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Hi,
I have a 10 gallon tank with fish that was fully cycled for about 7 days all on its own:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
I have been doing every other day tests of the water.
Suddenly on day 7 I see the nitrite level shot through the roof:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 8
Nothing new was added or removed from the tank during this time except for daily light feeding.
Any idea what would cause the nitrogen to spike without the ammonia going up?
Did my bacteria that change nitrite to nitrate suddenly all die off?
Did I miss an ammonia spike that went away?
Is there something in the tanks that can cause nitrite directly without having to first create ammonia?
(Is there a relationship between how high the ammonia level goes up and how high the nitrite goes up? Like can an ammonia spike of 0.25 that might have been missed, cause a nitrite spike of 8?)
Thanks!
Juggernaut
I have a 10 gallon tank with fish that was fully cycled for about 7 days all on its own:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20
I have been doing every other day tests of the water.
Suddenly on day 7 I see the nitrite level shot through the roof:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 8
Nothing new was added or removed from the tank during this time except for daily light feeding.
Any idea what would cause the nitrogen to spike without the ammonia going up?
Did my bacteria that change nitrite to nitrate suddenly all die off?
Did I miss an ammonia spike that went away?
Is there something in the tanks that can cause nitrite directly without having to first create ammonia?
(Is there a relationship between how high the ammonia level goes up and how high the nitrite goes up? Like can an ammonia spike of 0.25 that might have been missed, cause a nitrite spike of 8?)
Thanks!
Juggernaut