Water Emergency.

[AKGrown]

So today I went out and purchased a liquid test kit and basically my levels are through the roof. I did a 50% water change earlier today (after testing the new water) I let it sit for oh about 5 hours then tested the water to try my new kit out.

My levels: Ammonia basically off the charts even with using the prime Nitrite .50ppm Nitrate about 20ppm and my ph is very low sitting at about 6.5

So my question is what do I do now? I'm afraid to wait to long, my fish are showing signs of ammonia poisoning..(redish gills and stripes on one) I have not fed them today and only fed them a little bit yesterday. I have a bubbler going and several live plants..Anything else that I can do to help them out?

I started a post in the "new here" section that tells more of my situation.

Thank you! AKGrown.

 

[rdp50734]

So today I went out and purchased a liquid test kit and basically my levels are through the roof. I did a 50% water change earlier today (after testing the new water) I let it sit for oh about 5 hours then tested the water to try my new kit out.

My levels: Ammonia basically off the charts even with using the prime Nitrite .50ppm Nitrate about 20ppm and my ph is very low sitting at about 6.5

So my question is what do I do now? I'm afraid to wait to long, my fish are showing signs of ammonia poisoning..(redish gills and stripes on one) I have not fed them today and only fed them a little bit yesterday. I have a bubbler going and several live plants..Anything else that I can do to help them out?

I started a post in the "new here" section that tells more of my situation.

Thank you! AKGrown.

another large water change, remember 50% water change will only halve the amount of ammonia. Do 50% now then in a few hours test again and more water changes as needed to get the levels down! Good luck!

 

[AKGrown]

So today I went out and purchased a liquid test kit and basically my levels are through the roof. I did a 50% water change earlier today (after testing the new water) I let it sit for oh about 5 hours then tested the water to try my new kit out.

My levels: Ammonia basically off the charts even with using the prime Nitrite .50ppm Nitrate about 20ppm and my ph is very low sitting at about 6.5

So my question is what do I do now? I'm afraid to wait to long, my fish are showing signs of ammonia poisoning..(redish gills and stripes on one) I have not fed them today and only fed them a little bit yesterday. I have a bubbler going and several live plants..Anything else that I can do to help them out?

I started a post in the "new here" section that tells more of my situation.

Thank you! AKGrown.

another large water change, remember 50% water change will only halve the amount of ammonia. Do 50% now then in a few hours test again and more water changes as needed to get the levels down! Good luck!

thank you will try it out!