Good news and bad news on Lincoln. He's doing fine, don't worry.
I was planning to do a water change 2 days ago, but have been sick. I got to it today and water parameters were a little nuts.
Virtually no Ammonia, Nitrites were 2ppm, and Nitrates were about 80ppm. UGH. Good news is the tank is definitely cycling and making nitrates. Bad news is there are lots of them and nitrite too.
I should have been more on top of this, but it also happened pretty quickly.
I rinsed out the sponge from the filter (in the old tank water as to not kill the good bacteria) and it was pretty dirty. I also did a 45% water change with gravel syphon and plan to do another 20-30% change either later today or tomorrow.
Lincoln seems no worse for the wear, but I am sure he appreciated the water change.
I am on top of it and will continue to be.
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