SpeedEuphoria
Aquarium Advice Addict
Nitrates are used by plants, thats why in higher light+CO2 injected tanks you have to add nitrate. Try keeping it between 10-20ppm. If they bottom out then it will stunt the plants and give algae an advantage to take off.
If a brand new aquarium some algae is expected. There are many different thoughts and options that different people do to get around this.
One method is not to stock any fish, add enough ferts, then crank the CO2 way up.
Others use a very short photo period for 1 month or so and after that they add 1/2hr of lighting per week till they get where they want to be or till they have issues.
hard to say whats the best way, as everyone does things slightly different
If you have fish its not good to make large changes to CO2 levels, they should be done gradually.
If a brand new aquarium some algae is expected. There are many different thoughts and options that different people do to get around this.
One method is not to stock any fish, add enough ferts, then crank the CO2 way up.
Others use a very short photo period for 1 month or so and after that they add 1/2hr of lighting per week till they get where they want to be or till they have issues.
hard to say whats the best way, as everyone does things slightly different
If you have fish its not good to make large changes to CO2 levels, they should be done gradually.