Riceymo91
Aquarium Advice Activist
Do a water change. The solution is always dilution.
I did, everything is still unhappy. And now even more things are not happy. My blastos are closed, my mushrooms as well.
Do a water change. The solution is always dilution.
I would do another one around Tues/Weds. Keep in mind, you are just now trying to lower the nitrate levels in the system. If they were 100 for example, a 50% water change would still only be bringing the nitrates to 50...and then they rise again until the next water change. This can be one of the most frustrating parts about addressing nutrient issues in the water column, in whatever form they show up in. It can be a lengthy battle depending on how high the nutrient levels actually are...which is almost always an unknown since the tests will hit 0 when the algae/cyano in our system is at an outbreak large enough to consume them before they can be tested for.
Like I said, algae and cyano growth will consume the nitrates so it won't be able to be detected. I wouldn't even test for phosphates if your test doesn't go under 0. A phosphate level of 0.1 is high and can cause issues. It still won't change that the solution is manual removal and large water changes.
No problem. My powder brown showed a cloudy eye today when I woke up. So, water change. Might have only been a 10 on a system over 100 gallons, but it isn't realistic to have huge amounts of water mixed up for everyone. Do as much as you can until you get ahead of it.
No problem. My powder brown showed a cloudy eye today when I woke up. So, water change. Might have only been a 10 on a system over 100 gallons, but it isn't realistic to have huge amounts of water mixed up for everyone. Do as much as you can until you get ahead of it.
You sure can do water changes everyday. As long as those water changes aren't so large that it will put additional shock onto the livestock in your system. One should never do more than a 50% water change...though not something that is realistic in those of us that have large systems to begin with.
What lighting is this? I'm not really understanding your light schedule. If anything, it'd be blue-white-blue for no more than a 10 hour period. What intensity are things set at?