Nitrates Rising-what Should I Do?

[JoanneH]

My nitrate reading is 0.25, which is the highest its ever been - is this ok, whats caused it to rise and do I need to do anything about it??

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0.25
PH 8
GH 16
KH 6

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tolak]

Water changes will remove nitrates. If the .25 is ppm, it's nothing to be worried about.

 

[k.o.d]

My nitrates never get much below 80 ppm, 0.25 is nothing to worry about. You have a planted tank so the plants will welcome the nitrate as fertiliser
Water changes are the best bet for diluting nitrates.

Steve

 

[JoanneH]

Ok, thanks for that - is this why I have some algae growth on the glass aswell?