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[Cawdor]

That would make sense. A daily 30% change for three days.

[Petert]

Oops sorry, my bad. I read it as 3 water changes a day.

[Nemo]

Hi Pete

My tank is not a large one it is 90 litres and is 40cm hightx 35cm widthx59cm in length. The reading was Ammonia 0.0 Nitrite 0.0 Nitrate 160 and the water changes are 40litre water change every day for three days.. The model of my tank is AR 620..

[Sarah Jayne]

just wondering do you have heaps of hidey holes ect. what happened to the ey?

[Barf]

I would like to know what happened to the ey as well.

[Sarah Jayne]

Died

[sandgroper]

That's better Nemo some information .Nitrates 160 holy gwokamoly thats threw the roof.When nitrates reach 20 then their telling you it's time for a water change.At 160 with a 50% water change = 80 50% water change =40 another one =20.So after 3 50% water changes your now due for your weekly water change.As you can see when you fall behind on maintenance it takes a lot to catch back up,this is why weekly water changes are important. Frequency and % of water relates to size of tank and stocking levels, in other words each tank is it's own little ecosystem and may vary.Hope this helps in the future cheers steve. p.s ideally you want 5 to 10 nitrates after a change the lower the better it will always read something and do another one when it reaches 20. cheers again.

[Cawdor]

Cleaned up the thread.

Bottom line: always provide as many details as possible when asking for fish health advice, and get your water tested with a different test kit if the symptoms persists.

As the fish in question is now unfortunately dead due to what seems to be nitrate poisoning, this thread will be closed. If anyone would like to post something here, send me a PM.