Crowsmuse
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Mar 21, 2013
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Hey friends!
So here is what i have
a 29 gallon tank:
sand
a couple of lava like rock
a small piece of driftwood
java fern
wisteria
tiger lotus
small cryp (sorry forget what kind at the moment)
a small tuft of grass (forget kind)
pennywort
aquaclear 50 filter
fluval heater
aquaclear 30 powerhead
1 - golden ram
1- german blue ram
2 - amano shrimp
1- dwarf red colored long finned bristle nose plecco
i keep the plants trimmed, so there's not alot of plant debris
i clean the intake and do a 25%-30% water change once a week.
(during this change, i always gravel vac under the driftwood as there is usually alot of shrimp poo)
and as you can see, there aren't alot of fish in there.
so why, would my nitrates always pop up weekly at 80-100ppm?
i don't feed them alot at all;
2-3 cichlid pellets, one teeny algae wafer a day
and the occasional blood worm as a treat, and i feed them off the tongs so i know they eat what they get - as far as bloodworms are concerned.
all the other readings are normal, 0 ammonia and nitrite, ph around 7-7.2
I'm at a loss,
any ideas?
So here is what i have
a 29 gallon tank:
sand
a couple of lava like rock
a small piece of driftwood
java fern
wisteria
tiger lotus
small cryp (sorry forget what kind at the moment)
a small tuft of grass (forget kind)
pennywort
aquaclear 50 filter
fluval heater
aquaclear 30 powerhead
1 - golden ram
1- german blue ram
2 - amano shrimp
1- dwarf red colored long finned bristle nose plecco
i keep the plants trimmed, so there's not alot of plant debris
i clean the intake and do a 25%-30% water change once a week.
(during this change, i always gravel vac under the driftwood as there is usually alot of shrimp poo)
and as you can see, there aren't alot of fish in there.
so why, would my nitrates always pop up weekly at 80-100ppm?
i don't feed them alot at all;
2-3 cichlid pellets, one teeny algae wafer a day
and the occasional blood worm as a treat, and i feed them off the tongs so i know they eat what they get - as far as bloodworms are concerned.
all the other readings are normal, 0 ammonia and nitrite, ph around 7-7.2
I'm at a loss,
any ideas?