Do I need an additional filter for a 3 gallon tank?
My nitrite levels were high. I keep a betta with 3 gallons and I have two betta. Are in a tank that has an activated carbon filter that comes with the tank. Both tanks have a level higher than normal nitrite. I have taken steps to bring the level down. But for the future, should I get another leak. For example, I have seen some kind of rug or something in the store goes under the gravel. Please advise.
In an old warehouse maturity levels of nitrite is 0. This tells me that his tanks are less than 2 months, using a anitibiotic in the tank recently, you should use some additives such as Ammo-Lock or AM! What, or you're cleaning the gravel very well. Your fish produce ammonia naturally through their waste, and becomes nitrite, then nitrate by bacteria in the tank. It takes time to accumulate, so May have to convert ammonia to nitrite already available, but not enough to convert all nitrate to nitrite in the moment. The same applies if you use antibiotics – These do not distinguish between "good" and "bad" bacteria, so he killed them both, so it takes some time after the drugs for beneficial bacteria to recover. If using a product to "neutralize" ammonia or nitrate, these compounds bind to be less toxic, but his presence still appears when you test the water – why I do not particularly use except in emergency situations – that tend to hide when a "real" problem occurs until you notice the high stress levels in fish from ammonia / Nitrite poisoning. If the tank became cloudy, there is a result of rapid bacterial reproduction of bacteria that try to take advantage of people ammonia and nitrite as an energy source – Many who are unfamiliar with the necessary bacteria to convert ammonia and nitrite to nitrate (called cycling) something to make the tank dirty "and dismantle the tank and clean it thoroughly (killing bacteria). You can temporarily lift, but the results of cloud (which actually is a natural phenomenon, and the more they try to clean up, expand the water more turbid). If frequent partial changes of 20-25% 1-2 times a week, clean clouds itself when the level of bacteria reached a point where all the ammonia and nitrite is becoming and reproduction decreases. A filter in a gallon 3 should be sufficient.
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