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Thanks for the link. This is what I thought. This info came from the instruction leaflet in the Tetratest No3. It states Above 50mg/L The growth of aquatic plants begins to stagnate, increase in algae problems (Blue Green Algae starts to grow). Above 100mg/L plant growth will stagnate...

Thanks for your replies. I done the nitrate test with a Tetratest kit. It stated that nitrates between 12.5 and 25mg/L are good(which mine are), but anything above 50mg/L promotes BGA growth and aquatic plants start to stagnate. This is confusing as I was thinking about raising nitrates to...

I am having problems with blue green algae. I change 25% of water each week with a vacuum to clean sand. The aquarium is about 6 months old, only had this problem for the last month. Nitrite and Amonia are both reading 0 Ph is 7 and the nitrate reads 12.5mg/l. I have added air stones and a large...