Man I have been having all kinds of problems, my chemistry was fine but then I lost my O,
replaced him with two, lost one of them from the same signs and symptoms but treated the tank with
jungel parasite clear, and after the baby O died my chem levels are back to sh*t , and I just cant get them back.

so I guess for sure im in cycle hell all over again, I hope this isnt putting to much stress on the other O
I have been doing 20% water change daily but my levels are at.

PH 7.2
Ammonia .25
Nitrite 1.0
nitrate 10

should I be doing larger water changes? till I get the numbers back?

fed up
Zoo

Stick with 20% daily water changes. You are doing the water changes to keep the ammonia and nitrite levels low because they are bad for oscars. So as long as your ammonia and nitrite dont get too high then you are doing enough water changes

delboybully wrote:


spot on advice. its what i would have said. if you look at your ammonia .25 its bottom of the scale, very good for a recycled tank. and nitrites again, a little higher than I'd like but it shows your cycle is returning the ammonia is being broken down to nitrite and this again broken down to nitrate.your getting there.

If you are not using "prime" in your water change you may want to consider doing so. it works very well on small amounts of ammonia/nitrites and helps remove them quicker

i couldn't find any better advise than what marcus and delboybully had.
stick to their advise and you will be fine....

marcus wrote:



Im using stress coat, but I could pick up some prime if you think its a better product.


Zoo