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...ion is obviously important.the ph level should be 7 and do 20 % water change in every week.the ammonia and nitrate level should always be 0. 5.for a discus community aquarium one should keep some bo...
Typical for a neglected tank.... most aquariums will tend to go down in pH and up in Nitrates if not maintained properly. Add 1 teaspoon of Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) per 20 gallons o
...     * Before you do anything...Check your water parameters! Is there high ammonia? Nitrates? Nitrites? If you find any of these readings to be high, an immediate 25% water ch...
I've got a 46 gallon freshwater tank that with a high Nitrate level. All other water stats are OK. The tank is not over populated and uses a cannister filter. What is the best way to reduce and ke
I found this site through a search on information about high nitrates. looks like there is a lot of good info and stuff on here so i decided to sign up. So I'm just saying hello. I have a 55 ga
...plants are still not doing very well and I tested the water. Everything seems fine except that I have high nitrate levels (40-50 ppm). I have cut back on feeding, put a phos X filter media into my fil...
...ferns, 2 sagittaria subulata and a couple moneyworts. I have virtually no ammonia, but both nitrite and nitrate read high for weeks now (drop test). I have drastically reduced feeding for the last ...
...live on for a year or more. I have been doing water changes on a monthly basis for the last 5 years, and nitrates nitrites, ammonia, PH, temperature, and alkalinity test great. I hate to see my fish...
... other day, and take out uneaten food after they have eaten. Despite this my nitrite level is 50mg/l, and nitrate levels are 50mg/l, my PH was also 5.0 but is now 7.0 due to me adding bicarb into the...
... all, I'm having a problem in one of my tanks. the reading for the water are as follows: Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 40ppm Ammonia: 1ppm Now that ammonia is what is worrying me, I have just done a wa...
... I've just tested all my tanks today. And I notice that just about every tank has a reading of 40ppm for nitrate, yet the ammonia and nitrite readings are "0". How can that be and what does it mean...
... cloudy water, brown gook over EVERYTHING so I had to throw all decorations out, green algea (?), too high nitrate which took forever to get down and yucky gravel. Just when I get the water to where ...
...me down with ich. I do not know why. My ammonia is at zero, my nitrites are at zero, and surprisingly my nitrates are at zero. My ph is at 7.4 and I feed them accordingly with a robust diet. For s...
...added two plants that seem to be dying, I am monitoring the PH which is around 6.6 - 6.8. The Nitrites and Nitrates are both higher than they should be but according to my test instructions not at a h...
...ot. Long story short I want to mod my canister, change what is in the filter or add another to keep the nitrate down. any suggestions would be helpful cheers [IMAGE]...
...nd started losing a few fish recently. I did a water test, and needless to say my ph was low(6.2), and my nitrate levels were very high. I did a 20% water change, added stress zyme, and bullseye 7.0...
... a tank.. your water parameters will read as follows) Stage/Week 1: Ammonia... zero Nitrites... zero Nitrates... zero Stage/Week 2: Ammonia starts to rise Nitrites... zero NitrAtes... zero...
have tried live plants and used all chemicals (natural) requested have been losing a fish here and there and it is a community tank. we have done water changes and added stress coat and baking soda a
... very sudden as did the one ram chichlid. I change and monitor the water weekly. All levels of ammonia/nitrates, etc are zero. I treat the water with de-clorinator with each change. I carefully ...
...l+ along side my water changes and my most recent water tests show no Ammonia, no Nitrites, and 5-10ppm of Nitrates (so I dosed again with AmQuel+, which should remove that, note I just did a 30-35% w...
... all enjoy the newsgroup and all the wonderfull advice. Here is my problem i have a 50g tank that has high nitrates about 100ppm what should this be 0ppm i think how can i lower it. it has been this w...
... even came from. Has anyone been able to sucessfully get rid of it? Water has trace nitrites, pH is 7.0, nitrates at 10ppm. Temp at 78F....
...t on the water and nearly fell over the ph is slightly above normal and ammonias fine but the nitrites and nitrates are so through the roof that i cant tell you what their actual readings are. Its ...
Hi all hope someone can help me my nitate is high in my tank but my tap water is also high what can i do to lower them many thanks
...round 3.5ppm. But the NO2 doesn't seem to be going anywhere. It's been way high for about 5 days now. NO3 (Nitrates) are at about 20ppm. NH3 (ammonia) is at 0. Am I just being impatient? Or doing so...
...lp the ammonia? I don't want to start dumping chemicals in the tank to try to lower. I have no idea on the nitrate or nitrites. We have not had any deaths but one of the dalmations just lays on the...
...g problems keeping my Angelfish. I have a 40gal tank, I do a 20% water change a week and check my Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels once a week. All levels are at zero. I've had 2 die and one start ...
...uarium Club, I am new to this hobbie! I ve a comet and 2 danios who look fine but i ve started to get high nitrate readings, have done daily changes and added salt and bacteria solution should i repea...
...l accurate answer for you, but I think I've heard of people's source water (tap or well water) having more nitrate in it than 20ppm. According to one article on www.thekrib.com, 'Fish exhibit severe n...
Hi Everyone!! I have a question on my test results. Here is the readings Nitrite 0.5 Nitrate 0 Ammonia 2.0 Do these mean my tank has cycled?? I change my water (25%) weekely and that is
...ight when my water was clear, I have cloudy water. I did a water check and my Ammo is 0, nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 5, I am only feeding once a day and I just noticed that I have one live plant in t...
our ammonia is at 0 but now our nitrates are still high and our ph low. I have done several times the water changes every two days and after water change we put in the concoction of baking soda and e
...do is sit at the bottom and not eat or swim is this normal for new oscars? Heres what my water looks like Nitrate-0 Nitrite-0 Hardness-75 Alkalinity-120 pH-7.2 water temp.- 78 degrees i feel b...
I have high levels of nitrate in my 12 gallons reef tank. Is it good to put bacteria to control that? I did 2 water change al ready but after the second water change the nitrate levels went up. My tan
...about 2 inches in the bottom. Water change of 25% weekly. I test regularly for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. Ammonia and nitrite are near 0, but nitrate is around 50ppm. I have read mixed re...
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