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Hi Ingrid and all,
I know this is not the place to post but I need your advice. (yes it's me again, btw, Oscar and Felix are doing great thank you!) I have a 220 gallon tank with 6 red devils about 4" long each. Unfortunately the tank was new when I started (Jan 4th) so I used Biozyme to jumpstart the bio filter. The Ammonia spike was not so bad i never hit above 2ppm and just for a few days and i did a few 25% water changes just to be safe. Unfortuanately the Biozyme dosen't seem to be working on Nitrite as well as it did on the Ammo. I think I'm between 2 and 3ppm but it could be way more, i can't tell because that's where my test kit tops out. The fish were fine untill today so i did a 30% water change today ( last water change was about 3 days ago) and the reading is still the same, topped out on the Nitrite scale, it's as if I did nothing! I don't have access to Biospira, but i wonder if it's better than Biozyme? Has anyone out there tried "Cycle" ? The fish are now sitting on the bottom of the tank, not moving is that bad? They are not at the surface gasping for air, is this a good sign? Am I gonna lose my fish? Is the Nitrite spike just as bad on the fish as the Ammo spike? Will there be permanant damage or brown blood disease etc? I have a 0.1% salt solution, and a Huge 6" airstone with a big air pump, will this help oxygenation? I understand that nitrite competes with oxygen to get absorbed in the bloodstream, but is there permanent damage? I'm gonna do another 30% water tomorrow, is there anything else i should do? PS: filtration is 2 Aquaclear 500. ....Kodiak |
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