Help - Nitrites have peaked yet ammonia has not started to drop

Newman · 10-28-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by orangecones

i think not!

+1000000000

JRB__ · 10-29-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeCones

You're welcome!

I'm glad you are thinking ahead for your pleco. I see too many folks keeping a large fish in a way too small tank and then either it dies early or they 'get rid of it' by dumping it on a fish store to try to resell. To me, if you cannot take care of the animal for its normal natural lifespan, don't get it to start with.

Its funny you say that. My story with my pleco is the same as most. I bought him totally unaware of the tank he would need, not now, but when he's fully grown and nor did the pet shop speak up about it... funny that, being its one of the most expensive fish they have. But when I got him home I looked him up on the net and found out in a big enough aquarium common pleco's can reach up to 2 feet!! So my pleco is the reason I'm taking my mild interest in fish keeping to the next level and investing more money than I ever thought I would be spending on this hobby.... but your right most people wouldn't, they just mistreat them.

JRB__ · 11-02-2009, 04:49 AM

UPDATE**
Tank has finally completed its cycle. Yooohoooooo!!
All the barbs survived, strangely ammonia has remained at 0.25ppm. Refuses to leave...must be something rotting somewhere that I just can't find. Thanks for the help.

Newman · 11-02-2009, 06:27 PM

I remember that someone on here said that a reading of .25 NITRITE (not ammonia) indicates that you have a plant or something rotting in there. but dont worry. .25 ammonia will be gone in two weeks. I had a small .25 spike in ammonia one week after doing stuff to my filter, then next week nitrite roe to .5 and the third week everything was 0 again. It doesnt take long for that so clear, so dont stress too much about stuff rotting. (unless its visibly excessive)

11-02-2009, 04:49 AM	#33
JRB__ Little Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 279	UPDATE Tank has finally completed its cycle. Yooohoooooo!! All the barbs survived, strangely ammonia has remained at 0.25ppm. Refuses to leave...must be something rotting somewhere that I just can't find. Thanks for the help. __________________ ~ They call them fingers, but I've never seen them fing.. ~ 20 Gallon:** Planted 5 Guppies 12 Neon Tetra 2 Otocinclus 5 Hockey Stick tetra Baby Blue acara 70 Gallon: Planted Cichlid Community 2 Peppermint Bristlenose 3 Clown Loach 110 Gallon: Lake Malawi Cichlid Community Banded Leporinus

11-02-2009, 06:27 PM	#34
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,810	I remember that someone on here said that a reading of .25 NITRITE (not ammonia) indicates that you have a plant or something rotting in there. but dont worry. .25 ammonia will be gone in two weeks. I had a small .25 spike in ammonia one week after doing stuff to my filter, then next week nitrite roe to .5 and the third week everything was 0 again. It doesnt take long for that so clear, so dont stress too much about stuff rotting. (unless its visibly excessive) __________________ Credit goes to Lludu