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[sharkyandgeorge]

ive had me tank for bout 3 weeks and plonked fish in afta a week. i didnt no anythin bout cyclin until i read it on the net but now i do so i bougt a test kit, its a hagen one and its huge. ive dne me tests and this is wat ive got
ammonia 1.0 ppm
nitrite 2.0 ppm
nitrate 10.0 ppm
ph 7

wat shud i do now?

my tanks 30 uk gallons and ive got 6 of those blue fish with a red line on em, 3 orange guppies i think they r and 3 otha small fish, bout the same size as the orange ones.

i dnt want my fish 2 die

 

[black angel]

Sounds like you have neons??
These are the worst fish to try and get through a cycle with. As the tank is still cycling you have to do lots of small water changes to bring the levels down to a more acceptable level. Try to keep both ammonia and nitrites below 1 if you can.
Neons dont like new tanks anyway and prefer one that has been running for at least 6 months. The other fish should cope with the higher levels.
Good luck

 

[sharkyandgeorge]

ok so how long will it take 4 the levels to drop 2 zero if i do water changes?

 

[black angel]

Anything up to 6 weeks. You could try a product called cycle, but not everyone thinks it works.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Don't forget to dechlorinate the new water when you do water changes. And be very careful not to overfeed, as that will be bad for water quality.

 

[IMCL85]

Acturally u r doing fish cycle right now which what I have done for most of my tank. But however u didn't put the right fish to cycle. Try to return those fish u have that have red line as they r not very good under a newly set up tank that just been cycle. Keep the guppy. They r hardy so they should be fine even in a tank that still cycling I usually use guppy and swordtail to make my tank cycle and aged as well. So you probably would lose a few fish but thats mistake we all made when we first go to this hobby. And even now there r still people use fish cycle to cycle there tank.

 

[Luke_e]

When i got my tank, i had 5 neons in to start, and they have been fine since i got them (months ago).