Holy Nitrates!!!

[petspoiler]

here's a study i found

pleeeze sho leengk to studee dat ownlee sez nitrates makez fish do deth rolls, fur shurr. ok man?

;-)

 

[munsterrr]

Round two after letting the test tubes and caps sit in the tank for a day. About to do a %50 wc daily and pray that I can get them down at least to a piece of mind level.


P1020410 by munsterrr, on Flickr

 

[munsterrr]

Can you guys see this film sitting at the top? Something new there that I have never seen


P1020411 by munsterrr, on Flickr

 

[petspoiler]

Can you guys see this film sitting at the top? Something new there that I have never seen

on the top right side?

 

[thepotz]

did something die? piece of rotting food? something happened... that doesn't just "happen"

 

[thepotz]

I am of course assuming fully cycled tank... what made you decide to test the water?

 

[munsterrr]

All of those "spots" you see on the top of the water. Nothing has died. I watch them every time they eat and there are zero scraps left over.

Just finished a 50% WC(last one was sunday). Going to cut off blood worms too. I'll stick with Hikari for now.

 

[munsterrr]

I test every few days(extremely anal about things lol)

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[thepotz]

weird. what are you using to aerate the water? I will get that from time to time without any agitation of the surface of the water, but it's not spots, more like a film. yours almost looks like some top ramen spilled in or something!!

 

[petspoiler]

All of those "spots" you see on the top of the water................

I can't tell by photo. but IMO, water surface should be moving or agitated enough so no "film" can be standing on top, no matter what. that's what I do., might help your problem. ?