Looking for some help from the pros... Please?

[DB junkie]

I'm in Clear Lake. I've never tested any Nitrates in any tap water. Not even down in wright county, some of the most fertile farmland in the world there, definetly prone to nitrate via field ruunoff but never have seen any in the water I tested.

I'm not restocking anything for a while. Add up all the fancy Characins I've lost and it just makes me sick to my stomach. They drop like flies and I've been trying to figure out why for 3 years. Done. Rays seem fine so I'll just stick to them for now.

Guess I'll pick up a RO system, get the water in check like I think it should be, and try it all over again someday. Maybe once I own a house and don't have to worry about moving.

Guess I'll just follow my gut and see if I can fix it myself.

 

[TwistedPenguin]

Its just weird that I've kept fish for many years and have never had nitrate kill fish. Don't know why it would start now. I gaurentee there's Aros out there being kept in much higher Nitrate then what I have.

Whatever, I'm not going to argue. But nitrates at 100 ppm are dangerous. They're your fish. How you do really know high nitrates never killed any of your fish....? It's not an overnight killer, it's a slow killer.

 

[DB junkie]

I had another species of Payara live 6 years in higher Nitrate. These fish are 6-7 months old. Like I said wether you want to believe it or not there's plenty of fish out there living longer then 6 months in much higher nitrate.

Any one want speculate wether or not the symptoms I mentioned sound like they could be caused by internal parasites?

 

[phillydog1958]

wish i could help. i feel your frustration.