonia in it. It is 7.6 for pH. The problem is my tank will not cycle and I didn't know why but I learned that because the pH dropped so low to 6.0 that nitrites just wouldn't thrive. I'd like my pH around 6.8 and I've been...

Ok thanks, I will look into getting that.

Oh Ok, thank you. So does a low buffering capacity have to do with water hardness? Is sodium hydrogen carbonate something I can easily but at a pet store and will that be how I can keep my pH at a 6.8 where I'd like it to be? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just learning about all this!

Ugh. lol but the thing is I was just beginning to get a nitrite reading but then the acidic pH killed it off, I was told. When my tank naturally goes to 6.0 then even if I temporarily keep on top of it to keep to 6.8 won't the cycle be destroyed the next time it gets to 6.0? That's where I'm...

-So acidic water automatically converts ammonia into ammonium; -and 6.0 pH is too acidic for the nitrogen cycle to happen (right?) ^Given that, is it essentially true, then, that as long as you keep your pH at a stable 6.0 then you don't even need the tank to cycle? And then you don't even need...

Thank you for your reply! Makes me feel better knowing that I'm not the only one this has happened to. Hopefully like you said it will turn out ok in the end. I just probably need to be patient. :rolleyes:

Yes I use the API kits. The ammonia in the tap water is between .50 and 1.0 ppm. I didn't know this at first but finally tested the tap when water changes did pretty much nothing to get the ammonia down in the tank. The only thing that has kept my fish alive is the Prime.I'm wondering if I...

Hi I'm new here and I'm hoping someone can help me out because I'm a bit lost. I have a 20 gallon that I have been cycling with fish for about 5 weeks now. Ammonia levels have been steadily between 1.0 and 2.0 ppm the entire time. Last Tuesday I finally got my first NitrIte reading of .25. Still...