New To Tropical Fish- Looking For Reassurance!

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Offline Lucyc

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Re: New to tropical fish- looking for reassurance!
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2013, 07:27:36 PM »
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Yes that's right fish went in on April 1st, had ammonia of 0.25 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday so daily water changes of 10litres, Friday ammonia was less than 0.25, 15 litre water change as recommended by Colin.  Just a bit concerned as reading other threads people appear to have more problems with their water, is this the calm before the storm??

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Re: New to tropical fish- looking for reassurance!
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2013, 07:43:51 PM »
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That's the danger. The amount of ammonia your fish are making is small because of the amount you are feeding. But 1pm ammonia gets turned into 2.7ppm nitrite so a small bit of ammonia gets turned into a lot more nitrite.
I would increase the amount you are feeding and keep an eye on your water readings. If you run to the same timescale as me, you could well be seeing nitrite at the weekend. If you don't, good!

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Re: New to tropical fish- looking for reassurance!
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2013, 08:07:55 PM »
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Thanks Sue will keep an eye on things  :o

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Re: New to tropical fish- looking for reassurance!
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2013, 07:26:59 PM »
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Hi All

Still plodding along with the cycle....well we have finally got moving, ammonia is dropping, nitrite rising and nitrate rising, still doing regular water changes, keeping ammonia under 0.25, what should i be trying to keep the nitrite under?

Thanks Lucy

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Re: New to tropical fish- looking for reassurance!
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2013, 07:37:40 PM »
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Nitrite should be kept under 0.25, the same as for ammonia. Your nitrite may be rising, but if your nitrate is also rising you must have some nitrite eaters. So it's just a question of waiting for enough of them to grow.

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