Loren
Aquarium Advice Regular
This weekend I took the seashells out of my tank(10g) and added a small piece of Mopani driftwood...my pH is 7.5 and although I know that's not really a big deal for the fish I have ( gourami and tetras), I thought I'd try to drop it naturally a bit if I could (this decision at the recommendation of my lfs). I soaked the wood for a day and a half in dechlorinated water to leach some of the tannins out. It still 'bleeds' and my tank has an eerie yellow tinge, but I'm getting used to it. What I'm wondering about now, is the nitrates. Before I added the wood, I tested, and they were 5ppm. One day later they were around 20ppm. I did a 10% water change today, and they're still between 10 and 20ppm. Is the wood causing the nitrate level to increase? btw, my NH3 barely registers. My pH is still 7.5