Can’t Get Nitrates Below 40 Ppm!

[Nickguy5467]

Yeah I’m getting an actual test kit in a day or so but I did see my fish show some symptoms of ammonia burn that’s why I’m trying my best to get the levels down, thanks though

i missed that part. yeah test strips are terrible/inaccurate from what ive read and comments(never used them myself)

get your inner chemist on bruh =)

 

[John58ford]

Just a note on all the water conditioner stuff. You mentioned in your post you have well water, and I want to be sure you do know you don't need a dechlorinator if you aren't treating your water. If it's a community well it would make sense to keep some dechlorinator on hand in case they flush the lines but chlorine is not a concern of well water users (like me), and the only significant benifit to these water conditioners is the break down of chlorine or chloramine.

 

[JerroldTheShrimp]

i missed that part. yeah test strips are terrible/inaccurate from what ive read and comments(never used them myself)

get your inner chemist on bruh =)

Yes I can confirm that lol

Just a note on all the water conditioner stuff. You mentioned in your post you have well water, and I want to be sure you do know you don't need a dechlorinator if you aren't treating your water. If it's a community well it would make sense to keep some dechlorinator on hand in case they flush the lines but chlorine is not a concern of well water users (like me), and the only significant benifit to these water conditioners is the break down of chlorine or chloramine.

Thanks for the advice

 

[Nickguy5467]

Yes I can confirm that lol

side note. having the plants in your tank you probably dont want 0 nitrates anyway, i read that having 10-20 ppm of nitrates is healthy for your planted tank(you can double check on that if you like. realizing i havent) . once you get into fertilizers you will be dosing nitrates anyway. with your weekly changes to keep it out of ♫The danger zone♫

 

[JerroldTheShrimp]

side note. having the plants in your tank you probably dont want 0 nitrates anyway, i read that having 10-20 ppm of nitrates is healthy for your planted tank(you can double check on that if you like. realizing i havent) . once you get into fertilizers you will be dosing nitrates anyway. with your weekly changes to keep it out of ♫The danger zone♫

Yeah I guess I’m not too worried now you guys know a good bit thanks for all the advice lol I thought my fish were goners

 

[mattgirl]

Just a note on all the water conditioner stuff. You mentioned in your post you have well water, and I want to be sure you do know you don't need a dechlorinator if you aren't treating your water. If it's a community well it would make sense to keep some dechlorinator on hand in case they flush the lines but chlorine is not a concern of well water users (like me), and the only significant benifit to these water conditioners is the break down of chlorine or chloramine.

Oops, I missed this along the way. I will still recommend Prime in this case though if there is ammonia in the tank.

 

[JerroldTheShrimp]

Oops, I missed this along the way. I will still recommend Prime in this case though if there is ammonia in the tank.

Yeah I just ordered some off amazon so I’ll give that a try and hope for the best