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What I've found is sometimes, if I don't position the pouch of resin correctly (e.g. pack it down too tight under the pump), it significantly affects the time it takes for nitrate to go down. I've also found that it seems to be losing efficacy in general. Seems to be taking longer for nitrates...

Thanks @Colin_T, here are a few more shots: Little guy just won't stop giving me headaches... 😭 I considered cataracts too, but isn't it progressing a bit too fast? Plus wouldn’t cataracts be located in the lens, underneath the operculum? And yet, with his vastly improved behaviour and...

I’m glad to report that my pleco is breathing and swimming normally now, and has been for the past 2 weeks. The thing that concerns me now is that both his eyes seem to have progressed: Instead of a “cloudiness”, there seems to be a solid patch forming. It’s happening on both eyes, “over”...

Hey @AJ356, pause for a sec. @gwand might have been right after all, though in a different way. I was puzzled by a drop of 1 GH in my tank after using Nitra-Zorb for a few big water changes. Lo and behold, I tested my tap water before and after Nitra-Zorb: Before: 4.0 GH After: 3.0 GH As I'm...

Sorry to keep bumping. Would just like to dump some more info in case anybody has any more ideas. Here are the current parameters as of today: Ammonia & Nitrite = 0 PPM Nitrate = ~7.5 PPM KH = 2 GH = 3 pH = 7.5 (seems stable around the clock right now) Temperature ~= 25 °C (or 77 °F) I now...

Is this true? My impression was that it released chloride ions, not sodium chloride. Not gonna lie, I even tasted the treated water just to be sure, just because I was storing the pouch in salt water when not in use. My tongue didn't detect any salt at all... EDIT: Humbly paging @Essjay as I...

I'm starting to wonder the same too. But it's just weird he was completely normal for all these years we've had him, then decided to do this out of the blue. Perhaps the nitrates did some long-lasting damage on him? Then again, that week long period of seemingly complete recovery, plus the...

UPDATED: Please read the whole post before deciding on this product! It may alter other parameters too. Hello. I've received a lot of help from @Colin_T and others with my unwell pleco (thread here), so I thought I'd offer up a small contribution to this forum. As part of this ongoing...