Glassman wrote, On 5/28/2006 10:02 PM:
"froggo" wrote in message
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hi, i have just got my first tropical fish aquarium. set it up two
weeks before adding any fish and took the water sample to shop, the
advised it was ok - a little high on the nitrite side but nothing to
worry about too much.

Alot of hobbyists would say that the Nitrites should have read near zero
when you added the fish.
Sounds like the tank didn't complete it's cycle.


i have a small tank so started with 3 guppys and 4 tetras. all was
well for 3 days and then 1 one of the tetras died. i have done my own
tests for nitrite and amonia which seem ok. have done water changes of
about 5l from a 35l tank. what am i doing wrong?

I was told to feed the fish only 3 times aweek and as such so far they
have only had two feeds - they seem to eat it really quickly when i do
feed them - am i not feeding them enough perhaps? (they only get
literally a couple of flakes).

any thoughts ?

thanks

Increase the feeding to at least once a day. Twice a day is NOT
considered over-feeding.
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