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Any advise to quickly turn down NO3 in tank? I'm hitting NO3 in high ppm recently... need advise.

What's your nitrate level? Can do water change until desirable level.. Or use products like Mosura Denitro.. More plants and less feeding will help.. Try putting some floating plants like frogbits or salvinia minima to absorb the nitrates.

This post has been edited by jirochl: Oct 8 2014, 01:53 AM

No3 is normal for new tank, as jiro said, water change is proven way to reduce, how high the no3? More than 40ppm?
Else encourage more hair algae , my 3ft sulawesi tank full of hair algae no3 around 5ppm.but I never feed them only dose Bacter ae.

You didn't mention whether new or established tank. If new tank, water changes to reduce NO3.
If old tank, the usual WC and you might want to check/wash your filter for decaying matter.

Thanks for all the guidance... Just had my tank cycled about 2 months and now with live stock crs and cbs... However cbs is carrying eggs... Just notice nitrate in pass few days, a very high ppm. Shall I proceed with daily water change?

This post has been edited by eolith: Oct 8 2014, 03:06 PM

2 months should be okay. I would wash the filter and do a WC to bring down nitrates to below 20ppm.

Careful when washing the filter - use treated water so you don't kill the good bacteria.


This post has been edited by davido: Oct 8 2014, 05:19 PM

is shrimp tank recommend put salt for every water change ?

is shrimp tank recommend put salt for every water change ?

No, what kind of salt ? We don't put any.

it just a normal salt see at fish shop. it is rm3 . I also didn't use. but I just aware salt is use to increase tds. after I put salt to my fish tank. it really increase from 60 to 200

Hello sifus! I just checked my tank water parameter and the readings are as below:

Ammonia = 0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 5
PH = seems to be in between 6.0~6.5 (JBL liquid)
GH = 6
TDS = 180

I have some crushed coral in filter. Do I need to worry about the low PH? I had few cherry shrimps dead earlier, nto sure what was the cause though..

i also have problem like mr falxon. my ph too low. if i add crush coral the tds will increase too high. any other method we can use to increse the ph to 7...

Hi bro, if I were you I would get a PH test pen to verify the PH first. If you're using liquid tester like API, it may not be able to detect anything less than 6. Although cherry is quite hardy, they don't really do well in low PH. Just my 2 cents.

Of course, it could be many other reasons though.

I do have a PH pen but the reading is diff than the liquid one haha! Any idea where can I get the calibration powder for PH pen? I used up the original one that comes with it.

I am trying to keep PH 6.8~7.0 but can't add more corals as I don't want to increase GH anymore... Hmm, guess I'll do small wc daily with RO water and see how it goes.

You can get the calibration solution ph7 (liquid) from 88petsmart or some fish shop may help you order them if you ask. If you're using RO, use inert substrates and remineralize with salty shrimp gh/kh + and save you all your trouble.

Roger that. Thanks for sharing!