Well I don’t agree with the amount of water change... the beneficial bacteria do not colonize in the water column. They colonize on the filter media, substrate and surfaces.... if you have high nitrites you need to lower them for the safety of the fish, ASAP, I’ve found it more beneficial to do 30-50% changes daily until the levels come down, which for me has taken less than a week in the past. I must have been doing something right...
Your information is very much needed. Some people explain these things your talking about (nitrites) but the way they explain is hard to understand. The way you explain it i can understand it better, thumbs up thanks.
@@Jaywil07 I seem to have some conflicting information some people say doing any amount of water change doesn't matter as the beneficial bacteria lives in the canasta the substrate The Rock. Others are saying the water and not to do large water changes. As it can affect the beneficial bacteria. I'm confused
bacteria lives on the surfaces,filter media so 50 percent water change shouldnt be worse than 25 percent water change. My fish love their weekly 80 percent water change
Great info brother as always. I appreciate the little package. The swedes were a nice little surprise as well. The growouts are loving the small community food.
I agree with you totally. I do 50% water changes only after I know the tank is very well established. I like planted tanks so big water changes are beneficial for them. I think that a lot of people don't realize how much their glass is home to anaerobic bacteria, and how it needs to built strength to survive big water changes.
Another great video Jay. The other thing you didn't mention, about lowering a nitrite spike, is to STOP Feeding, while doing those series of lowering water changes. I would also add salt to the aquarium, while nitrite is present. Tank on!!
i want to thank you so much for helping me understand my fish and tank better, ive bought more fish since. and my whole tank seems very controlled and happy, i bought food from your site. but i needed bigger size and floating, but other than that. they swim rather more smoothly instead of dartting back and forth. and more enjoyable to watch to. youve helpd me so much, i want to so THANK YOU!!!!! i have different kinds of cichlids in my tank and they are very content with each other! THANK YOU!!!!!!
I have finally learned to accept the fact that you will lose fish. No matter how good your water parameters are. Good luck to you and the wife. Still praying for you guys.
Thank you so much for this video! My nitrite is on the rise for the first time it’s at 0.25ppm but it’s always been at 0 before this. My filter flow has been slowing every couple of days too so I’m having a buddy come and look at my 407 properly asap. I would still be wondering what the problem was if it wasn’t for this ❤
this video is awesome! I am going through a new tank syndrome on my 75, I have South American Cichlids on it with 2 sunsun 304Bs both new filters and I'm using one bag of old media from a AC110 in one of the 304B .. following this video to the T and watching the other videos.. thanks
Great news! I cycled my aquarium for about 7 weeks and everything read perfect. My new fish have been in tank for 3 weeks now and i test the water everyday (when new) then all of a sudden nitrite and nitrate took off like a rocket! I use Prime and Safe, but when this just happened I used Prime as directed and changed 25% water. Hope all goes well!
Great video, I do have to say I started laughing half way through I thought the bird was a fake animation that just popped up then realized it was a live bird eyeballing you
Good information Jay. Hopefully this video will help fish keepers. I know a lot of people that would do a huge water change when they can just do a normal water change and add some dechlorinator to get their nitrites to a safer level.
Thank you for this vid. I do 50% to 80% water change every time since I started my new tank last sept 30th 2016. My nitrite is very high so i change a lot of water. Now i will try the 25% daily with seachem prime. I Will update you as soon as my tank is A OK. This vid updated my knowledge about nitro cycling.
start to finish this was awesome. lol.. it was a commercial, for good maintenance. I'm noticing the first flaw in my air system is "the chunks" so to adjust I am NOW going to try something closer to the 25% standard but more often. The reinforcing that with some floss working in somehow. But this is ALL to fight a rule you brought up, over stocking. aye yaiyai
thank you for this. This is actually true. I was guilty of over cleaning just a few days ago. I did a big water change on my 20 gallon. probably about 75 to 80 percent and the.next few days after, my fishes starts having some ammonia burns and nitrite poisoning. I was kind of taken aback since my tank has been very healthy. and it has been running for almost 4 years. I usually only do 50 percent due to EI method bit at that tome.i decides to do 75 or 80. my balance went out of whack.
had my thank for a while with very low lost notice a lot of people do water change and clean filtration at the same time which take out a lot of beneficial bacteria at the same time
Great advice many thanks, well explained as I was afraid, to and not to, change too much water in case of interrupting the cycle. 25% water change therefore makes sense well done !!
while doing the weekly water changes, do we also need to clean the filter media?? If yes, doesn't it wash away all the good bacteria out of the media ??
Great video. What's the sign for poor filtration? I have a Fluval 306 on a 60 gal and have about 20 mbunas in there. Sometimes I see poop float right pass the intake and wonder if poor filtration is the the cause of my high nitrites. Hopefully the 4 day straight 25% water change helps. Thanks in advance.
