SittingDuck
Aquarium Advice Regular
I do PWC's 2 times a week on a 130 Gallon Aquarium once on Sunday and once on Wed or Thurs. Each PWC is 20 gallons each time (four 5 gallon buckets) so that's a total of approx 40 Gallons of water a week in PWC's.
Today I did a water test and my Nitrates are up to 80ppm! I don't see how this is possible. The only thing I can think of is I picked up 4 ottos almost a month ago and I can only find 2 in the tank. I haven't found any bodies yet...so either they're very good hiders and only 2 at a time are out, or they have died and their carcass is rotting somewhere....would this cause a Nitrate spike? My Ammonia is 0 ppm and my Nitrites are 0 ppm...
Everything in my tank, other than 2 logs, is listed in my signature....Is there something I"m missing here? Do I need to do more PWC's than I'm doing?
Today I did a water test and my Nitrates are up to 80ppm! I don't see how this is possible. The only thing I can think of is I picked up 4 ottos almost a month ago and I can only find 2 in the tank. I haven't found any bodies yet...so either they're very good hiders and only 2 at a time are out, or they have died and their carcass is rotting somewhere....would this cause a Nitrate spike? My Ammonia is 0 ppm and my Nitrites are 0 ppm...
Everything in my tank, other than 2 logs, is listed in my signature....Is there something I"m missing here? Do I need to do more PWC's than I'm doing?