Is my water unsafe?

[Nick540]

I have fish already in it it's a 75 gallon running for about a week and a half I used the api master kit anyway my ammonia is 0 to 0.25 nitrate 40 to 80 ppm PH 7.4 to .76 and nitrite 2.0 to 5.0 ppm sure my tank has a large bio load but I've started doing water changes every other day about about 30 to 40 %

 

[TeamPisces]

I have fish already in it it's a 75 gallon running for about a week and a half I used the api master kit anyway my ammonia is 0 to 0.25 nitrate 40 to 80 ppm PH 7.4 to .76 and nitrite 2.0 to 5.0 ppm sure my tank has a large bio load but I've started doing water changes every other day about about 30 to 40 %

Did you cycle the tank before adding livestock? Ammonia and nitrites should not be present. I don't know how long you need to keep the current percentage of water changes, but with that frequency, I also don't know when your biological filtration would be established. You might also want to post what your stocking? Other with more experience may offer additional advice/suggestions. Good luck.


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[TeamPisces]

I didn't know this this thread was located in two different sections. The OP's issue was well addressed in the "Food, Water& Health" section.


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[frankoq]

Yes, I think we discussed this in another thread by the same OP.