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Posted by on September 21, 2007, 11:38 pm
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quit feeding the fish for a couple days and do some good sized water
changes. add a bit of salt, like 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons. Ingrid
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:46:53 -0400, "David L. Burkhead"
>My tank has been cycling for some time now and it looks like I'm finally in
>the home stretch--ammonia down to zero, Nitrite having recently dropped from
>2 ppm to 0.5 ppm--but things seem to be stalled there. It's been 12 days
>since ammonia dropped to zero and five since nitrite dropped from 2 to 0.5.
>However, in this morning's test nitrite climbed back up from 0.5 to 1.
>Worse, I'm not sure if the numbers actually mean anything since I've now
>used three different test kits (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Master freshwater
>test kit, Jungle brand multiple test strips, and SeaChem Nitrite/Nitrate
>multi-test) each giving completely different results (0.5, 3, and 5 ppm
>respectively--API is what I "report" since that's what I have used from the
>beginning).
>
>The tank is 29 gallons with a single Comet, about 2 1/2" long, in it. I've
>got two HOB filters: The "Top Fin" filter that came with the kit (looks to
>be a re-branding of the Tetra Whisper 30 filter) and a Penguin Bio-Wheel
>125.
>
>A chart of my water test results (along with indication of when water
>changes were made) can be found here:
>http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/dburkhead/waterqual070921.gif
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>the home stretch--ammonia down to zero, Nitrite having recently dropped from
>2 ppm to 0.5 ppm--but things seem to be stalled there. It's been 12 days
>since ammonia dropped to zero and five since nitrite dropped from 2 to 0.5.
>However, in this morning's test nitrite climbed back up from 0.5 to 1.
>Worse, I'm not sure if the numbers actually mean anything since I've now
>used three different test kits (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Master freshwater
>test kit, Jungle brand multiple test strips, and SeaChem Nitrite/Nitrate
>multi-test) each giving completely different results (0.5, 3, and 5 ppm
>respectively--API is what I "report" since that's what I have used from the
>beginning).
>
>The tank is 29 gallons with a single Comet, about 2 1/2" long, in it. I've
>got two HOB filters: The "Top Fin" filter that came with the kit (looks to
>be a re-branding of the Tetra Whisper 30 filter) and a Penguin Bio-Wheel
>125.
>
>A chart of my water test results (along with indication of when water
>changes were made) can be found here:
>http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/dburkhead/waterqual070921.gif