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| Large Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ
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| ... you sure you mean ppm? cuz anything above 40ppm is bad for fish. So how then do fish survive in such planted tanks as you describe?
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA
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| That is news to me. I've never had a reading over 20 for nitrates in any planted tank.
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| Super Fish Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Western NC
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| In the two planted tanks I've had (granted, not a lot of experience) I had trouble keeping nitrates up to 10, even with a heavier stocking level.
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Marysville, Ohio
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| on another forum im a member of there is one guy i know for sure that has nitrates sky high like this. here is the link to his aquarium. as you can see all is well.
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| Large Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ
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| Well I cant see that all is well with that tank... Cuz i have to register in order to see it ![]() Maybe he confused the readings with something else...maybe it was GH not Nitrates?
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA
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I'm curious, moneymitch, what test kit does your friend use that can measure a nitrate level that high? API Master Kit for freshwater can only show up to 160.
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Australia
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| LOL! Ok, moneymitch responded without thinking it through, we all make mistakes. I'll definately get a nitrate kit, to be honest I've put it off because I've always had plans of buying the master kit which includes all three ammo,nitri,nitra + pH. Anyway thanks for the tip Newman. Also guys I am reletively new to aquatic plants and having to maintain a higher level of nitrates is news to me. The morons at my LFS didn't mention anything about that or nitrogen. Just 'yeah they're really easy, nothing you have to add or do other than lots of fresh water!'. So any advice or newbie tips for plants or anything I should be aware of to do with plants would be great. Thanks-
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| Large Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ
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| Read the planted forum thoroughly. search for some other forums concentrating on plants, like the planted tank forum...
__________________ AQUARIUMS: 40 Gal 1 Female Orange & Black Oranda GF 1 Female Blood Red Swordtail 5 Otocinclus 3 Swordtail Fry 3 Cherry shrimp 1 Gold Apple Snail Java fern, Anubias, Anacharis, Cabomba, Marimo Moss, Flame Moss, Dwarf Hairgrass 10 Gal 2 Otocinlus 20+ Swordtail Fry 4 Cherry Shrimp Dwarf Sag HC 2.5 Gal Christmas moss 1 Female Deltatail Betta Credit goes to Lludu |
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA
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What kind of light do you have (type and watts)?
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