Cornstar
Aquarium Advice FINatic
My tank is slightly overstocked with mbuna cichlids so I understand that my nitrates may be high. I was wondering when I could check my nitrates again after a water change to see if it decreased significantly. Before doing my water change my nitrates were between 40-80ppm (liquid API test). I tested my tap water and it shows 0ppm. I know that prime can give me distorted results so any suggestions?
I squeeze out my filter floss in my tank water to get out all the gunk. I also have a lot of anubias nana but they don't seem to help. I have an aquaclear 110 and an eheim 2217 running.
My current stock is
4 yellow tailed acei (4inches)
7 yellow labs (ranges from 1 inch to 4 inch)
5 Afra cobues (3 inches)
5 small srt hongi. (1 inches)
That is another problem, some of the fish grows exponentially faster than others. All the yellow labs were .5 inches when I got them but now the spread is just ridiculous.
I squeeze out my filter floss in my tank water to get out all the gunk. I also have a lot of anubias nana but they don't seem to help. I have an aquaclear 110 and an eheim 2217 running.
My current stock is
4 yellow tailed acei (4inches)
7 yellow labs (ranges from 1 inch to 4 inch)
5 Afra cobues (3 inches)
5 small srt hongi. (1 inches)
That is another problem, some of the fish grows exponentially faster than others. All the yellow labs were .5 inches when I got them but now the spread is just ridiculous.