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Posted by Nikki Casali on March 15, 2005, 10:10 pm
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Bob Wennerstrom wrote:
> Drum roll....
>
> NO3 140ppm+
> Ph 7.8
> KH 54
> GH 300+
> Assuming NH4 and NO2 to be zero in a tank this old.
>
> Dang those platys are hardy little buggers aint they?
>
> Maybe I'll start changing a little water (<1 gal) out every week or two
> and see if I can't get the Nitrates to come down at all. I bet I start
> losing fish though. Maybe get a few plants as well.
>
> Well now we know what happens to nitrates when you don't change the water!
Great stuff! Any algae in that tank, perchance? What lighting does the
tank get? What colour is the water?
Have you ever done a gravel vac? Now that I would pay to see that!
Nikki
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>
> NO3 140ppm+
> Ph 7.8
> KH 54
> GH 300+
> Assuming NH4 and NO2 to be zero in a tank this old.
>
> Dang those platys are hardy little buggers aint they?
>
> Maybe I'll start changing a little water (<1 gal) out every week or two
> and see if I can't get the Nitrates to come down at all. I bet I start
> losing fish though. Maybe get a few plants as well.
>
> Well now we know what happens to nitrates when you don't change the water!