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hahah noo lol Ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels are non existent, kh is 120 and ph is 8.4 to 8.6 my bad on the typo

planted tank

vacuum with a screened cover and i didnt add a ton of salt :( i dunno why this crap wont die :(

I have 2 identical tanks, both contain 4 turban snails 8 tiny hermit crabs 1 anenome and 1 emerald green crab. The snails and emerald crab are new additions. The hermits and the anenomes seem to be just loving life, but the snails just lay there not moving, some face down some face up and 1...

30 gal tank. 4 serpea tetras, 2 redwag platys, 2 sunfire wag platys, 3 dalmation mollys 1 chinese algea eater and 1 reedfish, 2 tiger 2 red tipped sharks 2 tiger stripped plecos. Tank IS heavily Planted. this was my tanks original inhabitance. Then my tank was hit with ICH, which i believe came...

Im glad your nitrates are back under control. And if you have no place for nitrates to go (aka plants) then yes it was probably your old test kit. over a span of time nitrates could have been building higher and higher while you got low readings.

Steer, few questions. 55litre, but what else is in the tank? plants substrate rocks all that.

Jeta, the tanks are 3 months old, and have cycled once already. Plus my tank has lava rock as well as 4 inchs of substrate and various plants and a 3'' x 4'' filter and bio wheel. I dont see how i would be short of collective BB area. But good suggestion nonetheless.

well, instead of replacing ALL your water, which requires alot of extra work, do a handful of PWC`s, to to get the lvls down to where there acceptable and add plants :cool: especially those i suggested because you can leave them grouped together and move them tank to tank. Even if u stick with...

generally yes, you would see fish issues with nitrate levels over 30ppm. While that is pretty standered there was a test done by Gambusia in Florida springs that shows reproduction levels reduced in as much as 1.5ppm, they have also show some cat fish habiting a tank with lvls over 100ppm for...

Mlani, if your test is showing 80-160 and that is the top of your Kit range, then your nitrates can be anything over that. Ok so lets say its at like say 350PPM. it will show up as 80-150. u do a PWC, now the lvls are 210ppm, it reduced but the kit is reading the same. try this. Take a cup of...

Jlk, that is fantastic advice. id assumed because of my tap PH lvl that i would be over stocked in minerals and whatnot. my PH is something around 8.4-8.9. i live within about 1/4 mile of the water recycling plant. so lvls vary. I dont know, but i will ask my Ex. either way, im sure i can make...

hah, my puppy begs, my cat begs and my GF begs. i love my fish cuz they dont want nothing from me but food once a day!

well, i just spent 3 hours making slides from my filter, water at various depths plants algae u name it. so tomarrow into the microscope and see if anything looks bad. but Mlani, if nothing pans out, i will be very open to hair pulling tactics!:banghead: