Looking for a bit of advice please. Have a new 360L tank (had 30L previously) thought I had cycled it, as ran it for about ten days, with fluval starter. Had water tested at LFS and showed fine.
So moved my old fish (1 pleco, 2 rummy nose, 1 danio, 2 serpae tetra, 1 glass cat fish, 1 cory) into their new home, all fine.
Waited a week and added more fish (danios and corys) parameters were fine. (Bought my own testing kit)
Waited another week and added gouramis and barbs and nitrites started to rise, fish still all good, but nitrites wouldn't go down.
I have a Sump filter with Varios 4 pump.
1 Pleco
3 honey Gouramis
5 Corys
5 danios
2 rummy nose
2 serpae tetra
4 pencil fish
1 glass cat fish
1 betta
5 cherry barbs
I am feeding fish every two days, and doing water changes every few days and dosing with Prime to keep the fish 'safe'..but not sure what else to do as the parameters are constantly high. Ammonia is fine, Nitrate and Nitrite high. Wondering if sump is set up wrong...or anything else.
So moved my old fish (1 pleco, 2 rummy nose, 1 danio, 2 serpae tetra, 1 glass cat fish, 1 cory) into their new home, all fine.
Waited a week and added more fish (danios and corys) parameters were fine. (Bought my own testing kit)
Waited another week and added gouramis and barbs and nitrites started to rise, fish still all good, but nitrites wouldn't go down.
I have a Sump filter with Varios 4 pump.
1 Pleco
3 honey Gouramis
5 Corys
5 danios
2 rummy nose
2 serpae tetra
4 pencil fish
1 glass cat fish
1 betta
5 cherry barbs
I am feeding fish every two days, and doing water changes every few days and dosing with Prime to keep the fish 'safe'..but not sure what else to do as the parameters are constantly high. Ammonia is fine, Nitrate and Nitrite high. Wondering if sump is set up wrong...or anything else.