I did a water change 2 days ago and I m still having problems with nitrate, it very high and the fishes look stressed. Should I take 25% again or add some nitrate remover chemicals?
Nitrate bloom
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I'm not sure about the nitrate issue, but Houston water is messed up real bad right now because of all the rain. I did a test on my tap water and the nitrite levels were ridiculous. I would be careful when doing water changes right now. I was in Fish Ranch II today and they said that they had to suspend all water changes until things got better. Kind of unusual I guess, but the problem is here and something we have too deal with. Unless you have a huge tank, you might consider buying a bottled source or something. Hope this helps.
Thats funny I was planning on going to Fish Ranch and see if I can get something for my tank. anyways that explains it all because 3 of my friends had complain about their tanks acting up too, but now it makes sense that it would be the rain. I m thinking about buying those filters that I can plug in to the waterwhose, mean while I just hope that my JD The oldest fish in my tank (3 and a half yrs) wont pass way. He looks super stress (lost major coloration on the stomag area and breathing very hard)
Go to your fish store and have them squeeze some sponges into a bucket filled with filter floss. Then add that to your filters as a little BB booster to help with the increase toxin levels. It might help. Anything is better than dumping a ton of chemicals into your water.
How's it going? I did a test on my Houston tap today and found some ammonia in it (about 1.0), but no nitrite. I think you would be ok doing a water change now if we have similar sources. I wouldn't be surprised though to see another nitrite spike in the Houston tap soon as the reservoirs aren't immune to the nitrogen cycle either. Hope the JD is holding strong.
I just woke up and the JD is holding strong( still breathing funny and with bad color) I added Cycle to the tank last time but to be honest I dont see any change. I m going to do a water change this sunday. And no I havent tested Houston water yet again. pmtuneman13 I will take your advice and try to take some new pics too so yall know what I m talking about.
WyldFya;1098217; said:
Could you tell him what would work? That's a pretty crappy scenario those guys are in. I have used this technique when establishing a new tank several times and my tanks cycled much faster.