bolivianbaby

My nitrates on both of my African tanks start at 5 after water changes and are up to 20 within 7 days. Everything I feed is gone within less than a minute. I feed 3 times a day in order to keep agression down. Should I bump the amount of food I put in there down a little or is this typical nitrate readings for an African Tank?

It wouldn't kill me to do water changes twice a week, but it would annoy me. As always, I'll do whatever is best for my fish.

Shawnie

gm BB! mine stay around 20 also...I do water changes every other week on that tank ...i dont think you need 2 times a week IMO

bolivianbaby

Good morning Yay, I like only one wc a week. I can do that.

BTW, I know this is off topic, but the 55 con tank looks naked this morning. We've got 3 "spawning" sites and it looks like a strong wind came through and created valleys of substrate Karma's doing a little redecorating herself.

I will NEVER EVER have a house without jellys or regular cons again. These guys crack me up.

Shawnie

my 75 gal is the same ..all the fem cons/jellys are at one end with their ant hills, and the JD's are at the other with their mountains....guess I gotta start thinking about re homing their last batch of fry haha

bolivianbaby

It's gotta be something in the air

Right now, I'm SSSOOO glad George the JD is a bachelor and a youngster.

Even my africans have dug under the ornaments. I'm not quite sure what that's about. I didn't think they did that.

Shawnie

my africans dig more than my cons ...LOL ...maybe they are diggin for gold for their mommies?

bolivianbaby

To help us finance their care, right? Now we know why I prefer my fish to dating