Silencedogood
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I know I have had threads about my nitrates before but I still have a problem. The nitrates were down to 40 ppm after a water change last week. Now it's back up to 80 ppm (this is my 30 gal). And I just lost a guppy two days ago for no apparent reason. I know one contributing factor is that I still have the 9+ inch pleco, but I hope to rehome her sometime this week. I also have a major pond snail invasion and the snails are reproducing and dying off like crazy. Could decaying snails play a part into high nitrates?
I mentioned before that I have 8 baby guppies in my 10 gal. Yesterday I tested the nitrates (this is a different tank) and they were 40 ppm. I know that is really high for fry. The only thing I can possibly blame for causing high nitrates are the snails (yes, I have a snail invasion in that tank too). I haven't had fish in the 10 gal for at least a 1 1/2 months. Also, the ammonia levels in the 10 gal are 0.50 ppm. I concerned about my baby guppies who are only a week old.
I called my local LFS (Petco) and I think I got okay advice. The guy said to do weekly water changes (about 50%) and treat my water that I'm adding into my tank. (The water I'm adding has a nitrate level of 20 ppm). So I did a water change to the 10 gal and now the nitrates are down to 30 ppm. I was thinking about adding nitrate crystals to the filters...are those effective? Thank you!
I mentioned before that I have 8 baby guppies in my 10 gal. Yesterday I tested the nitrates (this is a different tank) and they were 40 ppm. I know that is really high for fry. The only thing I can possibly blame for causing high nitrates are the snails (yes, I have a snail invasion in that tank too). I haven't had fish in the 10 gal for at least a 1 1/2 months. Also, the ammonia levels in the 10 gal are 0.50 ppm. I concerned about my baby guppies who are only a week old.
I called my local LFS (Petco) and I think I got okay advice. The guy said to do weekly water changes (about 50%) and treat my water that I'm adding into my tank. (The water I'm adding has a nitrate level of 20 ppm). So I did a water change to the 10 gal and now the nitrates are down to 30 ppm. I was thinking about adding nitrate crystals to the filters...are those effective? Thank you!
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