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Hi everyone!
Thank you for your help and advice! I kept doing water changes when the levels got too high and just left it and my levels have stabilized to 0 PPM nitrite, 0 PPM ammonia, and 20-30 PPM nitrate (week 4). My plant growth is good and I put one pump of nitrate based fertilizer a day...
Hi Aiken,
The other tanks I had I had to sell since I was in college and couldn’t keep them in my dorm. I still have a 5 gallon fluval spec that I love and still have but the filter for it was made for that tank kit and my 20 gallon I put together from scratch. The sponge pad had inserts to put...
Hi Aiken,
Thanks for the response! I added some plants too soon in my tank when I first set it up and they died pretty quickly. I tried to remove them but had a decent amount of dead plant matter floating around. When I saw ammonia spike to 0.25 I decided to not take all of the debris since I...
Hi!
So I have just set up a 20 G long tank which I plan on keeping community fish in later. It is 3 weeks old and I test everyday. I have had nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia present for a solid week and a half (even after WC). I was recommended to do a 90% WC by my LFS so I did and my levels...