Please Help I need some advise!!!

[Emg]

When a tank is fully cycled and healthy you shouldn't read any ammonia or nitrite. You will get a bit of reading on the nitrates though.

Don't bother trying to mess with the PH. This will cause more harm than good. Most fish will adjust to your PH if you acclimate them properly. A 7.6 reading isn't too bad in my book...mine goes up to 8.2 sometimes...however, my water is on the soft side...about 80ppm.

Do 20-30% water change every day until those readings get to 0. Take too much water out all at once and you end up interupting the cycle by removing too much of the good bacteria.

 

[wataugachicken]

if you only change 20-30%, the levels will never go down that way. the fish replace that much waste by the next time you do a change.

again - the bacteria do not float around in the water.

 

[linzNjoe]

Thanks, all the help the better.. How much of a water change should i be doing? More than 25%?

 

[wataugachicken]

check your other thread about cycling

 

[stacey]

Try Going And Buying Some Zeolite To Add To Your Filter, It Will Take It Right Down.

 

[wataugachicken]

the problem with using ammonia-trapping or neutralizing products is that often they do such a good job that there is zero ammonia left over for the bacteria to feed on, which makes your cycle take even longer.

 

[Holly9937]

You will want to do as large of a water change as it takes to get the ammonia down below .5, as close to 0 as possible. This might take more than 25%, more than once a day, hence the "fun" of a fishy cycle . Ammonia is toxic to the fish, it is very important to keep it low, they can suffer permanent damage due to high/prolonged levels.