Ginafish
Aquarium Advice Regular
Well, my tank is doing well. I've had the danios for almost 2 weeks and the tank is all done cycling. Tested today and the ammonia and nitrites are at zero, pH is fine too. But whoa nelly! My nitrates spiked! I've done so much reading on fishless cycling, and I also just read an article here in the Articles section...and the only thing I found about nitrates is that they should be around 20ppm. Is that correct? Mine are WAY over. I honestly can't tell if they're at 40 or 80 because the two shades of red on my color chart look so close. But in any event, they're high. The article suggested a partial water change to lower them so I'll probably do that tonight.
Just wanted to run this by you all to get your input on what the ideal nitrate levels are. Thanks!
Just wanted to run this by you all to get your input on what the ideal nitrate levels are. Thanks!