It's been set up for about two months. I've always had perfect parameters except occasional small amounts of nitrate. I just recently took off on of my canisters to use it on a different tank so that's what I'm thinking did it. I also just introduced a new Delhezi bichir.
10-15% daily. I would do a bigger one maybe twice a week but as I said the water is freezing in my basement.
11 in one week!? That's crazy. Well I'm glad I'm not the only one with it lol
It happens... I have a 80 gallon a drip day on my tank and still run like 60 nitrates..lol. You are probably going through a mini cycle from removing the canister..
I figured. I took the other canister and put a ton of pond matrix in it. So that will give the bacteria more room
That's actually a lot more than most people change. lol Sounds good to me. I'd say the nitrite issue probably is from removing the canister, but I wouldn't think that would contribute to an increase in nitrates. Unless you're just a bit overstocked (or overfeeding, perhaps), there has to be some decaying matter somewhere that just needs to be removed.
