jus10dubois
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Nitrates were in the red yesterday so did a 10 percent wc and they have dropped back to oreange
I am putting 5 drops in. And yes I do treat the whole tank with prime the python is just convenient I guess I should try buckets again but when I was using buckets it was the same....Nitrates are not an issue what's strange is you have all them nitrates and your nitrite is still high, are you making sure you're not putting to many drops in for nitrite test it's 5 drops? I would do a manual water change with a bucket and treat each bucket before you put it back into the tank, python water change units if you read on them they are actually not good as you treat after the water is added, I personally will never use a python, I take out 15 gallons a week for my pwc and use 2 ml of prime, for each bucket I put roughly .05 in the first 2 then the final bucket I use the rest which would be 1 ml, I've read so many stories where a python is the cause of the tank spiking but that's up to you, are you treating the whole volume of the tank after a water change because with a python you do.
I would do 30% manually with a bucket and treat the water before you add it to the tank and see what that does.
Did you treat the buckets before adding the water back into the tank? Do you have thick gravel, when you do a water change do you vac the gravel, what types of filter(s) do you have as filters hold a lot of nitrate, if it's a canister you might just need to clean the pads in tank water siphoned from the aquarium and the plastic parts of the canister rinsed out, if it's a hob with a sponge type like a Aquaclear, the sponge needs to be cleaned in tank watet you siphoned out, also your bio load might be to much for your filtration, how bigs the tank? what filter /type of filter do you have? how many fish? could you list your stock as well please.I am putting 5 drops in. And yes I do treat the whole tank with prime the python is just convenient I guess I should try buckets again but when I was using buckets it was the same....
I use a python and treat whole tank with prime when putting water in. I have a 130 gallon . I have a marineland sump 4 and I have 3 small oscars and a 5 inch pictus catfish the filtration I have 4 trays in the sump first layer is the blue and white fabric stuff then I have charcoal in bags for next layer then I have the bio media on bottom tray then it falls on bio wheels in my sump then I have a pump with head for return to tank I'll post picDid you treat the buckets before adding the water back into the tank? Do you have thick gravel, when you do a water change do you vac the gravel, what types of filter(s) do you have as filters hold a lot of nitrate, if it's a canister you might just need to clean the pads in tank water siphoned from the aquarium and the plastic parts of the canister rinsed out, if it's a hob with a sponge type like a Aquaclear, the sponge needs to be cleaned in tank watet you siphoned out, also your bio load might be to much for your filtration, how bigs the tank? what filter /type of filter do you have? how many fish? could you list your stock as well please.
NEVER clean filter sponge/cartridge/ media in anything other than tank water you siphon out when doing your pwc