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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

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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:

the other thing to remember is that we are talking about nitrate not ammonia or nitrites. fish usually start "feeling" the effects of No3 at around 30PPM. not saying 30ppm will kill your fish, but thats where it starts. at 30ppm it can potentially affect growth immune symptoms and cause stress...

its very very strange to see nitrates up soo high after a WC. i think we have the same test kit. so ph 7.4-7.6 ammonia 0 no2 0 and no3 40-160 ppm? so your bugs that convert no2 to no3 are on steroids! and can i buy your filter? lol hah. im having an issue with nitrite. Ok so huge no3 build up...

librarygirl, that is exactly what iuve been saying from the get go. ammonia and nitrate dont even register in my tests, just nitrite. lots and lots. and it keeps raising and even after a WC it just steadly climbs. It is very very weird, ive never had this issue and neither me nor my ex ( she has...

hah you would surprised what you can do with a 40$ microscope and some plastice spoons! Ive spoken with a biologist at the aquarium in dubai. The accually have ponds where they just grow certain types of "bugs" to add or remove other bugs from thier system. they joke there, that if the world...

I am a definite believer in finding awnsers not just applying bandaids. To your No3 issue. If your rocking sand, and too much fish waste and or uneaten food somehow got traped in the sand, its possible it could have created an air pocket of ammonia and nitrates/nitrites and methane gas. the...

No worries. I asked my ex to bring her lab equipment over and were gonna do this bug by bug and see if i have a microorganism issue. Thanks again for your assistance. :)

i would buy some plants. lol, i fail at growing outdoor plants but alot of water plants are easy to grom. Your tank isnt planted, so where are the nitrates supposed to go? generally ammonia>nitrites>nitrates>plants. If you toss some little plants in there (as long as lighting isnt to bad) it...

Thx jlk, im just stressing out because i cant seem to figure this out. Ive had tanks all my life and an ex GF mine owns a LFS, and were both stumped, :( i Shall never again use petco to fill out my tank. Ive used her shop for years and never had an issue, i use petco for plants and BAM...

ya, i plan to use one for snails shrimp and maybe those new spider crabs fake crab things ive been reading so much about lately. the other will be used for fry. and i def understand the inch per gal is a rough estimate for a basic rule of thumb and i get that its not super accurate, but im...

do you have live plants in your tank? if so, size type name?