Peter57 Peter57
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Big water problem #1
Big Water problem#1
Hi all

Had my 20 gallon tank running for 5 years with no issues, done a,water test yesterday and the ammonia was slightly high maybe because my nephew dropped to many small cory pellets in the tank I tried to get as much out as possible,

Done a 20% water change no joy the ammonia got worse and nitrites was high the water smelled odd .

Rang Maidenhead aquatics for advice, done a 50% water change using Seachem prime as usual no joy, brought some quick start and ammonia remover dosed the tank after a 50% water change but fish all at the top so not looking good no deaths yet I have the Fluval u3 filter a air stone .I have a betta 6 female swordtails two balloon mollies 7 corydoras shrimps and assassin snails haven't lost a fish in over a year
I'm at a lose what to do ,any advice would be appreciated
Kind regards
Peter
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Re: Big water problem #2
All you can do is continue changing water using a double dose of Prime (amount for the whole tank) until the cycle re-establishes and the ammonia and nitrite drop back to 0.