dmurray407 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) I've had my quarantine tank (10 Rubbermaid tub) set up for quite awhile, parameters have been stable. I have two seasoned sponge filters in the "tank" and I've been adding a pinch of fish food every day. I got some new fish on Saturday and I think I overloaded the quarantine tank because my parameters are now not OK. I did a 50 water change on Sunday (I stated seeing ammonia Sunday evening) and yesterday (Monday). I added a HOB filter and put a Purigen packet in it. I've been adding Prime and Stability according to package instructions. I just checked my water and I'm at Ammonia .5, Nitrite .25 and Nitrate 5. I'm assuming that even though the Prime "binds" the nitrite/nitrate, my test would still appear elevated? Anyway, my question is, should I do a 50% water change now and redose the Prime/Stability or wait until tomorrow AM and test again? I have Panda Cory's, Celestial Pearl Danios and Emerald Rasboras in the tank. There is also a big gob of Java Moss floating around in there with the fish. Edited February 15, 2022 by dmurray407 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Is the HOB from an established tank? If it is I think it’ll get your parameters back under control quickly. If not then I’d add as much cycled media as you can. I’d also do the water change and add prime today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmurray407 Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 (edited) On 2/15/2022 at 4:34 PM, Patrick_G said: Is the HOB from an established tank? The HOB just has the Purigen packet in it-I was kind of grasping at straws last night so thought I would stick it in there. Edited February 15, 2022 by dmurray407 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmurray407 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 OK, 50% water change done, added a bit more Prime and another big sponge filter from my other tank. We'll see how my numbers look in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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