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Ammonia Problem | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)

Re: Ammonia Problem (none / 0) (#6)
by PeterW on Mon Sep 27, 2004 at 02:10:13 PM PST

I had a tank with occupants spike over 5.0 on nitrite. I thought it had cycled, but something obviously went wrong at some point. Ammonia was zero, but nitrite was off the scale. One of the 10 male guppies in there died, and he was the smallest/weakest right from when I got him. I'd never have guessed there was a problem going by all the frothing activity by the others. I wasn't checking nitrite frequently enough because it had previously stabilized at 0, 0.

So, don't panic about the 2.0, but do try and get it down a bit and make sure it doesn't get out of control.

BTW: different test kits report nitrite levels differently. Some report values 1/3 of the value that others report - or maybe its the other way around and some report values 3 times the level of others. I don't know which is the majority. I don't really remember my chemistry well enough, but I think one sort measures in such a way that the dissolved nitrogen gas is included in the value.

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Re: Ammonia Problem (none / 0) (#7)
by MimiGuppy on Mon Sep 27, 2004 at 10:11:13 PM PST

Thanks Peter. You have been really helpful, it just makes me even more happy that I found this site! Anyways, please check out my new log entry called "Tank Levels" under the Aquaria Topic. It explains how my tank is doing now. And I'm only asking you to look at it because I'm too lazy to explain it all again.. :)

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Ammonia Problem | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)

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