Arrggh! Emergency

[timmystood]

OK...

So I've got some Guppy Fry today! (Yay!) - anyway, i've just done a NitrIte test and it turns out they are sky high...

I test my tank everything weekend and during the week. The tank has only just cycled and everything on my last test showed that it had finished - obviously I either did the test wrong or they've balloned since....

Will my 3-4 hour old Guppy Fry be OK?

 

[WILDER]

How many fry are they as that could of caused the spike, how high is the reading, i would preform a water change.

 

[timmystood]

Roughly 12 Fry - The reading is as high as the chart goes...

I would perform a water change but the mother is still in labour and I don't want to suck up any fry

 

[WILDER]

Increase aeration, i would of said add salt but not good with fry, maybe two teaspoons to help them with the high nitrites.

 

[timmystood]

Salt helps with nitrites?
And it won't harm them?

 

[WILDER]

Yes, but don't add to much with the fry in there just a bit.
http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...?article_id=335

 

[timmystood]

Has it worked with you before?

 

[WILDER]

Yes, and if it's of the chart they need some protection while you get it down.

 

[timmystood]

And I just use normal table salt?

 

[WILDER]

Don't add the salt if you have the sucking loach in there or any scaless fish.

 

[timmystood]

Yeah - I have the sucking loach in there! Is there any other way to help them with the nitrItes this high?

 

[WILDER]

Can you move him to another tank, only water changes and aeration.

 

[timmystood]

No - i'll leave him where he is - he's too hard to catch...

I've added half a teaspoon of salt - not enough to do to much damage to the CAE hopefully.

I'm afraid to do a water change because the Guppy is still in labour and the babies might get sucked up when I do a water change.

 

[WILDER]

Just remove the water from the tank with a jug and bucket.

 

[WILDER]

If you preform the water change add the teaspoon of salt back, as you would of removed it with the water change.