I'm still trying to get my tank up and running. But always seem to have high nitrates no matter how many water changes I do.
So here's what I did. I tested my water for nitrates and it seems that my water has about a 40 in Nitrates before I ever put it in the tank. My husband decided to try using a Nitrate remover in a batch of water that we did a water change with and my fish started dropping dead. I'm in the process now of trying to do multi large water changes to get the stuff out of the tank. I've got one clownfish left and am utterly depressed. I had added two new angels to the tank about a week ago and they died a few days apart.
Do you guys use RO water and if you do what would be good to do if you can't afford an RO system. I live in the middle of nowhere in Idaho on an Air Force base and have no idea what to do at this point. Was ready to just give it all up this morning when I found Shemus (my clown) dead. But it seems I'll have to start from scratch again.
So here's what I did. I tested my water for nitrates and it seems that my water has about a 40 in Nitrates before I ever put it in the tank. My husband decided to try using a Nitrate remover in a batch of water that we did a water change with and my fish started dropping dead. I'm in the process now of trying to do multi large water changes to get the stuff out of the tank. I've got one clownfish left and am utterly depressed. I had added two new angels to the tank about a week ago and they died a few days apart.
Do you guys use RO water and if you do what would be good to do if you can't afford an RO system. I live in the middle of nowhere in Idaho on an Air Force base and have no idea what to do at this point. Was ready to just give it all up this morning when I found Shemus (my clown) dead. But it seems I'll have to start from scratch again.