nitrate

I recently added rotala hra to my tank it’s growing but all the new growth is green, think it may be my nitrates are too high for it, nitrates at 40ppm (same out the tap) any top tips on how I can get the nitrate down more tank is very lightly stocked but every water change is boosting the...

So I used to be on many of the fish forums. There, whenever someone make a thread about their diseased fish, everyone who answer would blame on Nitrate or filter. However, from my reading on UKAPS and my fishkeeping experiences it seems like Nitrate have little to do with diseases and filters...

Hello guys, I need a bit of help. Just finished to test my aquarium water and those were the results: Ammonia 0 Phosphate 1 mg/l KH 200ppm GH 350ppm Nitrate 40-80 mg/l Iron 0 Now the questions.. 1) Can high GH be the cause of BBA? Also should I get worried for KH and GH being so high? 2)...

Hi folks Two questions in one here I guess. Nitrite, nitrate and also a question regarding hardness and water-changes. All at source. Firstly I don't have mains water, only well water. Upon testing my water, prior to actually getting back into the hobby, I have readings at source which...

Herkese merhaba. Arkadaşlar, NO3-11 adında bir ürünüm var. https://www.horiba.com/sg/application/material-property-characterization/water-analysis/water-quality-electrochemistry-instrumentation/compact/details/laquatwin-no3-11c-no3-11s-no3-11-32579/ Web sitesinde bu ürünün nitrat iyonunu...

Hi Everyone, Ever since reading Diana Walstad's Ecology of the Planted Aquarium book on the topic of most plants preferring ammonium over nitrate, I have been digging deeper into this. And, I have found some interesting stuff that I'd like to share. In particular, I have been drawn to the use...

Hi All, Day 9 with my nano tank, I've just done a test of my water parameters (first one) to see how the cycle is progressing, and I'm not sure what to make of the results: Nitrate - 80 ppm Nitrite - 0 ppm Ammonia - 2.5 ppm pH - 7.2 KH - 150 GH - 180 I am using the API test strips, which I...

Hi Everyone! I have just posted on a cyanobacteria/BGA thread but felt it would possibly be useful to also mention it here as the subject matter is of relevance to algae. That way, there are two separate threads. One dealing with cyanobacteria/BGA (the other one) and this one (the one you are...

Do plants prefare amonia, nitraten nitrite or pure nitrogen? EG would the plants benifit more if I used a filter media that turnes nitrates into pure nitrogen that can eb consumed or gassed off?

It’s my first fish tank and it’s a 5 gallon low tech with Tetra plant substrate and will be planting dwarf hairgrass then hopefully introducing small fish. I haven’t added any of these things yet it’s all just rock. I’ve learned a few things to help about fish so far but I don’t want to miss...

What are your favorite plants to help control nitrates? I'm having high nitrates at the moment and have ruled out the usual suspects like over feeding, over stocking, filter malfunction, dirty substrate and decaying plant matter (and I'm regular as clockwork with my water changes). I...