nitrate 20 nitrite 1.0 help

i have a 25 gallon tank with 4 small goldfish. I Think the nitrite is kind
of high. the tank has a bio-wheel and has been running for about 6 weeks. I
did a 2 20% water changes this week and the nitrites are still high. will
this go away soon?

thanks


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i have a 25 gallon tank with 4 small goldfish. I Think the nitrite is kind
of high. the tank has a bio-wheel and has been running for about 6 weeks. I
did a 2 20% water changes this week and the nitrites are still high. will
this go away soon?

Do 50% (or more) water changes. Remember, 20% leaves 80% of the bad
stuff! And do them daily if need be.
Adding salt (0.1% or so) may be beneficial.
Some brands of water conditioner (Prime, others)
also de-toxify nitrites.
I suspect you're almost there, so don't give up!
Gunther

if you dont get the nitrites down to acceptable levels it will kill the biobugs. do
big water changes. Ingrid

"tootal2" wrote:
i have a 25 gallon tank with 4 small goldfish. I Think the nitrite is kind
of high. the tank has a bio-wheel and has been running for about 6 weeks. I
did a 2 20% water changes this week and the nitrites are still high. will
this go away soon?


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