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If your nitrite is at safe levels, then there is no need to add aquarium salt. Even 1ppm isn't going to kill anything short term. I seem to remember you have high pH. You can pretty much discount nitrite toxicity at high pH.

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If your nitrite is at safe levels, then there is no need to add aquarium salt. Even 1ppm isn't going to kill anything short term. I seem to remember you have high pH. You can pretty much discount nitrite toxicity at high pH.

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Yeah, on my water supplier it says 7.9 in 2023 however when I do water tests with ph it’s normally near 7.5. Is the ram fine? I saw it a few times yesterday but not today. I have added 2 of the plant pots to the tank and a 20l water change on the quarantine tank and a 60-80l water change on the new tank. image.jpg
 
I have bought some safe start, read some online reviews and seems like it will actually help, a moss ball and some daphnia.
 
Another test done ph around 7, gh 7, nitrite 0.25, ammonia 0, nitrate 5- 10. I’m going to add some safe start to see if it helps.
 
The nitrite and nitrate has been decreasing since I’ve added the safe start. I haven’t done a water change since adding it but the readings are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and <10 nitrate.
 
Nitrate won't decrease. What's happening is that nitrite causes a false positive effect on the nitrate test. When the nitrite is no longer present, the false positive is no longer occurring and it appears that the nitrate is less. It was never that high in the first place though. There is no point testing for nitrate when there is nitrite present because of this false positive result.
 
6 sterbai corydorras have been bought and are in the 180l tank along with the bristlenose pleco and the 2 rams. The other filter has also now been moved into the tank.
 
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