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Hey everyone. ok so i had a blue green Algae (bacteria) bloom and i cleaned my tank as thorough as i could. I still have it in some area's i can not get to. and peices that are in my sand substrate. my tank was cylced. but now after cleaning the tank of the bacteria, i had a Nitrite spike, of about 2.ppm I did 2 water changes yesterday.the first was from cleaning the tank a little bit more trying to get what i missed. and the second was because my nitrite was about .5ppm before i went to bed. so i did a 25% water change just before i went to bed. when i woke up My nitrite was at 2.ppm, and my fish were acting very sluggish and not happy ( i don't blame them.) so I Did a 60% water change this morning and everything seems fine right now. I use prime water conditioner.
But has anyone every had this problem, is their a reason this is happening? I plan on doing water changes everyday to help rid the Bacteria, but I wasn't expecting the Nitrite to shoot up so high. I figured a small amount but not as much as it has.
Any help would be Great.
But has anyone every had this problem, is their a reason this is happening? I plan on doing water changes everyday to help rid the Bacteria, but I wasn't expecting the Nitrite to shoot up so high. I figured a small amount but not as much as it has.
Any help would be Great.