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Yeah i tested the Nitrate in the tap water and that is not an issue, will start doing some more aggressive vacs as well. Thanks

I was doing water changes every other week at least, I have been doing weekly ones recently and then every other day to try and bring Nitrate down but its having very little effect. I have been in touch with a LFS to see if i can offload some of the larger fish.   Any recommendations on some...

Thanks everyone.   I have recently added some live plants so hopefully that will help a bit. Also started feeding them less as i think i was a bit generous before. The plecks are pretty big so would make sense that they could be causing an issue Will start looking into bigger tanks   Cheers

Thanks for the information, I have guessed a few of the bigger ones would outgrow the tank.   Outside of the fact the fish will outgrow the tank, is this the reason for the high Nitrate levels? Both Nitrite & Ammonia have been at 0 the last few checks

Hey,   I bought a tank with fish 8-9 months ago from a friend who was moving. Tank is a 125ltr Juwell Rio.   I have started testing the water on a bi-weekly basis to make sure everything okay and have noticed that the Nitrate levels are extremely high around 100.   I have a feeling that there...