High Nitrite And Ammonia
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When you say high, how high?hi i have tested my water after my weekly water change (yeasterday) and my nitrate and ammonia are quite high am quie conc ernd !! will have to watch who is feeding them when im out at work ? could this be the cause ??
Overfeeding could cause spikes within your waters parameters.
Keith.
2.0ppm on both ??? have never realy had a problem before , have just started using a fertilizer for plants ?? thanks kiethWhen you say high, how high?hi i have tested my water after my weekly water change (yeasterday) and my nitrate and ammonia are quite high am quie conc ernd !! will have to watch who is feeding them when im out at work ? could this be the cause ??
Overfeeding could cause spikes within your waters parameters.
Keith.
That could be your answer, I'm sure i have read threads in the past where fertilizers have been added and then have been presented with changes within there waters chemistry.2.0ppm on both ??? have never realy had a problem before , have just started using a fertilizer for plants ?? thanks kiethWhen you say high, how high?hi i have tested my water after my weekly water change (yeasterday) and my nitrate and ammonia are quite high am quie conc ernd !! will have to watch who is feeding them when im out at work ? could this be the cause ??
Overfeeding could cause spikes within your waters parameters.
Keith.
2ppm for nitrAtes is very low or did you mean nitrIte?
To see if the introduction of the fertilizers is the cause you could get a bucket of tap water, mix some of your fertilizer in and then test it.
Keith.
its the NITRITES !! a very nice PURPLE colour am using api master test kit ! will try testing the water with fertilzer thanks againThat could be your answer, I'm sure i have read threads in the past where fertilizers have been added and then have been presented with changes within there waters chemistry.2.0ppm on both ??? have never realy had a problem before , have just started using a fertilizer for plants ?? thanks kiethWhen you say high, how high?hi i have tested my water after my weekly water change (yeasterday) and my nitrate and ammonia are quite high am quie conc ernd !! will have to watch who is feeding them when im out at work ? could this be the cause ??
Overfeeding could cause spikes within your waters parameters.
Keith.
2ppm for nitrAtes is very low or did you mean nitrIte?
To see if the introduction of the fertilizers is the cause you could get a bucket of tap water, mix some of your fertilizer in and then test it.
Keith.
Harlequins
***Corydora Crazy***
I would do a serious waterchange 75% at least,test again a while later,it still over zero do another large waterchange,you fish will be suffering with that amount of ammonia and nitrite....
A FERTILIZER SHOULD NOT RAISE NITRITES
I have a sneaky feeling this is not going to be the cause which would mean 1)doing a large water change to bring your ammonia/nitrIte levels down and 2)still having to find the cause, e.g overfeeding, forgetting to dechlorinate tap water, over cleaning filter media.
Keith.
I have a sneaky feeling this is not going to be the cause which would mean 1)doing a large water change to bring your ammonia/nitrIte levels down and 2)still having to find the cause, e.g overfeeding, forgetting to dechlorinate tap water, over cleaning filter media.
Keith.
Harlequins
***Corydora Crazy***
How long has the tank been set up? and what fish stock do you have in there?
tank has been running for 6 months , i did clean the filter media out with tank water yeasterdy ?
its 180 ltr , stocked with , x2 clowns , x4 rainbow x1 l177 ,x5 buoneries tetras , x5red eye , 2 plats , x1 silver shark x2 angels
i have recently changed to play sand so quite a few water changes recently thanks again
also have decloranated tap water as usual !!
its 180 ltr , stocked with , x2 clowns , x4 rainbow x1 l177 ,x5 buoneries tetras , x5red eye , 2 plats , x1 silver shark x2 angels
i have recently changed to play sand so quite a few water changes recently thanks again
also have decloranated tap water as usual !!
Aqua Tom
Fish Gatherer
Its not the fertilisers.
Have you counted your fish? Is one missing? Are your plants all healthy or is one looking a bit brown?
All these can add ammonia & nitrite.
Have you counted your fish? Is one missing? Are your plants all healthy or is one looking a bit brown?
All these can add ammonia & nitrite.
have just tied with my first plants , have jus looked i bought two the same but one has taken a brown colour shall i remove it !
all fish are accounted for !! 
have just tied with my first plants , have jus looked i bought two the same but one has taken a brown colour shall i remove it !
It really depends upon how badly the plant is rotting. Only one plant rotting in a decent sized tank as a 180l causing a sudden rise to 2ppm in both ammonia and nitrite, at least in my view is not possible. Pics would definitely help i suppose of the plant to actually see how rotted (is that a word?) it is. How was the filter cleaning as you said you did in tank water? was it a slight squish of the sponges or a rigorous one?
Aqua Tom
Fish Gatherer
Is it brown all over or just a few leaves?
have just tied with my first plants , have jus looked i bought two the same but one has taken a brown colour shall i remove it !
Harlequins
***Corydora Crazy***
It could be a mini spike after a mixture of cleaning the filter and substrate change,for now large w/c's are the way to go,test daily and do w/c has necessary,keep both the ammonia & nitrite at zero if you can,or it'll just keep building and you'll start to lose fish.
Feed very minimum,this will help to keep it down.- If you suspect someone else is feeding them,tell them to stop.Perhaps you can feed them when you come home from work?
Feed very minimum,this will help to keep it down.- If you suspect someone else is feeding them,tell them to stop.Perhaps you can feed them when you come home from work?
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