clareanded
New Member
Hello!
I was hoping for some advice / pointers on what we are doing wrong with our new cold water tank. It is an 80 litre tank and has been cycling for 3 weeks, the fittler is a fluvial 3 plus. We have used stress coat to de-chlorinate the water and stress zyme (on day 1, 7 & 14) to introduce the bacteria. The tank also has about half a douzen plants which I would be expecting to keep the nitrate in check but this doesn't seem to be happening (see stats below):
26/04/2007
Ammonia - 0
PH - 8
Nitrite - 0.8
Nitrate - 20
04/05/2007
Ammonia - 0
PH - 8
Nitrite - between 0.3 and 0.8
Nitrate - 20
We have used PH Down from API and also NitrateMinus (Tetra Aqua) but seemingly to no effect. 3 days ago I did a 50% water change (50% de-chlorinated tap water & 50% RO water) but this hasn't done anything either. There a 4 ramshore snails in the tank, we are breeding them as food for our ever hungry Mbu Puffer! They were only introduced a week ago so cannot believe that they are a factor.
Does anyone have any ideas why the water is not cycling properly and the levels not coming down?
Cheers,
Ed
I was hoping for some advice / pointers on what we are doing wrong with our new cold water tank. It is an 80 litre tank and has been cycling for 3 weeks, the fittler is a fluvial 3 plus. We have used stress coat to de-chlorinate the water and stress zyme (on day 1, 7 & 14) to introduce the bacteria. The tank also has about half a douzen plants which I would be expecting to keep the nitrate in check but this doesn't seem to be happening (see stats below):
26/04/2007
Ammonia - 0
PH - 8
Nitrite - 0.8
Nitrate - 20
04/05/2007
Ammonia - 0
PH - 8
Nitrite - between 0.3 and 0.8
Nitrate - 20
We have used PH Down from API and also NitrateMinus (Tetra Aqua) but seemingly to no effect. 3 days ago I did a 50% water change (50% de-chlorinated tap water & 50% RO water) but this hasn't done anything either. There a 4 ramshore snails in the tank, we are breeding them as food for our ever hungry Mbu Puffer! They were only introduced a week ago so cannot believe that they are a factor.
Does anyone have any ideas why the water is not cycling properly and the levels not coming down?
Cheers,
Ed