nitrites in the red
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almarktool
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how old is your tank and what is in it, u did say you nitItes were in the red , anything in the tank missing , trites in any tank are not good, perhaps u added some rock or sand and u are experence a mini cycle, did your tank cycle initally ?
almarktool
Member
well i assume that your trites were 0 before u added the anemones is this correct ?
perhaps one of them is dead ?
i would prob do another water change if it were my tank trites should be -0- nothing else,
what size tank is this ? do u have LR , LS what type of filters?
what else is in the tank other than the 3 anemones ?
also how old is this test kit ? can u get the readings of your water confirmned by perhaps your local fish store ?
perhaps one of them is dead ?
i would prob do another water change if it were my tank trites should be -0- nothing else,
what size tank is this ? do u have LR , LS what type of filters?
what else is in the tank other than the 3 anemones ?
also how old is this test kit ? can u get the readings of your water confirmned by perhaps your local fish store ?
j21kickster
Active Member
if you tested and trates were high, and you did a waterchange and trates were still high- you might have a bad test kit-how much water did you take out?
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10k
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No j21, magic's saying Nitrites. That's a whole other can-o-worms. I hope, for his/her sake it is Nitrates, not Nitrites. Especially considering the tanks been up and running for 6 months. Somethings askew here.
j21kickster
Active Member
oops- thought is said trates- but even then- after a good waterchange it would go back down- at least for a while- Also i dont know about you but i see people from my town everyday-
j21kickster
Active Member
if they are truely that high, check ammonia as well- it should be high as well- did something large die?
magic
Member
well I talked to the guy at the pet store tonight and he said that I got in to the sand and to give it 24 hours, so thats what I will do, but I came home and found out that I have ich so now what, Im so pissed Im about to give it to goodwill.
ntvflgirl your from panama city? where? Im on Tyndall.
ntvflgirl your from panama city? where? Im on Tyndall.
angus
Member
<I added 3 Anemones and it has went up from there. my tank is 6 months old.
Magic-
After reading about your over crowded 10 gallon tank last week, I'm not surprised that you now are dealing with Ich and high nitrites, basically a crashing system.....
I'll try and help as best as I can here. All of this is in your 10 gallon tank now, correct?
5 Damsels
1 Strawberry Basset
1 Coral Catfish
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
3 Red Leg Hermits
11Blue Leg Hermits
10Turbo Snails
8lb Live Rock
1 Flame Scallop
3 Feather Dusters
1 (Rock) Mushroom Coral
1 Fox coral
1 Bubble Coral
1 Long Tentacle Anemone
1 White Sebae Anemone
1 Red Tulip Anemone
Lets look at this logically. First, return all the anemones to your fish store...as well as all the inverts and live rock.
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
3 Red Leg Hermits
11Blue Leg Hermits
10Turbo Snails
8lb Live Rock
1 Flame Scallop
3 Feather Dusters
1 (Rock) Mushroom Coral
1 Fox coral
1 Bubble Coral
Many fish stores will either give you store credit, or actually hold your stuff while you're treating your tank. You can't effectively treat your tank with inverts in there, as any effective ich medicine will kill them off.
Because your fish now have Ich, you'll have to deal with this first. Turn your 10 gallon tank (with only the fish in it) into a hospital tank and treat the fish with a copper based ich treatment. Read and follow directions carefully. Adding more medicine or trying to speed up the process won't work, will maybe kill the fish. These fish are fairly hearty, so they should survive the treatment. This treatment will take a month.
In the meantime, set-up a new tank. A 55 or 75 would be ideal. While your letting the new, bigger, tank cycle, your fish will be healing in the hospital tank.
Slowly buy or take back some of your inverts from the fish store once the new tank is ready. Adding new livestock slowly is the best way to keep the new tank stable. Lastly, add the now Ich-free fish.
Skip the anemones all together. They won't survive most likely anyway, and certainly not in a tank that's new. They most likely helped to crash an already over loaded system in the first place.
This is the crappy part about this hobby, learning the hard way. Everyone's made mistakes, it's how we all learned really. Try not to get discouraged. In the end you will have gained experience and knowledge which will make things easier later on.
Best of luck.
angus
Magic-
After reading about your over crowded 10 gallon tank last week, I'm not surprised that you now are dealing with Ich and high nitrites, basically a crashing system.....
I'll try and help as best as I can here. All of this is in your 10 gallon tank now, correct?
5 Damsels
1 Strawberry Basset
1 Coral Catfish
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
3 Red Leg Hermits
11Blue Leg Hermits
10Turbo Snails
8lb Live Rock
1 Flame Scallop
3 Feather Dusters
1 (Rock) Mushroom Coral
1 Fox coral
1 Bubble Coral
1 Long Tentacle Anemone
1 White Sebae Anemone
1 Red Tulip Anemone
Lets look at this logically. First, return all the anemones to your fish store...as well as all the inverts and live rock.
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
3 Red Leg Hermits
11Blue Leg Hermits
10Turbo Snails
8lb Live Rock
1 Flame Scallop
3 Feather Dusters
1 (Rock) Mushroom Coral
1 Fox coral
1 Bubble Coral
Many fish stores will either give you store credit, or actually hold your stuff while you're treating your tank. You can't effectively treat your tank with inverts in there, as any effective ich medicine will kill them off.
Because your fish now have Ich, you'll have to deal with this first. Turn your 10 gallon tank (with only the fish in it) into a hospital tank and treat the fish with a copper based ich treatment. Read and follow directions carefully. Adding more medicine or trying to speed up the process won't work, will maybe kill the fish. These fish are fairly hearty, so they should survive the treatment. This treatment will take a month.
In the meantime, set-up a new tank. A 55 or 75 would be ideal. While your letting the new, bigger, tank cycle, your fish will be healing in the hospital tank.
Slowly buy or take back some of your inverts from the fish store once the new tank is ready. Adding new livestock slowly is the best way to keep the new tank stable. Lastly, add the now Ich-free fish.
Skip the anemones all together. They won't survive most likely anyway, and certainly not in a tank that's new. They most likely helped to crash an already over loaded system in the first place.
This is the crappy part about this hobby, learning the hard way. Everyone's made mistakes, it's how we all learned really. Try not to get discouraged. In the end you will have gained experience and knowledge which will make things easier later on.
Best of luck.
angus