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How long have you had that leaf fish?

I got it sunday.

P.H - 8.3
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - .5
Nitrate - 0

my nitrite is high right? if so how do i get it down?

Yes your trite is high, trite and amm should both be 0 and trate should be <10 in a unheavily planted fw tank.

water changes 50% is the best way to get it down

Your tank is either mid way through the cycle, or the bioload was maxed out and through it into a mini cycle. Either way:
Step one: Do a massive water change, at bare minimum 50%.
Step two: Return the fish.
Step three: Since the puffer library is down right now, I'm posting a link to fishless cycling. Since you are showing nitrites, you're already part way, but no use having more fish suffer through the remainder. Please don't be offended by the title if the thread, it's literally the first on the list on google:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f1 ... 03339.html

What have you seen that leaf fish eat? As far as I know, they only eat live food--mostly small guppies.

Pufferpunk wrote:What have you seen that leaf fish eat? As far as I know, they only eat live food--mostly small guppies.

Yes i have seen him eat the guppies

So do water change every day or every other day till it goes down.

Correct, at least 50%.

it has to be between 0-.25 right?

Nitrite should be 0 at all times, same for ammonia.

okay thanks.

I did a water change and it made the nitrite 0.

muffinman3560 wrote:it has to be between 0-.25 right?

the nitrate is what you want to show 0-5 ppm ideally

scats require different parameters