We Were adding Jungle Bowl Buddies to the fish bowl and then Tetra Aqua, Aqua Safe to the 10 gallon tank. We tested the water today and the levels are as follows
pH 8.4
Alkalinity over 300 ppm
Hardness 300 ppm
Nitrite 3 ppm
Nitrate 40 ppm
We went to the local pet store and got some
Aquarium Salt to reduce the Nitrite and the hardness,
Tetra, Easy Balance to stabilize the pH and Alkalinity levels it also reduces nitrates and phosphate,
Kordon, AmQuel plus mainly cuz it removes the nitrite and will remove the chlorine and chloramines but it also helps with nitrate and ammonia.
We added 1 T salt, 1 t AmQuel, and one cap full Easy Balance to the tank all at once. The levels never changed and the fish flipped out so we took them out, Washed the tank out with the salt. Then tested the water the Nitrate was 20 ppm and the Nitrite was 0. I then added 1 T salt (should have added 10 t) and one cap full Easy Ballance. Hardness still 300 Alkalinity over 300 pH 8.4. What should we do?
2007-04-21
16:28:40
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Kris
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