sanchezkk
Aquarium Advice Freak
Yep you don't want to dose more than once in 24 hours roughly (doesn't have to be the exact same time, but roughly). How high are nitrites and how long have they been high? Is your PH stable? I'm wondering if overfeeding the ammonia caused a very high spike in nitrite and causing a stall,. Have you done any water changes? Try to do a 100% water change when you can (use dehchlorinator and try to match the temp of the water roughly to that in the tank, feeling both with your hand is good) and wait 30 minutes then test nitrite. If it's still too high, do another water change. Repeat until nitrite is readable on the chart (the lower the better). Then only dose ammonia to 2 for a few days (once per day! ) to let the nitrite bacteria catch up, then go back to dosing to 4 and let us know what happens.
The Nitrites have been off the charts for 10 days or so.
pH is at 8.0
I did a 90% water change yesterday and no they are down to measurable parameters. They were at between 2 and 5.
I have been dousing as of last night to 2-3 ppm of ammonia.
I'll keep this updated if there are any changes.
Thanks