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Thank Perhaps I will try it again with API Stress Coat (also a dechlorinator). I am not sure I buy Seachem's claims of nitrite/nitrate binding - especially since there is no defined chemical pathway for it, even by their own admission. But definitely a worthwhile experiment! Will post back...

Hello all! Well, after some drama surrounding whether my tank was cycled enough the verdict ended up being yes! Quick specs: Fluval Flex 9 2.0, low tech planted tank, 0/0/0-10 ppm (those plants love their nitrate!), 78 degrees F. Went to the local fish store today with the intention of getting...

Well! Talked to the municipal water lab on Monday. By their readings (with much more sophisticated equipment than by-the-eye spectrometry) nitrite was at the reported levels I mentioned in the original post - under <0.015 ppm nitrite. They said a few times a month, they will get a call from...

Just saw your thread - your tank looks like it will be stunning!! Love the driftwood you have in yours. I'm going low-tech for this first attempt but I have feeling the bug will bite and I will end up going high tech for a larger tank in the future :)

Hello! I'm Mircalla, a late 20s something in the upper midwest of the United States. As a teen, I was "in charge" of the family fish tank and eventually set up my own 20 gallon tank. When I moved out, no one wanted to maintain the tanks and they were given away - whomp whomp. Now that I have...

Hello all! I am setting up a Fluval Flex 9 2.0 for a future betta friend. Set up started July 20th. On Friday (July 31), my parameters were 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and ~40 ppm nitrate. Double-checked and confirmed by the fish store because I was questioning my test kit. The questioning was due...