flitabout
Aquarium Advice Addict
Ok so as many of you know I have been trying to deal with my high Nitrates in my water. So I have come up with an experiment that I think works.
So normally I do 2 50% pwc a week. Well I stopped doing them last week so I could actually watch the nitrates and how they rise versus plant mass, ferts and lighting. I think I have found the stabilizing point which came out around 40ppm and it's been holding steady there for around 4 days.
So now I am doing water changes to get the nitrates down around 10 ppm. I don't think my fish are too happy with back to back 60% changes. But if this works I may finally be able to keep my water changes down to 50% once a week again and not because of stupid high nitrates!
I upped the PPS-Pro dosing to 2x the high light dose and upped my photo period to 12 hours a day.
So my question is what do you all think about my experiment For better nitrate management?
So normally I do 2 50% pwc a week. Well I stopped doing them last week so I could actually watch the nitrates and how they rise versus plant mass, ferts and lighting. I think I have found the stabilizing point which came out around 40ppm and it's been holding steady there for around 4 days.
So now I am doing water changes to get the nitrates down around 10 ppm. I don't think my fish are too happy with back to back 60% changes. But if this works I may finally be able to keep my water changes down to 50% once a week again and not because of stupid high nitrates!
I upped the PPS-Pro dosing to 2x the high light dose and upped my photo period to 12 hours a day.
So my question is what do you all think about my experiment For better nitrate management?