silverfighter Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hi my daughter decided she wanted to feed the mummy and baby fish so she put half a Chinese container of flake in the tank it's a 3x1x1.5 and levels are ammonia = .25, no2 = 5 or higher no3= 40 - 80. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regani Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Get as much of the food out as you can, then do daily water changes (30-50%) for a bit until levels normalise. To detoxify ammonia use Prime, Ammolock or a similar product. Adding some salt to the tank (depending on which fish you keep) will help to reduce nitrite toxicity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfighter Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thank you. I have platies in there at the moment. And some elodea. What type of salt should I use? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regani Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Sodium chloride is what you want. Buy Rock salt or aquarium salt, not the regular table salt as that contains anti-cackling agents that may affect your water quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfighter Posted May 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Water changes for the win. Baiscally as long as you dont shock the fish with drastic temperature change......... you can do large and frequent emergency partial water changes. johnbetta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr2mark Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Keep the lights on the elodea and they will take up N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
