Birdcop
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi, I have been running my aquarium now for 3 1/2 months. Its a 29 gal planted tank with quite a few fish and snails in it. I was cleaning my tank bi-weekly for some time (15-30% water changes w/o vacuuming the gravel) but nitrates were never showing up in my testing. Even after putting in new fish and going on vacation, I didn't see any increase. I've gone almost 3 weeks with no cleaning It still shows as 0.
I have 6 Kuhli loaches, 1 small reticulated hillstream loach, 3 amano shrimp, 1 dwarf honey gourami, 2 medium platies, 6 neon rasboras, 5 rasbora hets, 4 white clouds. I have a 30 gal huvel filter with an extra filter piece on the intake. Are my plants eating all of the excess waste and should I just not be worried about it? Or should I be worried about my tank's water perimeters crashing? ( This happened to me early on during my starting cycle)
My water is usually 6.8-7.2 acidity, 300 hardness, and between 40 and 80 in alkalinity, but always 0 in nitrates and nitrite. I have a heater and air pump ofcourse too, it's always at 74 degrees.
I included a picture of my tank, I'm unsure what exactly counts as heavily planted or anything.
Thank you! This is my first time with anything other then a bowl and a goldfish. I love my tank.
I have 6 Kuhli loaches, 1 small reticulated hillstream loach, 3 amano shrimp, 1 dwarf honey gourami, 2 medium platies, 6 neon rasboras, 5 rasbora hets, 4 white clouds. I have a 30 gal huvel filter with an extra filter piece on the intake. Are my plants eating all of the excess waste and should I just not be worried about it? Or should I be worried about my tank's water perimeters crashing? ( This happened to me early on during my starting cycle)
My water is usually 6.8-7.2 acidity, 300 hardness, and between 40 and 80 in alkalinity, but always 0 in nitrates and nitrite. I have a heater and air pump ofcourse too, it's always at 74 degrees.
I included a picture of my tank, I'm unsure what exactly counts as heavily planted or anything.
Thank you! This is my first time with anything other then a bowl and a goldfish. I love my tank.