Is something wrong and other bits?

[Haynes'ey]

One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started after
being ok for about a week.

I'm running two together but no fish yet.

My water readings after 4 weeks with no fish but adding fish food every
other day along with a teaspoon of cycle.

Ammonia still high 7.9

PH 7.0

Nitrite zero

Nitrate almost zero

Does this sound correct for 4 weeks and should I now put a fish in?

Thanks again,

Haynes'ey.

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Haynes'ey.

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Haynes'ey wrote:
>
> One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
> loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started after
> being ok for about a week.
>
> I'm running two together but no fish yet.
>
> My water readings after 4 weeks with no fish but adding fish food every
> other day along with a teaspoon of cycle.
>
> Ammonia still high 7.9
>
> PH 7.0
>
> Nitrite zero
>
> Nitrate almost zero
>
> Does this sound correct for 4 weeks and should I now put a fish in?

Ammonia needs to be 0 - 7.9 is VERY high and would kill your fish. Wait for your
ammonia levels
to drop - nitrite should go up and eventually this should lower and nitrates
will go up.
When Ammonia and NitrItes are at 0 your cycle has completed. Test your NitrAtes
and if high
do a water change - THEN you can add fish.

Fluval filters thorwing air bubbles out? I wouldn't worry too much as long as
the intake is
still taking in water.

[Geoff Kemp]

> One of my Fluval 4 plus filters is every twenty seconds or so spewing out
> loads of tiny air bubbles by the thousand, this has only just started
after
> being ok for about a week.

There is a little knob ontop of the outlet you can twist to stop this as
bascially there is an inline air in-take on the outlet of the filter.

Geoff

[Haynes'ey]

Thanks very much for the info Geoff & Geezer.

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Haynes'ey.