Hi there thank you for your video from down under, I need help I did all my full water change, now all my water is perfect but the nitrites it’s on 0.25.. it was on 5.0.. how can I bring it to 0ppm
I have a 124 liter aquarium with 5 Rosy Tetra, 5 heteromorpha rasbora, 4 Corydoras and 4 Zebra snails. I can't get rid of the nitrite (it's at 0.3ml/L) so it's not that much. I have no idea what to do :( I've done all what you said in this video, but it's not working :( my filter is for a 300L aquarium. I don't have much plants tho, gonna buy more plants tomorrow
Nitrates is whats giving my ungrateful cichlids agata. My Nitrites and good.... i'll have to check out the other video... That Bird is a scream. Thanks Jay.
i recently switched out my canisters on my 55gallon malawi tank due to catastrophic leakage, i know have a 55/75 aqueon hob and ac70 hob, is that good enough filtration?
Thank you for explaining the right way and helping everyone that has fish recently having this problem and using amgaurd think I'm gonna switch to prime should I do water changes as I'm battling this. If so should I add prime every time I do a water change and should I double dose triple dose or do 5 times as much as it says in the bottle any answer will be very much appreciated. Thank you for your information.
I have had issues but I have two stable tanks running for years no water changes but they are fully platnted, filters get cleaned when flow starts to choke. I found the more you mess with the water the more issues your going to have plain and simple. Too many fish is a no no I know we all want elaborate mixed species aquariums to dazzle guests and ourselves but it just does not work that way I have had some of my fish for years now a few of them came with tanks I have bought off of other people my rainbow is over five years old I have cardinal tetras that are ten years of age easy I dont scrub my tanks clean ever at all my snails keep it tip top if you have algae issues stop over feeding and quit putting new fish in the tank its all about balance and being patient I time my lights so they come on at 11 am till 9pm when stuff happens dont freak out and start chemmig you water you will only make things worse. when I first set up my tanks I do 25 percent water changes on mondays only once a week till it gets stable on its own the plants tell me alot when I see how they grow I have always found the balance in my aquariums Im not a pro but I figure things out with time and it takes time to get a good stable aquarium.
…. So I pretty much did a 90% water change before I watched this 😭 Where do I go from here? I have a new planted aquarium with a snail, beta,and an Otto. My tank is a 10gallon. I thought it was cycled.. I now realize it’s not because of the rise in nitrites.
@@KayLeesCornner prime just detoxifies them. Sounds a little odd you have NITRITES AND NITRATES with no ammonia. What are your nitrate levels and Nitrite levels?
had a tank setup for 4 months, 0-0-2.5 to 5 ammonia nitrite and nitrate tested weekly before and after 25% w/c on a heavily planted well filled in fresh water tank. this morning I woke up to one of my ottocinclus spazzing out and eventually dying. tested again and now I have .25ppm ammonia and .5ppm nitrite! no other fish loss and I don't over feed and don't ever clean my bio media, nor do I ever clean my filters at the same time I do a w/c. pls help if anyone knows why this may have happened. 30 gallon tank with a fluval 50 HOB and a 10gallon cheap HOB for flow in a dead spot and we'll established pothos growing out of the back of the tank.
I have a dwarf gourami, a bloodfin tetra, a small rubber lip Pleco, 3 Cory catfish, 2 Platys, a Bolivian cichlid. They're in a 20 Gallon and none of them get over 3 inches. I don't know if it's overstocking or not, I think it's fine, but my fish are dying... I might be over feeding, I put in 2 pellets everyday for my bottomers and 1 in every other day for my cichlid. Also, I feed my normal fish every 1-3 days. Please help, if you need more info just say and I give more
Have a few questions. I'm slightly new to aquariums and I'm trying to figure out what's going. Sorry for this long story. I bought a 55 gal tank and no doubt in my mind I over stocked it right away which was mistake #1. Checked my ammonia levels 2\week it was always around 3ppm sometimes it would jump to 5. Added seachem stability as directed to establish biofilter everything was fine fish were eating didn't looked stressed at all. Did weekly 25wc well a week and a half ago I changed out 1 of my filters biobags because it was nasty left the other dirty one in so some bacteria from old one goes to the new one then 4 days ago I decided to change the other old one out and once I changed it my fish all sat on bottom or swam to top and they started twitching really bad so I checked water and nitrites were through the roof. So I immediately started researching for answers and came along your video have been doing 25Wc everyday for the past few days and adding prime lost about 3 fish in those few days. Now to the questions what's causing the twitching? Should I still keep doing wc and adding prime daily? Should I feed every other day? (Had a problem with over feeding) in your opinion do you think I lose more fish
I had an already established tank with 2 goldfishes and canister filter with 2 layers of biological filter. The moment I introduced new fishes in tank there was spike in ammonia & nitrite. Do I need to add stability or wait.
