Makes No Sense

[sushicat]

ok my nitrites are still freaking 2ppm ive done everything 30% waterchanges every other day with light gravel vac its been over 1 week nitrites still havent stablzed ps.( i have 6 zebra danios in there all healthy no sighns of sickness)i have an aqua clear 20-40 and a penguain 200 running on it my air wand has been on all the time, i also feed my fish every other day. so what is wrong?????????

[jphonger]

hard to tell from just the nitrite reading. can you post your ammonia and nitrates as well as ph and water temperature please. It will give a little insight to what is going on..

[cocoa_pleco]

if youre ammonia is 0 something is up, you keep doing water changes yet you have constant nitrites. im thinking its the test kit

[tanks4thememories]

Describe your whole set up again please?
Water perameters, Items in tank, Fish...etc...
Also test your house water if it reads 0 PPm then your test kit is working fine.

[sushicat]

ammonia 0ppm nitrites 2ppm nitrates 5ppm
6 zebra danios
my tap water is 0ppm of nitrites my ph is 7.2
i have slate in there with fake plants and normal gravel..
temp is around 78
aqua clear 20-40 w/carbon
bio wheel 200 /wcarbon and ceramic rings
fluval tronic heater and bubble wand

[tanks4thememories]

ammonia 0ppm nitrites 2ppm nitrates 5ppm
6 zebra danios
my tap water is 0ppm of nitrites my ph is 7.2
i have slate in there with fake plants and normal gravel..
temp is around 78
aqua clear 20-40 w/carbon
bio wheel 200 /wcarbon and ceramic rings
fluval tronic heater and bubble wand

Where did you get the plants from? If from the pet shop did you get the plants from the fish isle or the reptile isle?

Where did you get the slate from?

It cant be your test kit or your tap water would have tested positive for nitrites.

You sure its not the mixed carbon type stuff in your filter? You know the speckled one that is ammo chips and charcoal mixed?

Are you sure there is no Nitrite or ammonia removal product in the filter or anywhere else in the tank?

Where did the gravel come from?

How long has tank been up?

[gm72]

I don't hear anything out of the ordinary. Sometimes a cycle can get stuck on this phase of the process for some time. I'd stop doing the water changes so frequently and let it ride. Just my opinion.

[Lady Hobbs]

I'm on the same page as gm72 here. A week is not a long time yet. It takes longer for the nitrites than for the ammonia to turn to 0. I would do nothing now until they turn to 0. Nitrites can sometimes appear to get "stuck" but we're talking them remaining the same for much longer (like 3 weeks) without changing. Yours is just fine.

[tanks4thememories]

How long has his tank been up?

[sushicat]

ive had fish in it for maybe a week and cycle beens going for 3 weeks

[gm72]

Again I'll say it just sounds like you aren't done yet.

[tanks4thememories]

Again I'll say it just sounds like you aren't done yet.

Sometimes takes over a month.

Sorry I didn't ask this to start with.