Do I Need To Do A Water Change?

[vcmtik]

Hi again,

Do I need to change my water today?

As you can see the last couple of days of my fish in cycle the levels have been minmal.

DAY 1 - Temp - 25 PH - 7.6 Ammonia - 0.25 - 0.5 NitrIte - 5 NitrAte - did not test
* Changed 54 litres, then retested:
Temp - 26 PH - 7.6 Ammonia - 0 NitIte - 0 NitrAte - did not test

DAY 2 - Temp - 25 PH - 7.6 Ammonia - 0 NitrIte - 0 NitrAte - did not test

DAY 3 - Temp - 25 PH - 7.4 Ammonia - 0.5 - 1 NitrIte - 0.25 NitrAte - 10
* Changed substrate and 90% water.

DAY 4 - Temp - 25 PH - 7.4 Ammonia - 0 NitrIte - 0 NitrAte - 0

DAY 5 - Temp 25 Ammonia - 0 NitrIte - 0 NitrAte - less than 5

DAY 6 - Temp 25 Ammonia 0.5 - 1 NitrItre - 0 NitrAte - 5 PH - 7.4

Please advise me!

 

[OldMan47]

On day 6 , the test results say that you have let your water quality slip to unacceptable high poison levels. You need at least one and maybe two 50% water changes to get that under control again. Any value, right before a water change, that is above 0.25 ppm is too high and means the previous water change was not big enough or was not recent enough. Fish-in cycling is a lot of work and water changes can't be ignored or the fish will suffer permanent damage.

 

[vcmtik]

I will get on it right away! Thanks

 

[vcmtik]

I have just changed about 60% of water and used aqua plus treatment. I havealso used Hagen Nutrafin Cycle - is there any point to using this stuff, if I am doing daily water changes?

 

[sjolliff]

I have just changed about 60% of water and used aqua plus treatment. I havealso used Hagen Nutrafin Cycle - is there any point to using this stuff, if I am doing daily water changes?

No i used the same stuff for 2 weeks and it made no change

 

[OldMan47]

There is definitely a point to using dechlorinator in the tank but beyond that I just don't put chemicals into my tanks.

 

[waterdrop]

There is definitely a point to using dechlorinator in the tank but beyond that I just don't put chemicals into my tanks.

Agree.