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jetajockey said:Google freshwater deep sand bed, some people do them. I'd use plants to reduce nitrates, my goldfish eat many plants but seem to also leave many alone. They love duckweed but don't touch salvinia, they also don't hurt the anacharis. The 40ppm nitrate reading and fish lethargy is likely coincidental, that level really isn't extreme at all.
You think? It always happens tho. Its how I can tell the levels are going up again