too much nitrate

[koliveira]

Get a R/O and DI filter

 

[DeLgAdO]

Dude, I don't even think that meets most requirements for water quality for people!

your actually right

nitrate for human should not be above 10ppm i believe(might be 20 too)

nitrate do have a harmful long term affect on people as well as fish

 

[DeLgAdO]

have you thought of getting a bigger filter?

NO filteration remove nitrate

it doesnt matter how big it is

filters only break down ammonia and nitrite

 

[DeLgAdO]

Use Seachem Prime...detoxifies it.

I used that before and it helps for emergency purposes.

see

seachem detoxifies

so it doesnt actually remove it, and with fish present

it only gets higher.........

 

[ckk125]

yeah..ro unit is the best bet for u..besides complaining to the water company..

 

[dimfer]

I concur with Delgado..

I've heard some place have 40 ppm nitrate from tap, but not 80 pm.

This is what many hobbyists don't realize, they do w/c to remove nitrate, but the water from tap has higher level of it than their requirement.

 

[sam_cj]

I concur with Delgado..

I've heard some place have 40 ppm nitrate from tap, but not 80 pm.

This is what many hobbyists don't realize, they do w/c to remove nitrate, but the water from tap has higher level of it than their requirement.

oh i see. so would it be best to use aged water for any water change rather than tap?

 

[gomezladdams]

You gotta find out whats wrong with your water supply.you must be drinking farm runoff or something

 

[throttle]

This doesn't solve the high nitrate level from the tap but what about adding plants such as anacharis. You don't have to plant them in the substate you can just let them float.

 

[xrtg]

firstly, did you double check your test kit? might be something wrong with your test kit.

i'd recommend a filteration system called wet/dry

Try this link.

Wet Dry Filteration