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yes they are true carp and they are now outside in a pond,they were only fry when i had them only in the tank to help them grow a bit faster i will now do bigger water changes thanks for all your comments they were most helpfull

my mistake just checked tap water amonia and nitrite is 0 mg nitrate 25-50mg would this be ok to use in tropical tank if i put tap safe in it instead of paying for RO

because it had carp in it which are very hardy maitenance was not done very often maybe a complete water change is needed and start as if it was a new set up

no i have even taken drastic measures of replacing the filter pads a week ago there is no fish in the tank at the moment,would a total water replacement do the trick

confused as to why you think i should not use RO water our tap water is not very good here and the shops always say to use RO but any advise to use anything else would be good its a right pain getting 50 litres every two weeks at £7.00 a time or are they just telling me that so i buy it all the...

having had carp in my tank for the last 10 months i have now cleaned it out replaced all the sand for gravel and done three water changes using RO water and i can't seem to get the nitrate level down its crimson at the moment all the others nitrite amonia etc seem to be fine its doing my head in...