SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
How high is "high levels" of nitrates? I'm assuming over 20ppm?
I was dealing with high nitrates until I got a new skimmer and cut my feeding. I've cut my nitrates from 50 to 20 with partial water changes. My tank is looking really better than it has in a long time. Hair algae going away, purple coming back, fish seem much more active.
But, during my excitement about having my tank back, I ordered a new clean-up crew from reeftopia.com today. It will be here Wed. I will try to do a 10% water change tomorrow and one Wed before the inverts arrive - but, is 20ppm too high to introduce shrimp and snails (peppermint shrimp and a large assortment of snails)? Maybe I can cancel it if nitrates are still a little too high.
Thanks.
- skins
I was dealing with high nitrates until I got a new skimmer and cut my feeding. I've cut my nitrates from 50 to 20 with partial water changes. My tank is looking really better than it has in a long time. Hair algae going away, purple coming back, fish seem much more active.
But, during my excitement about having my tank back, I ordered a new clean-up crew from reeftopia.com today. It will be here Wed. I will try to do a 10% water change tomorrow and one Wed before the inverts arrive - but, is 20ppm too high to introduce shrimp and snails (peppermint shrimp and a large assortment of snails)? Maybe I can cancel it if nitrates are still a little too high.
Thanks.
- skins