My nitrates have always been high even when i moved county, i think its EI dosing that does ot o jave halved the nitrates im my EI mix but im trying tropica special nitrition im this tankblack ghost wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:07 am Nitrates are very high. The wild ones will be more sensitive to that.
Tiger barbs changed habits
-
- Member
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Fri Aug 02, 2019 18:59 pm
- Location: Somerset
- Has liked: 34 times
- Been liked: 22 times
-
- Member
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Fri Aug 02, 2019 18:59 pm
- Location: Somerset
- Has liked: 34 times
- Been liked: 22 times
Yeah i did 50%water change got nitrates down to 50ppm, maybe there .ot of nitrates in the tropica fertiliserblack ghost wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:07 am Nitrates are very high. The wild ones will be more sensitive to that.
-
- TOTM Winner
- Posts: 1149
- Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:56 am
- Has liked: 216 times
- Been liked: 337 times
That has extra nitrate in it, it won't help.John Arnold wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:33 amPh 7.6black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 18:07 pm They’re not normally aggressive if the group and the tank are both big enough.
Somethings’s not right. Coming out for a day after a water change suggests a water issue.
What are the pH and nitrates?
How much flow/aeration is there?
Amm 0
Nitrate about 80ppm but its always high, it comes out tap at 30/40ppm, just thought i had started using tropica specialised nutrition hmm
-
- Member
- Posts: 137
- Joined: Fri Aug 02, 2019 18:59 pm
- Location: Somerset
- Has liked: 34 times
- Been liked: 22 times
Yeah ive switched back to EI dosing nowLookoutTrout wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 16:16 pmThat has extra nitrate in it, it won't help.John Arnold wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:33 amPh 7.6black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 18:07 pm They’re not normally aggressive if the group and the tank are both big enough.
Somethings’s not right. Coming out for a day after a water change suggests a water issue.
What are the pH and nitrates?
How much flow/aeration is there?
Amm 0
Nitrate about 80ppm but its always high, it comes out tap at 30/40ppm, just thought i had started using tropica specialised nutrition hmm