I'm guilty of all the above and I am living proof that doing this on a regular basis totally and utterly messes you up .... I've now stopped al the scrubbing and cleaning that I used to do .... Great video jay 👊
OK... I admit I was an extreme cleaner and it destroyed my good bacteria -> Newb here! Anyway... I have been chasing Nitrite spikes for several weeks with no foreseeable end in site! Looked up tons of info on the net, watched a crap load of videos on You Tube and even talked to several LFS people ... I got so much conflicting info that I don't know what the hell is right or wrong anymore! I have a 29 gallon tall with a divider inserted, and running 2 Aqua Clear HOB Filters (the 50 & the 20). Both have an intake sponge, 2 bio sponges, a poly-fill pad and mixed bio rings, balls, lava rock, etc! I also run an air stone with a bio sponge over it to hopefully create aerobic bacteria while moving water. Tank has been cycling for 4 weeks with only 2 Bettas that get fed once a day, and 6 good sized Marimo balls to help with water quality. Stopped changing water after week 3 due to advice from a Seachem Rep! Was told to "start cycle over again by adding Stability daily, and to add 4 1/2 cap-fulls of Prime every 48 hrs and not to change the water for one week! By day 5 my bettas appeared stressed out to the max and appeared to be developing tail & fin rot! So I called several LFS and was advised to stop everything Seachem told me to do and just leave my tank completely alone for one week to let it cycle naturally... NO water changes, no NOTHING! By the next day the Nitrite spiked up to .50 ppm and my Bettas were laying around the tank, clinging to plants! That was the day before yesterday... I couldn't take watching my fish slowly dying so I changed about 8 gallons of water and they perked right up! I left the water alone yesterday however, the Nitrites rose to .25 ppm so I changed another 8 gallons again today and after talking to another LFS guy I was advised to add a fine mesh bag of fish food to my tank to help produce ammonia. He believes that my nitrite issue stems from the fact that my tank is under stocked, which is the reason i'm not seeing any ammonia since the start-up of this tank! I have run API master tests every 48 hrs since the tank was set up... I NEVER got a reading of higher than 0 ppm on Ammonia since the tank was set up and I only began to see the Nitrite rise after the first week and a 50% water change! Since I stopped poisoning my fish with the Prime I have done two tests... the first one 2 days ago, after the water change and I got about ,25 ppm nitrite and 0 ppm ammonia. When I ran the test again today (48 hrs later), I got a reading of closer to 50 ppm nitrite and .25 ppm ammonia - which prompted me to change out about 8 gallons of water. I removed the bag of fish food as well and started treating my bettas with API's Melafix & Pimafix for possible fin rot. I decided to go light on treatment as I only noticed it 2 days ago and i'm not sure if it's actually fin rot or chemical burns from the Prime and I didn't want to destroy my bio filter media by going all scorched earth with my tank not cycling properly and risk doing further damage to my fish as well as my filtration system! THIS IS A FREAKING MESS!... and I am very much afraid of loosing my Bettas which cost me $100! I'm wondering if I have municipal water issues that may be contributing to this situation but I have never heard of GH & KH as NOBODY has mentioned this possibility to me, so I am hearing about this for the first time while watching your video. Do you have a video about GH & KH that I could check out to learn more about it? Thanks for your help.
+jul labro your tank is cycling. You need to get a stability and start to focus on stabilizing that tank asap. Now I would also test this a few times and see if the test kit is not out of date.
+Jay Wilson it didn't I lost all but one fish. Now, before this video, I know better but if asked what to do by someone else I will guide them here to this helpful video.
I have new tank syndrome and my nitrites are high the other numbers seem to be ok but I think my filter needs to be changed because it is bad but I'm scared to do that and have the fish die. What's the best way to do that right now without causing more harm?
If you have a nitrates and all of your other parameters are good that means that you do not have a enough colonization strength for the ammonia consuming bacteria. Get a bottle of Dr. Tim’s or Fritzzyme 7. A small water change might even help you overcome that just by giving them freshwater more oxygen and some minerals.
I'm new to the hobby, saltwater, about 5 weeks in, and I've watched countless videos, googled, talked to people and your video was most helpful!! I have a question? My ammonia finally hit 0, my nitrites are staying at 1, down from 2, and my nitrates are at 5...Down from 160ppm. Does this mean my cycling process is coming close to the end? Thanks so much! I appreciate ya!! :)
I have a tank been up and running for 9 weeks now and have high nitrites and does not seem to be going down ? Is there any ideas , I got good filter and media. Please advise
When I moved from my 55 to 90 gallon I used both established canister filters along with all the rock fixtures and never had a problem. I feel if someone is going to start a brand new tank to buy a filter and if possible rock fixtures and let them run on a friends tank for a couple months then set the tank up if it's possible.
