JdE
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I have a 30 gallons well established tank with Eheim 2215 and a good number of plants. I use RO water to keep the pH in range and the total solids low (my water is kind of hard).
Lately I got a light green algae on the glass and the tip of some plants seem rotten. I changed lights, increased algae eater population, repeated water changes and the algae keeps coming back.
I read that it may be an excess of nitrates (mine is kind of high), but if I change water too often, the pH and total solids start to go all over the place and I'm afraid I'm going to kill the fish.
Any ideas on how to lower the nitrates other than water changes? Sump? Extra filtration? Adding more bacteria?
Lately I got a light green algae on the glass and the tip of some plants seem rotten. I changed lights, increased algae eater population, repeated water changes and the algae keeps coming back.
I read that it may be an excess of nitrates (mine is kind of high), but if I change water too often, the pH and total solids start to go all over the place and I'm afraid I'm going to kill the fish.
Any ideas on how to lower the nitrates other than water changes? Sump? Extra filtration? Adding more bacteria?