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Found some nitrate compacting liquid called Nitrate Minus. Seems to add certain BB to bring your Nitrate down, have to use it weekly. However I've a problem now in the 190lt tank, found my male dwarf Gourami dead :-(. I suspect though after reading the forum that it might be a case of bullying...

And it gets worse! Now found 2 tetras, with bumps on their heads! Just checked chems again and nitrate has come up again! At my whitsend as done 50% changes and watch the levels come down to the test done 2 days ago. Guppy on the mend but lost one tetra and 2 have bumps! Thinking of getting...

Last pwc was 2 days ago, before that I was doing 50% changes every day for about 6 days to lower the nitrate. Last test results are; Ammonia 0 Nitrate 10 (bearing in mind that this was the original problem! Please read previous posts) Nitrite 0 Ph 6.5. Going to do another 50% change tomorrow, as...

Hi guys, quick update. All levels now fine and the last guppy is putting back on weight and redness nearly gone from gills. However, had unexplained bloated red line tetra, whom was breathing irrational and eyes bulging. Stuck her in hospital tank and within 30 mins, she died :-(. All others...

Yeh both are at Zero. Over the next 3-4 days, I should be at home a sensible time in the evening to do water changes each day. Should I be doing the filter on each day?

Get the point Cactuspixie, but it's nitrate that's the problem, not Ammonia. Ammonia is at 0 ppm. The other problem is that I'm a truck driver so not always home every night to carry out daily changes. I will get home tomorrow night and do another Change to 70% and go again.

Just an update for you guys. Have gone another water test this evening and there is an improvement, but feel not quick enough. The Nitrate levels are still excessive (looking at between 40-80ppm based on the colour chart). Although this is an improvement on the 160+ results at the weekend! I...

Have a very settled and beautiful male Krib in my larger tank and was thinking of adding more. Will this affect the male, whom has been on his own for the last 3months? Am I better off getting him into a quarantine tank with the new ones, then put them all In at the same time. Or shall I just...

Cool, thanks again for your help you guys. Just hope I can get things back on track and re-stock the guppies.

Thanks for that, looks like I might go down that root. Shame as I was hoping for a bit more activity in the tank, never mind.

I have always been told to use the water from my water change to clean the filters/media, is this wrong? Also I've done the filter clean with the water change once every 7days over the last 3 weeks since the problem started. The gravel cleaner I bought was a Aquarium Systems PGR2000 Power...

Thanks so much for that as I was just about to buy 20 of them! As for the snails, don't you have to control them from overbreeding?

Not added any fish for a while now, as when we had all we were very happy with the tank. The loaches were the last purchase, which were at least a month ago. I have a very good flow of water, as the pump/filter system had been change under advice from a friend and the loaches have been getting...

Looking at putting cherry shrimp into my Juwal 190 tank. Currently have 6 gold barbs, 12 peppered Cory's, 6 white tip tetra, 6 Rosy Tetra and "Big Red", which is an Albino Plec. I understand however that the shrimp may be at risk of being eaten by the Plec, or am I worrying over nothing? I do...

Hey no worries, very grateful for any input. Also this site has been help with previous posts, so kinda steered me to live plants and better testing. Will asses over the next couple of days and hopefully should see the tests ok and an improvement in the condition of the remaining guppies. Would...