I have been battling very high nitrates in our 120gal tank. At one point they were at least 160ppm, now they hover between 40 and 80 - hard to tell which exact shade on the scale the sample matches but it seems a shade lighter than 80. So this is still high. I am vacuuming, doing water changes and put more plants in but i cant get it to go down. My other readings are:
ph 7.2 (i have a dyi CO2 supplementation)
ammonia - 0.25 (keeping steady, cant get it to go down either)
nitrites - 0
since Nitrates are a product of Nitrites conversion, isnt it strange that my Nitrates are so high and Nitrites are at zero?
The fish seem to be all doing ok, although i did lose a very young albino pleco last week. My synodontis also occasionally stands on his tail in the corner, which i find very strange. He started doing it when i used Flourish Excel to battle black beard algae but keeps doing it even after i stopped dosing more than 2 weeks ago. I am stumped, does anyone have any insights?....
ph 7.2 (i have a dyi CO2 supplementation)
ammonia - 0.25 (keeping steady, cant get it to go down either)
nitrites - 0
since Nitrates are a product of Nitrites conversion, isnt it strange that my Nitrates are so high and Nitrites are at zero?
The fish seem to be all doing ok, although i did lose a very young albino pleco last week. My synodontis also occasionally stands on his tail in the corner, which i find very strange. He started doing it when i used Flourish Excel to battle black beard algae but keeps doing it even after i stopped dosing more than 2 weeks ago. I am stumped, does anyone have any insights?....