Mustangman11224
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Hey all...
How much longer will it be till I get a good colony of nitrates in my 36 gal tank... It took about 2 months to get nitrites... Please don't tell me it's going to take that long to get nitrates..... These everyday water changes are killing me.... The last thing I wanna do after I get home from work at 9:30 is change 50% of the water in my tank.... Three buckets of water out... Three in lol... Is there anything I can do to speed up the process I have no problem doing the changes just kind of tired of doing them every day... But If that's what I have to do then so be it. . My nitrites spike to 1 ppm after one day... I have been doing every other day feeding and that didnt help... I think my pleco is making my nitrites spike, he puts out alot of ammonia waste.
Thanks for any advice
Dan
How much longer will it be till I get a good colony of nitrates in my 36 gal tank... It took about 2 months to get nitrites... Please don't tell me it's going to take that long to get nitrates..... These everyday water changes are killing me.... The last thing I wanna do after I get home from work at 9:30 is change 50% of the water in my tank.... Three buckets of water out... Three in lol... Is there anything I can do to speed up the process I have no problem doing the changes just kind of tired of doing them every day... But If that's what I have to do then so be it. . My nitrites spike to 1 ppm after one day... I have been doing every other day feeding and that didnt help... I think my pleco is making my nitrites spike, he puts out alot of ammonia waste.
Thanks for any advice
Dan