No wonder why... [Archive]

Baygon

07-28-2013, 02:03 AM

I just did my routine 70% wc at my 75 G tank and i noticed that my discus were all breathing faster than usual so i did a water test and guess what...after so long apparently i have NITRITE problem now...

Would salt+more wc help reduce nitrite?

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Tazalanche

07-28-2013, 08:17 AM

Test your source water for nitrites too.

Baygon

07-28-2013, 10:18 AM

There could be nitrite in my source water? I thought source water should be nitrite/ammonia free lol...

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lipadj46

07-28-2013, 10:54 AM

I would check it just to rule it out. Otherwise you are going through a mini cycle. Prime/safe and salt can help with nitrites

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Crunchy

07-28-2013, 02:08 PM

Dose 3x the normal dose of safe or prime. Increase filtration if possible.

Scales

07-28-2013, 02:23 PM

Did you over clean filtration?

DerekFF

07-28-2013, 05:08 PM

I'd also say its from your water source. They aren't supposed to have ammonia/nitrite, but that doesn't mean they never do. Use some prime and call it good. Your bacterial population will take it out pretty quick.

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Baygon

07-29-2013, 01:19 PM

Hahaha...you guys wont believe what i did. Apparently i stupidly added small dose of methylene blue to the 75G and ofcourse the med is known to kill BB and so the nitrite spikes as i was losing BB...

Levels are back to what they suppose to be as i did another wc and cleaned the fluval306 all the left over methylene blue...oh why did I do that...

Thanks for the tips guys.

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