Plant Question

[chich]

Hello again , my tank is cycling it has nierly 0 ammonia but nitrites are high about 5ppm i was just wondering could i add some plants or would nitrites effect them?

 

[juicebox]

plants don't really use nitrites and you'd have to have more equipment (good lighting, co2, plant substrate, fertilizers) to support the plants. have you tried doing about a 50% water change?

 

[chich]

dont the nitrites need to go down to 0ppm by themselves first?

 

[d3tained]

If you ahve fish in the tank do a 40% water change.If you are doing fishless cycle leave it for 5 days and check again.If still tehre do water change.

 

[scubadoo]

No problem with adding the plants. The nitrites wont affect them.

If anything they could help a bit, 'cos you can use plants to help seed a new filter set-up when you do a fishless cycle. Nitryfying bacteria can live in the root systems, but when using them for this purpose its recommended that you leave them in the rookwool.

 

[chich]

thanks