Do a floating plant like Amazon frogbit. It works amazing as a nitrate remover.
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Nitrate problem - please help
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[video=youtube;GxlGuOs72h4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxlGuOs72h4[/video]Thanks everyone.
It is not so much the fact of them chewing the plants because they never do that - its the amount of power they have as they go through things they just knock it about.
It seems the answer is pretty much the same though i need some plants to eat the nitrates, all the fish are very happy, always active, always want to eat, put your fingers in and you get hit hard have always been the same i just get so worried about causing any illness to them.
I was very worried about the accuracy of these strips and test tubes - if i new a more accurate product i would gladly buy it regardless of cost.
I am going to read more into these moss balls though as these may be a little more durable for me - I'd like to avoid 3 50-60 percent water changes a week aswel as that's a lot of maintenance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxlGuOs72h4
It is not so much the fact of them chewing the plants because they never do that - its the amount of power they have as they go through things they just knock it about.
It seems the answer is pretty much the same though i need some plants to eat the nitrates, all the fish are very happy, always active, always want to eat, put your fingers in and you get hit hard have always been the same i just get so worried about causing any illness to them.
I was very worried about the accuracy of these strips and test tubes - if i new a more accurate product i would gladly buy it regardless of cost.
I am going to read more into these moss balls though as these may be a little more durable for me - I'd like to avoid 3 50-60 percent water changes a week aswel as that's a lot of maintenance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxlGuOs72h4
This worked for me, and you don't need a sump. Just get a few old HOB filters.http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?441640-Pothos-as-a-Nitrate-reducer-with-pics
Try adding duckweed. It floats, its small, and it removes nitrates very very well. It can get a little out of control growth wise, but it's easy to contain.
I have a small Tupperware type thing the I rigged to hang in the back of my tank. I drilled holes in the bottom and the sides (below water level) and the an inch or so hang out of the water. Then the duckweed can grow in the container and water can flow in and out of it.
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I have a small Tupperware type thing the I rigged to hang in the back of my tank. I drilled holes in the bottom and the sides (below water level) and the an inch or so hang out of the water. Then the duckweed can grow in the container and water can flow in and out of it.
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wait you said by adding seachem it takes the nitrates out of your tap water? never heard of that. I have well water with 60ppm on tap so all my tanks are high with nitrates even with wc
How about GRAVEL VAC?
i bet theres waste in ur substrate, the only fast way for me to lower my nitrates is to vac 50% of the floor, water changes do help but imo not as much as literally sucking waste of the bottom, also id clean ur filters.
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i bet theres waste in ur substrate, the only fast way for me to lower my nitrates is to vac 50% of the floor, water changes do help but imo not as much as literally sucking waste of the bottom, also id clean ur filters.
#1 S. Vettel
I have sand which is moved around quite a lot by the bass so i dont think there is any underlying waste just the couple of poops that come out after some cichlid gold.
Going to try another water change today
Going to try another water change today
Or you could install a RODI with a drip, problem solved. If you can't do that make algae filter.
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Again, I gotta say Duckweed. It's super easy to get. You can order it from anywhere! I actually got mine from a local pond that I go fishing in. Super durable, easy to care for, You can put it in there and completely forget about it.
