redraptor
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a 26 bowfront tank with a fluval 105. I'm a little over stocked(18 inches of fish. 4" of which is keyholes) so I do weekly water changes all that jazz. So testing my water a week ago I found high nitrate levels and low ph 6.3 or so. Did a big water change that day and the next day, no change whatso ever. Next day removed all the decorations and vacuumed the gravel good, only got moderate detritus out of the tank. Still no change. Got myself some nitrate resin beads to help absorb some of the nitrates, took the levels down to about 30-40 but the ph won't budge.
My fish are all south americans(apistos and keyholes) or from low ph african rivers (p. sacramontus) so seems ok with the ph. I have perky fins all over the tank. My ph out of the tap is 7.2 so I want to get the ph up and the nitrates down to prevent ph shock.
Any suggestions? I'm going to lower the stock levels soon, but the tank I'm going to move fish into is currently being used to raise angelfish fry so it wont be available for a couple months.
Added note: I have no wood or plants in the tank, just plastics and a couple of shells.
My fish are all south americans(apistos and keyholes) or from low ph african rivers (p. sacramontus) so seems ok with the ph. I have perky fins all over the tank. My ph out of the tap is 7.2 so I want to get the ph up and the nitrates down to prevent ph shock.
Any suggestions? I'm going to lower the stock levels soon, but the tank I'm going to move fish into is currently being used to raise angelfish fry so it wont be available for a couple months.
Added note: I have no wood or plants in the tank, just plastics and a couple of shells.