Brookey25 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hi everyone, I've just had the latest water tests on my fish I've posted about. I was wondering if someone could give me their opinion (I have yet to learn about nitrates or ammonia). Mr Fish's Results: PH 7.4 Nitrates 50-100 (on the peice of paper I was given at the pet store, they had the word "High" written underneath "100") Ammonia 1 Patch's Results: PH 7.6 Nitrates 0 Ammonia 0.5 If you could give me any ideas about what these mean, I would very much appreciate it. Patch is very sick at the moment and I'm not sure what's entirely wrong with him. If it's his water quality, I can at least help that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Do you know the nitrite results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Do a 50% water change to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hi everyone, I've just had the latest water tests on my fish I've posted about. I was wondering if someone could give me their opinion (I have yet to learn about nitrates or ammonia). Mr Fish's Results: PH 7.4 Nitrates 50-100 (on the peice of paper I was given at the pet store, they had the word "High" written underneath "100") Ammonia 1 Patch's Results: PH 7.6 Nitrates 0 Ammonia 0.5 If you could give me any ideas about what these mean, I would very much appreciate it. Patch is very sick at the moment and I'm not sure what's entirely wrong with him. If it's his water quality, I can at least help that. Don't look to bad, but i would do a water change to. Basically fish poo gets broken down by bacteria to Nitrates 0 Ammonia then to Nitrite then nitrate. Ammonia (NH4) and Nitrite(NO2) are toxic at higher levels, nitrate(NO3) are not toxic until they get really really high but there is a debat over that. Best thing you can ever do if you think something is wrong is a water change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Ammonia readings should be zero so water changes. Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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