+Ronald Thomas --- Hydrogen Peroxide isn't a bad idea but I'd actually recommend a heavy dose of vinegar with a GOOD flushing afterwards - vinegar is not poisonous or dangerous - but it will throw off your nitrogen cycle as you restart - just test good and you'll be OK
I have a 125 gallon. Breeder buddy of mine said to use 2 things of peroxide with everything in it and filters running for 24hrs then drain and add new water
I have a nitrite problem!! Help!!!!! I have a new 75 gal tank with two 9", two 7" and two 5" Oranda goldfish. And the tank is heavily planted but only on 50% of the area (on the right half). I have 3 HOB filters with a total 800 gallons per hour flow. I know this tank is overstocked and need a bigger tank soon. This tank is still cycling at the moment. I always have 0 ppm ammonia and about 10 ppm nitrate, but I can't seem to grow or maintain enough bacteria to convert nitrite. I have been using Prime between water changes to keep the nitrite below 0.5 ppm. I am doing 25 - 50% water change twice per week. How long do I have to keep this up before my tank is fully cycled?
If you do a 25% water change one day and a 25% water change then next day, you have done 2 x 25% water changes, this is not the same as a 50% water change
hey Jay, I am planning to switch my aquarium sand because mine is to bright, I like the sand that you use in your main tank and I found it in petsmart and amazon, question those i need to wash it before put it in the tank or not? Also i have fish already inside the tank I will removed 60% of the water add the sand and then fill the tank slowly to try to have the most posible cristal clear water.
I had pneumonia went away and then I had nitrites and nitrates and the nitrates went away for the most part there's a slight amount but I still have high nitrites despite prime and stability for eight straight days, 25% water changes. I just added some live plants and my nitrites came down a little but I was told that it will kill my fish unless I put stability in there to make it non-toxic for my fish. My question is... Do I use that everyday until my nitrites go away to protect the fish? I was hoping a more natural aquarium with live plants might help to stabilize things
Well I don’t agree with the amount of water change... the beneficial bacteria do not colonize in the water column. They colonize on the filter media, substrate and surfaces.... if you have high nitrites you need to lower them for the safety of the fish, ASAP, I’ve found it more beneficial to do 30-50% changes daily until the levels come down, which for me has taken less than a week in the past. I must have been doing something right...
agree with this- change as much water required to lower nitrites
Your information is very much needed. Some people explain these things your talking about (nitrites) but the way they explain is hard to understand. The way you explain it i can understand it better, thumbs up thanks.
necro easy thank you so much.
@@Jaywil07 I seem to have some conflicting information some people say doing any amount of water change doesn't matter as the beneficial bacteria lives in the canasta the substrate The Rock. Others are saying the water and not to do large water changes. As it can affect the beneficial bacteria. I'm confused
bacteria lives on the surfaces,filter media so 50 percent water change shouldnt be worse than 25 percent water change. My fish love their weekly 80 percent water change
Great info brother as always. I appreciate the little package. The swedes were a nice little surprise as well. The growouts are loving the small community food.
+Mike Nichols awesome
That sweet bird is making me smile!
I agree with you totally. I do 50% water changes only after I know the tank is very well established. I like planted tanks so big water changes are beneficial for them. I think that a lot of people don't realize how much their glass is home to anaerobic bacteria, and how it needs to built strength to survive big water changes.
+Fish Behind Glass yes yes!
Another great video Jay. The other thing you didn't mention, about lowering a nitrite spike, is to STOP Feeding, while doing those series of lowering water changes. I would also add salt to the aquarium, while nitrite is present. Tank on!!
+colinbarsby great!!!
It's always good to be refreshed about this info. Keeps us on our toes. Thanks for sharing bro.
+J Spalding thanks for watching big time.
i want to thank you so much for helping me understand my fish and tank better, ive bought more fish since. and my whole tank seems very controlled and happy, i bought food from your site. but i needed bigger size and floating, but other than that. they swim rather more smoothly instead of dartting back and forth. and more enjoyable to watch to. youve helpd me so much, i want to so THANK YOU!!!!! i have different kinds of cichlids in my tank and they are very content with each other! THANK YOU!!!!!!
SO GLAD AND THANK YOU!
Your info is king Jay. You have helped me learn so much about this hobby. My tank has just excelled from taking your advice. Keep it coming brother!
+Chad Lindsley that's makes me feel amazing brother. Keep it up!
I have finally learned to accept the fact that you will lose fish. No matter how good your water parameters are.
Good luck to you and the wife. Still praying for you guys.
Thank you so much for this video! My nitrite is on the rise for the first time it’s at 0.25ppm but it’s always been at 0 before this. My filter flow has been slowing every couple of days too so I’m having a buddy come and look at my 407 properly asap. I would still be wondering what the problem was if it wasn’t for this ❤
2:45 needs to be a meme hahaha I'm ded
Awesome info man, helped out BIG, thanks
this video is awesome! I am going through a new tank syndrome on my 75, I have South American Cichlids on it with 2 sunsun 304Bs both new filters and I'm using one bag of old media from a AC110 in one of the 304B .. following this video to the T and watching the other videos.. thanks
+Arialdis Alfonso we are glad
0:01 is literally me right now lol
Hahahahaha
Great news! I cycled my aquarium for about 7 weeks and everything read perfect. My new fish have been in tank for 3 weeks now and i test the water everyday (when new) then all of a sudden nitrite and nitrate took off like a rocket! I use Prime and Safe, but when this just happened I used Prime as directed and changed 25% water. Hope all goes well!
