Can Get Rid Of High Nitrite Levels !

[benhayes78]

hi i recently bought a 64l fish tank let it cycle for 3 days then added 3 platys which are hardy fish to cycle it that way i test the nitrite yesterday it was extremely high at 1.6 so i did a 75% water change yesterday and last night tested it it showed the level to be 0.3 which was a lot lower but i tested it again this morning and its gone up to 0.8 why does the nitrite keep rising should i do another water change ??

and also should i remove the 3 platys back to my established aquariums for now ?

 

[Tizer]

Read the beginners section on cycling, educate yourself. congrats on finding the font style tool.

 

[the_lock_man]

Read this

And then this.

The nitrite is rising because your fish are producing more ammonia, which is being converted to nitrite, but you do not yet have enough bacteria to convert the nitrite into nitrate.

Yes, do another water change, sufficient to keep the nitrite level below 0.25ppm until you can next do a water change.

 

[coldcazzie]

it keeps rising because you are not cycled yet. Ammonia produced by fish is converted into nitrite. Until the colony of bacteria that processes nitrite is large enough to "eat" all the nitrite, you will continue to get high nitrite readings, so you should continue to dp large water changes.

You did the right thing by changing the water, do an even bigger one today. Keep doing them every time the levels are above 0.25.

I'm assuming you don't have an ammonia test kit, because you've not mentioned ammonia readings.

 

[benhayes78]

Read this

And then this.

The nitrite is rising because your fish are producing more ammonia, which is being converted to nitrite, but you do not yet have enough bacteria to convert the nitrite into nitrate.

Yes, do another water change, sufficient to keep the nitrite level below 0.25ppm until you can next do a water change.

hey can i take water out of my established aquarium and transfer it in because its due a water change today

Read the beginners section on cycling, educate yourself. congrats on finding the font style tool.

thank you for a useless answer

it keeps rising because you are not cycled yet. Ammonia produced by fish is converted into nitrite. Until the colony of bacteria that processes nitrite is large enough to "eat" all the nitrite, you will continue to get high nitrite readings, so you should continue to dp large water changes.

You did the right thing by changing the water, do an even bigger one today. Keep doing them every time the levels are above 0.25.

I'm assuming you don't have an ammonia test kit, because you've not mentioned ammonia readings.

hey yes i do have an ammonia test kit the ammonia was low near enough 0

 

[Tizer]

Its not a useless answer, it was an answer that points you to a massive wealth of information put together by many people here to help those who are in need of help...(thats you by the way)

ya get me?

You can put the water from your established aquarium in the new oen if you want. it wont do any good though, it holds nothing beneficial.

 

[benhayes78]

Its not a useless answer, it was an answer that points you to a massive wealth of information put together by many people here to help those who are in need of help.

im asking people what i should do and i have 5 aquariums all tropical and have been maintaining them for 2 years never had this problem so dont really find it usefull when somebody tells me to read the begineers guide to cycling z

 

[coldcazzie]

thats great, that means you're probably nearer the end than the beginning keep.doing the water changes, you'll get there eventually!

putting water from your established tank will make no difference - there are no bacteria in the water.

question: when you started this tank, did you put stuff from your established filter into your new filter?

also, despite tizer's shocking lack of tact, he does have a point - the large font is incredibly annoying. sorry!

 

[Tizer]

Its not a useless answer, it was an answer that points you to a massive wealth of information put together by many people here to help those who are in need of help.

im asking people what i should do and i have 5 aquariums all tropical and have been maintaining them for 2 years never had this problem so dont really find it usefull when somebody tells me to read the begineers guide to cycling z

Well i do appologise if i hurt your feelings, but i would expect someone who runs so many aquariums to be able to understand the most basic elements of cycling a filter. But if it helps to bring you back down, i myself refer to the beginners section for information from time to time.

 

[benhayes78]

thats great, that means you're probably nearer the end than the beginning keep.doing the water changes, you'll get there eventually!

putting water from your established tank will make no difference - there are no bacteria in the water.

question: when you started this tank, did you put stuff from your established filter into your new filter?

also, despite tizer's shocking lack of tact, he does have a point - the large font is incredibly annoying. sorry!

hey i squeezed the filter sponge from my established tank into some clean water and spread it out evenly across the tank i couldnt use the catridge from my other filter as it was different and i hope the font is better lol

 

[Tizer]

thats great, that means you're probably nearer the end than the beginning keep.doing the water changes, you'll get there eventually!

putting water from your established tank will make no difference - there are no bacteria in the water.

question: when you started this tank, did you put stuff from your established filter into your new filter?

also, despite tizer's shocking lack of tact, he does have a point - the large font is incredibly annoying. sorry!

hey i squeezed the filter sponge from my established tank into some clean water and spread it out evenly across the tank i couldnt use the catridge from my other filter as it was different and i hope the font is better lol

mulm is a great start, you know you can cut up filter sponges with scissors and cram them into new filters too.

 

[benhayes78]

Its not a useless answer, it was an answer that points you to a massive wealth of information put together by many people here to help those who are in need of help.

im asking people what i should do and i have 5 aquariums all tropical and have been maintaining them for 2 years never had this problem so dont really find it usefull when somebody tells me to read the begineers guide to cycling z

Well i do appologise if i hurt your feelings, but i would expect someone who runs so many aquariums to be able to understand the most basic elements of cycling a filter. But if it helps to bring you back down, i myself refer to the beginners section for information from time to time.

lol u never hurt my feelings just came on here to ask a simple question as i am a fairly experienced with tanks just have never set up a small one like this and never had this problem with my 190litre or my 200litre tanks

 

[the_lock_man]

Deleted as unnecessary.

 

[benhayes78]

Deleted as unnecessary.

what do you mean deleted ?

 

[benhayes78]

thats great, that means you're probably nearer the end than the beginning keep.doing the water changes, you'll get there eventually!

putting water from your established tank will make no difference - there are no bacteria in the water.

question: when you started this tank, did you put stuff from your established filter into your new filter?

also, despite tizer's shocking lack of tact, he does have a point - the large font is incredibly annoying. sorry!

hey i squeezed the filter sponge from my established tank into some clean water and spread it out evenly across the tank i couldnt use the catridge from my other filter as it was different and i hope the font is better lol

mulm is a great start, you know you can cut up filter sponges with scissors and cram them into new filters too.

can you i will give it a try thanks