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Originally Posted by ohiomary
When I started this problem, Nitrite was at 5.0 and Nitrate was between 10-20. Ammonia was at 0. I use a testing kit where you compare vials of water to a card and it's hard to match them exactly. Today, after two water changes, Nitrite is at 1.0 and Nitrate is at 5, ammonia is still at 0. Do these numbers make sense? Obviously I'm new at this but I thought ammonia would have been higher. Does it seem like I'm on the right track with this?
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Did you recently add fish prior to posting on the forums? 12 inhabitants and 5 fry seems to be alot for a system running for only 3 months.
Ammonia>nitrites>nitrates During the cycle each converts to the other so when you tested for ammonia it came back 0 but your nitrites tested high and your nitrates were high but still lower than nitrites because the cycle was still underway. You need to let it cycle FULLY to get your water parameters in check. This is why I mentioned the salt factor - it has slowed down the cycle. Keep doing 25-30% water changes daily.