Great video, I do have to say I started laughing half way through I thought the bird was a fake animation that just popped up then realized it was a live bird eyeballing you
Hahahahha
Good information Jay. Hopefully this video will help fish keepers. I know a lot of people that would do a huge water change when they can just do a normal water change and add some dechlorinator to get their nitrites to a safer level.
+NYCity Cichlids indeed thanks for watching
Thank you for this vid. I do 50% to 80% water change every time since I started my new tank last sept 30th 2016. My nitrite is very high so i change a lot of water. Now i will try the 25% daily with seachem prime. I Will update you as soon as my tank is A OK. This vid updated my knowledge about nitro cycling.
How was your experience later, after 25% water changes?
start to finish this was awesome.
lol.. it was a commercial, for good maintenance. I'm noticing the first flaw in my air system is "the chunks" so to adjust I am NOW going to try something closer to the 25% standard but more often. The reinforcing that with some floss working in somehow. But this is ALL to fight a rule you brought up, over stocking. aye yaiyai
+Jef B (808fishkeeper) appreciate it jef
Amen
thank you for this. This is actually true. I was guilty of over cleaning just a few days ago. I did a big water change on my 20 gallon. probably about 75 to 80 percent and the.next few days after, my fishes starts having some ammonia burns and nitrite poisoning. I was kind of taken aback since my tank has been very healthy. and it has been running for almost 4 years. I usually only do 50 percent due to EI method bit at that tome.i decides to do 75 or 80. my balance went out of whack.
Nice video. I see the little parrot trying to get some air time too 😀
+ChrisTwo4 Hobbie, Music and Dance Channel always lol
Parrot was hilariously cute
Great video Jay, literally filling my 125 as we speak so I'll be patiently waiting for the "tank cycling" video, lol
+Eric Chalfant lol
had my thank for a while with very low lost notice a lot of people do water change and clean filtration at the same time which take out a lot of beneficial bacteria at the same time
+Kareem Middldton yes
Great information brother, seasoned or new to the hobby, we can all benefit from this series. Thanks for sharing.
+Maximus Aquatics no worries appreciate you watching.
Yeah I did a heavy clean once a long time ago and it caused one of my Oranda to decline. 30% water change and complete canister filter change.
love using Safe. a large bottle of that lasts 10x longer than prime
+Adam C yes it does
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Thank you! This was so helpful😭I messed up, hopefully im not too late to save my fish.
Good luck
Great advice many thanks, well explained as I was afraid, to and not to, change too much water in case of interrupting the cycle. 25% water change therefore makes sense well done !!
Thank you!
My nitrites dont want to go away
U make it so easy to understand! Thanks Jay! Just subscribed 😊👍
+JJ Bae that has always been the goal! Thank you!
🤗. Great info..... Everyone this is the channel to follow if u want to learn how to keep ur tank flowing ..... Thanks for the info . ✌🏻️.
+My Daddy's Cichlids thank you so much!
Nitrites are in deed the silent tank killer. Good vid
+Dee From Brooklyn yes sir
I like this little series. great information!
+Anthony's Marine and Malawi thank you
Great video dude... very good info!
+CichlidGuy915 thank you
Thank you so much Jay, very very informative
As always great video,love that tank
+paulone65 you the man!
you said we should test our water ,and do not add chemicals, so how are we supposed to fix it ?
Love your parrot, he's the same green as our Senegal parrot. Thank you for the info on the tank, very helpful.
I find quick start and stability effective.
+jeffrey binuya great!
Could you do a video on bacteria blooms in newly cycling tanks please?
Yes I can do one for Thursday!? Does that work?
@@Jaywil07 thanks for reply, that would be great as I have a slight issue I'm going through.
Happy new year 🍺🍺🍺
Seriously beautiful eclectus boy in that corner!
great video Jay very informative!
+Gary Koseba thank you for watching Gary.
while doing the weekly water changes, do we also need to clean the filter media?? If yes, doesn't it wash away all the good bacteria out of the media ??
+Mano Harsha every other clean.
once again another great video. I've learned so much from your channel keep up the good work.
Thank you
Great video. What's the sign for poor filtration? I have a Fluval 306 on a 60 gal and have about 20 mbunas in there. Sometimes I see poop float right pass the intake and wonder if poor filtration is the the cause of my high nitrites. Hopefully the 4 day straight 25% water change helps. Thanks in advance.
+driveboy42 it's a process of elimination to figure it out.
nice video, also less shipping cost nice for us, thank you
+Efrain Garcia just be careful some times less shipping means more cost on product.
How do you have the chemi pure with the filter floss ? I I chemi pure blue in my fx6 but it's by its self in the basket.
+Pat Luckey you surround it
Right now my tank is at 0 Ammonia, but the Nitrite is sitting around .50ppm and Nitrate at .20ppm what do I do?
Love this one Jay!
