Nitrates

Posted by gerard on July 31, 2008 under Aquarium Info | Be the First to Comment

Well i dont really understand it but i finally got my nitrates down to around 0-5ppm.  I have never been able to get them below 20ppm.  Since i lost all my fish from ich and marine velvet i decided to keep the tank empty for a while and try to get the nitrates down.  I have done 6 20% water changes in the last 2 weeks and it finally did it.  I dont understand why it takes so much of a water change to change so little in the nitrates.

Now that i have to basically start my tank over, im going to start with 2 clown fish and feed them flakes or pellets.   I think the frozen food i was feeding my fish had a hand in the nitrate issue.

Hopefully i can keep them down now.  Who knows.  Wish me luck.