fastfly48
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all, and everyone else...
Not long ago my wisteria (ALL OF IT) died
Since then I've notieced that things just arn't right, things arn't growing like they used to. The wisteria made of the main bulk of my plants. With it gone, I now have a gaping space in the tank
However, I've been testing my water and have noticed that the nitrates have sky rocketed. The logical reason for this would be because there arn't as many plants to suck it up. Is this logic right in this case?
So I'm gussing/hoping getting some more plants would help reduce these high nitrates? If so, then I'll go out and get some tmoro...prob wisteria.
Also, the fish are fine, can't seem to be able to kill the little buggers But the plants are much touchier. Though, I only have java fern, java moss, anubis nana and a tiny bit of val (the wisteria died ).
Could these high nitrates (40-60s) be having negative affects on these plants?? I didn't think they could...
Becasue they all seem to have stopped growth, with the val starting to wilt, the java ferns leaves browing, and the nanas leaves curling.
Eek! it's falling apart!
temp is a steady 26*C
CO2 is around 20 (a bit low, but meh)
Ammonia and nitrite are zero
Nitrate is BIG, hard to tell how high with the colour, I think it's around 60ppm though...
Tanks is 20g.
Fish? Um...
3 plecos (largest being only about an inch), 4 corys, 3 harlequin, 12 neons, 4 rosy/cherry (not sure they are the prettyones haha um, males are red, females gold) oh and some random glass shrimp
So, that explains the nitrate factor hu?
Hope you can help
cheers.
Ry.
Not long ago my wisteria (ALL OF IT) died
Since then I've notieced that things just arn't right, things arn't growing like they used to. The wisteria made of the main bulk of my plants. With it gone, I now have a gaping space in the tank
However, I've been testing my water and have noticed that the nitrates have sky rocketed. The logical reason for this would be because there arn't as many plants to suck it up. Is this logic right in this case?
So I'm gussing/hoping getting some more plants would help reduce these high nitrates? If so, then I'll go out and get some tmoro...prob wisteria.
Also, the fish are fine, can't seem to be able to kill the little buggers But the plants are much touchier. Though, I only have java fern, java moss, anubis nana and a tiny bit of val (the wisteria died ).
Could these high nitrates (40-60s) be having negative affects on these plants?? I didn't think they could...
Becasue they all seem to have stopped growth, with the val starting to wilt, the java ferns leaves browing, and the nanas leaves curling.
Eek! it's falling apart!
temp is a steady 26*C
CO2 is around 20 (a bit low, but meh)
Ammonia and nitrite are zero
Nitrate is BIG, hard to tell how high with the colour, I think it's around 60ppm though...
Tanks is 20g.
Fish? Um...
3 plecos (largest being only about an inch), 4 corys, 3 harlequin, 12 neons, 4 rosy/cherry (not sure they are the prettyones haha um, males are red, females gold) oh and some random glass shrimp
So, that explains the nitrate factor hu?
Hope you can help
cheers.
Ry.