+DebTim A CANADIAN Girl thank you
Well said👌
Hi there thank you for your video from down under, I need help I did all my full water change, now all my water is perfect but the nitrites it’s on 0.25.. it was on 5.0.. how can I bring it to 0ppm
I have a 124 liter aquarium with 5 Rosy Tetra, 5 heteromorpha rasbora, 4 Corydoras and 4 Zebra snails. I can't get rid of the nitrite (it's at 0.3ml/L) so it's not that much. I have no idea what to do :(
I've done all what you said in this video, but it's not working :( my filter is for a 300L aquarium. I don't have much plants tho, gonna buy more plants tomorrow
If it’s nitrite it’s not fully cycling. You need to slow the feeding down decrease your touching the tank and have a little patience nice.
Jay Wilson ok, how long should I wait before I do waterchange again? I've restarted the tank -.-" :S
which test kit do you recommend? Thanks for your videos I appreciate your service
+Martinb247 api
Nitrates is whats giving my ungrateful cichlids agata. My Nitrites and good.... i'll have to check out the other video...
That Bird is a scream. Thanks Jay.
Thank you sir good luck
+Jay Wilson I tracked down the Nitrates video and commented on that.... Do you ever "diatom"? I mean that would beat using a vac..
i recently switched out my canisters on my 55gallon malawi tank due to catastrophic leakage, i know have a 55/75 aqueon hob and ac70 hob, is that good enough filtration?
+Todd T unless you over stock the crap out of a tank
Thank you for explaining the right way and helping everyone that has fish recently having this problem and using amgaurd think I'm gonna switch to prime should I do water changes as I'm battling this. If so should I add prime every time I do a water change and should I double dose triple dose or do 5 times as much as it says in the bottle any answer will be very much appreciated. Thank you for your information.
I have had issues but I have two stable tanks running for years no water changes but they are fully platnted, filters get cleaned when flow starts to choke. I found the more you mess with the water the more issues your going to have plain and simple. Too many fish is a no no I know we all want elaborate mixed species aquariums to dazzle guests and ourselves but it just does not work that way I have had some of my fish for years now a few of them came with tanks I have bought off of other people my rainbow is over five years old I have cardinal tetras that are ten years of age easy I dont scrub my tanks clean ever at all my snails keep it tip top if you have algae issues stop over feeding and quit putting new fish in the tank its all about balance and being patient I time my lights so they come on at 11 am till 9pm when stuff happens dont freak out and start chemmig you water you will only make things worse. when I first set up my tanks I do 25 percent water changes on mondays only once a week till it gets stable on its own the plants tell me alot when I see how they grow I have always found the balance in my aquariums Im not a pro but I figure things out with time and it takes time to get a good stable aquarium.
Well said
…. So I pretty much did a 90% water change before I watched this 😭 Where do I go from here? I have a new planted aquarium with a snail, beta,and an Otto. My tank is a 10gallon. I thought it was cycled.. I now realize it’s not because of the rise in nitrites.
Give it some time. Check for ammonia
I have no ammonia, but I still have high levels of nitrites and nitrates even after a 20% water change and adding prime
@@KayLeesCornner prime just detoxifies them. Sounds a little odd you have NITRITES AND NITRATES with no ammonia.
What are your nitrate levels and Nitrite levels?
had a tank setup for 4 months, 0-0-2.5 to 5 ammonia nitrite and nitrate tested weekly before and after 25% w/c on a heavily planted well filled in fresh water tank. this morning I woke up to one of my ottocinclus spazzing out and eventually dying. tested again and now I have .25ppm ammonia and .5ppm nitrite! no other fish loss and I don't over feed and don't ever clean my bio media, nor do I ever clean my filters at the same time I do a w/c. pls help if anyone knows why this may have happened. 30 gallon tank with a fluval 50 HOB and a 10gallon cheap HOB for flow in a dead spot and we'll established pothos growing out of the back of the tank.
What's the reason for the filter floss ?
+Pat Luckey helps with collecting fine particles and filtering the water too the actually media
can u make a video about how to start a tank and all the products u need plzzzz
I have a dwarf gourami, a bloodfin tetra, a small rubber lip Pleco, 3 Cory catfish, 2 Platys, a Bolivian cichlid. They're in a 20 Gallon and none of them get over 3 inches. I don't know if it's overstocking or not, I think it's fine, but my fish are dying... I might be over feeding, I put in 2 pellets everyday for my bottomers and 1 in every other day for my cichlid. Also, I feed my normal fish every 1-3 days. Please help, if you need more info just say and I give more
Have a few questions. I'm slightly new to aquariums and I'm trying to figure out what's going. Sorry for this long story. I bought a 55 gal tank and no doubt in my mind I over stocked it right away which was mistake #1. Checked my ammonia levels 2\week it was always around 3ppm sometimes it would jump to 5. Added seachem stability as directed to establish biofilter everything was fine fish were eating didn't looked stressed at all. Did weekly 25wc well a week and a half ago I changed out 1 of my filters biobags because it was nasty left the other dirty one in so some bacteria from old one goes to the new one then 4 days ago I decided to change the other old one out and once I changed it my fish all sat on bottom or swam to top and they started twitching really bad so I checked water and nitrites were through the roof. So I immediately started researching for answers and came along your video have been doing 25Wc everyday for the past few days and adding prime lost about 3 fish in those few days. Now to the questions what's causing the twitching? Should I still keep doing wc and adding prime daily? Should I feed every other day? (Had a problem with over feeding) in your opinion do you think I lose more fish
I had an already established tank with 2 goldfishes and canister filter with 2 layers of biological filter. The moment I introduced new fishes in tank there was spike in ammonia & nitrite. Do I need to add stability or wait.
