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Tank levels spiked. What do I do?

rosebloom63

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Hey guys!

Apparently I just have one small disaster after another...So Afish stopped eating yesterday and it was time to check levels and everything went crazy! Nitrate between 10 and 20, nitrite between .5 and 1, nitrate at 5 and ammonia at 1. That was AFTER the 50% water change. I cleaned his filters (sponge filters) to get the gunk off and got out all the debris I could reach with the net. I added some API quick start with the new water to try to bring the levels down some. Does anyone have advice for what else I could do and/or what I'm the world happened? He ate a whole bunch the day before yesterday but just quit yesterday and won't eat today.
 
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