My nitrates will not go down

[Stlrockguy]

I'm starting them on Saturday.

 

[Stlrockguy]

Any suggestions on some frozen food. I just got some ocean nutrition formula one and I don't like the way it's made. Plus it messed with my protein skimmer

 

[Rusty S.]

simple solution

Plants eat nitrates. And in return they give off oxygen for your fish and remove carbon dioxide from the water.

They just seem to be getting higher. I even did a 25% water change. I need help please

 

[Stlrockguy]

Yea that's why I'm going to be getting some macro to put in my tank

 

[Rusty S.]

It sounds like you are about to solve your nitrate problem on your own.

Yea that's why I'm going to be getting some macro to put in my tank

 

[Stlrockguy]

Just did a 50% water change. I'll check my levels tomorrow and post them

 

[Rusty S.]

It is the nitrates that are giving you problems. Get rid of the nitrates, not the water.

Just did a 50% water change. I'll check my levels tomorrow and post them

 

[Stlrockguy]

I plan on it. Waiting for supplies to come in the mail

 

[Rusty S.]

What type of plants are you thinking of introducing to your tank?
There are a lot of neat things out there.

I plan on it. Waiting for supplies to come in the mail

 

[Stlrockguy]

Chaeto, chaulerpa, and a couple shaving brushes.plus 500 copods ans amipods

 

[Rusty S.]

Cool!
Chaeto is easy to get started and will populate your tank as long as your fish don't eat the copepods.

Be careful with the chaulerpa. When it begins to multiply it will cloud up your tank. They will release spores all at once and make a mess of things.

The shaving brushes are nice but if you have sea urchins they will eat them.

That's a lot of algae.


are a group of small crustaceans

Chaeto, chaulerpa, and a couple shaving brushes.plus 500 copods ans amipods

 

[Stlrockguy]

Ok so no chaulerpa. I don't have anything in my tank except a mono a damsel a dozen red/blue leg hermits a few shrimp a emerald crab and 2 coral frags

 

[Stlrockguy]

I'll be upgrading my tank in a few months. 55 galling just isn't enough for me. I plan on getting a 6 ft 120 or something larger as long as it doesn't take up more the 6 ft length

 

[Rusty S.]

I hope you live on the Coast.
It's a real pain to find any decent saltwater fish living in the mid west where I live now.
I spent many years on the East coast and the West coast and I guess I am spoiled.

 

[Stlrockguy]

I live in missouri. I know a few people that does group orders online so I can get in on those. When I get my new set up ill be using a refugium

 

[Rusty S.]

Tanks can get expensive.
I have a 150 gal that's about 6 ft
A good place to search is craigslist.

 

[Rusty S.]

I live in Missouri as well. That's why I am doing freshwater. I have searched all around for a decent fish shop and there is nothing so far.
I have not tried Jefferson city yet though. That's about 45 minutes from here.

 

[Stlrockguy]

Yea I lie in Springfield. There's only two places to go around here. One of them is petwarehouse and a place called the aquarium shop. They will do special orders though

 

[Rusty S.]

I went to petco yesterday in washington mo and they had a worse selection than walmart. They didnt have any saltwater supplies at all. the other one I went to in rolla (Bowels aquarium) had a nice selection but they were all diseased. I wasnt going to put any of that junk into my tank. I am still looking for a place to buy some plants. I need a good ground cover still.

 

[Stlrockguy]

I love Craigslist. I want something that's predrilled. My next tank is getting done right. My levels are below 5ppm. So that big water change seems like it helped so far