Hello. Thank you so much for this video. What products are you recommending?
great vid as always!!
+RobStealth thanks you
I'm guilty of all the above and I am living proof that doing this on a regular basis totally and utterly messes you up .... I've now stopped al the scrubbing and cleaning that I used to do .... Great video jay 👊
+PsychedelicBabe I am happy you have learned.
great information my friend thanks for sharing
+lou9294 thanks for watching
Nice bird Jay! didnt know you had one.
+Brian's Pet's he is a mess
Jay Wilson What kind is he?
+Brian's Pet's Male eclectus
Hi! I already change my water and my ammonia is 0ppm but my nitrite is 5.0ppm what shall I do? I have 2 bio filter and 1 internal filter
OK... I admit I was an extreme cleaner and it destroyed my good bacteria -> Newb here! Anyway... I have been chasing Nitrite spikes for several weeks with no foreseeable end in site! Looked up tons of info on the net, watched a crap load of videos on You Tube and even talked to several LFS people ... I got so much conflicting info that I don't know what the hell is right or wrong anymore!
I have a 29 gallon tall with a divider inserted, and running 2 Aqua Clear HOB Filters (the 50 & the 20). Both have an intake sponge, 2 bio sponges, a poly-fill pad and mixed bio rings, balls, lava rock, etc! I also run an air stone with a bio sponge over it to hopefully create aerobic bacteria while moving water. Tank has been cycling for 4 weeks with only 2 Bettas that get fed once a day, and 6 good sized Marimo balls to help with water quality. Stopped changing water after week 3 due to advice from a Seachem Rep! Was told to "start cycle over again by adding Stability daily, and to add 4 1/2 cap-fulls of Prime every 48 hrs and not to change the water for one week! By day 5 my bettas appeared stressed out to the max and appeared to be developing tail & fin rot! So I called several LFS and was advised to stop everything Seachem told me to do and just leave my tank completely alone for one week to let it cycle naturally... NO water changes, no NOTHING! By the next day the Nitrite spiked up to .50 ppm and my Bettas were laying around the tank, clinging to plants! That was the day before yesterday... I couldn't take watching my fish slowly dying so I changed about 8 gallons of water and they perked right up! I left the water alone yesterday however, the Nitrites rose to .25 ppm so I changed another 8 gallons again today and after talking to another LFS guy I was advised to add a fine mesh bag of fish food to my tank to help produce ammonia. He believes that my nitrite issue stems from the fact that my tank is under stocked, which is the reason i'm not seeing any ammonia since the start-up of this tank! I have run API master tests every 48 hrs since the tank was set up... I NEVER got a reading of higher than 0 ppm on Ammonia since the tank was set up and I only began to see the Nitrite rise after the first week and a 50% water change! Since I stopped poisoning my fish with the Prime I have done two tests... the first one 2 days ago, after the water change and I got about ,25 ppm nitrite and 0 ppm ammonia. When I ran the test again today (48 hrs later), I got a reading of closer to 50 ppm nitrite and .25 ppm ammonia - which prompted me to change out about 8 gallons of water. I removed the bag of fish food as well and started treating my bettas with API's Melafix & Pimafix for possible fin rot. I decided to go light on treatment as I only noticed it 2 days ago and i'm not sure if it's actually fin rot or chemical burns from the Prime and I didn't want to destroy my bio filter media by going all scorched earth with my tank not cycling properly and risk doing further damage to my fish as well as my filtration system!
THIS IS A FREAKING MESS!... and I am very much afraid of loosing my Bettas which cost me $100!
I'm wondering if I have municipal water issues that may be contributing to this situation but I have never heard of GH & KH as NOBODY has mentioned this possibility to me, so I am hearing about this for the first time while watching your video. Do you have a video about GH & KH that I could check out to learn more about it?
Thanks for your help.
i just started with goldfish in my tank should i get a bottom feeder and more fish or just wait for now
is that a Parrott I see? he is funny😃
Fantastic video.
+024DJF thank you
what's your preparation for a possible power outage?
I have a problem my nitrites won't go down. Even after all the suggestions on fishlore forum my nitrite reading is still in the purple range.
+jul labro your tank is cycling. You need to get a stability and start to focus on stabilizing that tank asap. Now I would also test this a few times and see if the test kit is not out of date.
I had high nitrites and I was told do 75% water change and handed live plants.
I would not recommend that at all. But hopefully it worked
+Jay Wilson it didn't I lost all but one fish. Now, before this video, I know better but if asked what to do by someone else I will guide them here to this helpful video.
+calinahodges i am so sorry that happened. Anytime you need anything I'm always here. Askawaywithjay@gmail.com
good video. good info.
+Dan Hiteshew I'm glad
So what is the healthy nitrite range for organisms
Hamy for anything in your tank .... 0
nice bird
+yo burger thank you
Dude your tank is boss!!!
I have new tank syndrome and my nitrites are high the other numbers seem to be ok but I think my filter needs to be changed because it is bad but I'm scared to do that and have the fish die. What's the best way to do that right now without causing more harm?
If you have a nitrates and all of your other parameters are good that means that you do not have a enough colonization strength for the ammonia consuming bacteria.
Get a bottle of Dr. Tim’s or Fritzzyme 7. A small water change might even help you overcome that just by giving them freshwater more oxygen and some minerals.
Thanks so much for the great information!
+Cynthia Marie thank you for watching. Means a lot.
I'm new to the hobby, saltwater, about 5 weeks in, and I've watched countless videos, googled, talked to people and your video was most helpful!! I have a question? My ammonia finally hit 0, my nitrites are staying at 1, down from 2, and my nitrates are at 5...Down from 160ppm. Does this mean my cycling process is coming close to the end? Thanks so much! I appreciate ya!! :)
+Cynthia Marie yes it does
I have a tank been up and running for 9 weeks now and have high nitrites and does not seem to be going down ? Is there any ideas , I got good filter and media. Please advise
When I moved from my 55 to 90 gallon I used both established canister filters along with all the rock fixtures and never had a problem. I feel if someone is going to start a brand new tank to buy a filter and if possible rock fixtures and let them run on a friends tank for a couple months then set the tank up if it's possible.
+Joe Wood if that's a possibility and you trust your friend yes absolutely and def bring that water with you!
Hold it in lol
you have any idea how to sterilize an aquarium. I lost all my fish to either a bacteria or fungal. I've heard hydrogen peroxide
+Ronald Thomas --- Hydrogen Peroxide isn't a bad idea but I'd actually recommend a heavy dose of vinegar with a GOOD flushing afterwards - vinegar is not poisonous or dangerous - but it will throw off your nitrogen cycle as you restart - just test good and you'll be OK
+Old School Fish Guy old school in for the win! Vinegar is what I use for all build up. GREAT ADVICE
I have a 125 gallon. Breeder buddy of mine said to use 2 things of peroxide with everything in it and filters running for 24hrs then drain and add new water
If you aren't breaking it down and you take the fish out - that's not a bad idea - never tried that approach
omg -- the bird made me laugh -- not sure why -- i just did not expect it LOL
+P Jay LOL
I have a nitrite problem!! Help!!!!! I have a new 75 gal tank with two 9", two 7" and two 5" Oranda goldfish. And the tank is heavily planted but only on 50% of the area (on the right half). I have 3 HOB filters with a total 800 gallons per hour flow. I know this tank is overstocked and need a bigger tank soon. This tank is still cycling at the moment. I always have 0 ppm ammonia and about 10 ppm nitrate, but I can't seem to grow or maintain enough bacteria to convert nitrite. I have been using Prime between water changes to keep the nitrite below 0.5 ppm. I am doing 25 - 50% water change twice per week. How long do I have to keep this up before my tank is fully cycled?
If you do a 25% water change one day and a 25% water change then next day, you have done 2 x 25% water changes, this is not the same as a 50% water change
Also don't clean your filter your filter media the same day of a water change
actually i only have 10 fish, mostly big youngest 1 year oldest 4, probably should add more
great info jay.
+James King (NJTiger24 Aquariums) appreciate it.
hey Jay, I am planning to switch my aquarium sand because mine is to bright, I like the sand that you use in your main tank and I found it in petsmart and amazon, question those i need to wash it before put it in the tank or not? Also i have fish already inside the tank I will removed 60% of the water add the sand and then fill the tank slowly to try to have the most posible cristal clear water.
+Efrain Garcia yes please wash.
why is the tank cutoff but we get to see 3 feet of your wall?..hah...come on now!
You missed like 1.5" of tank lol
+Jay Wilson sit your ass in that 3 feet of wall space so we can see the beauty tank and not your mug! haha. jk. great video as always bro.
I had pneumonia went away and then I had nitrites and nitrates and the nitrates went away for the most part there's a slight amount but I still have high nitrites despite prime and stability for eight straight days, 25% water changes. I just added some live plants and my nitrites came down a little but I was told that it will kill my fish unless I put stability in there to make it non-toxic for my fish. My question is... Do I use that everyday until my nitrites go away to protect the fish? I was hoping a more natural aquarium with live plants might help to stabilize things
Looks like you male Eclectus is plucking?