help needed

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

So what is your nitrate reading?

everythime colour like blood so red lor...

Originally Posted by sean76

how harmful? try everything liao...even got denitrator
also wubn go down

i understand...my GH reading also beri 'stubborn'...
test kit faulty?
anyway, not as deadly as nitrite & ammonia.

btw, how's ur aro's condition?
besides nitrate, i think ur water condition should be ok.
just maintain good water condition & monitor closely.

Cheers

Originally Posted by WanWan

i understand...my GH reading also beri 'stubborn'...
test kit faulty?
anyway, not as deadly as nitrite & ammonia.

btw, how's ur aro's condition?
besides nitrate, i think ur water condition should be ok.
just maintain good water condition & monitor closely.

Cheers

ya...pple have tell me that too...but see nitrate so high buay song lor...h ahha
the wound seem getting better...still early to tell too...wait for another day or 2 see will grow back anot lor....
thanks for the concern bro.

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by sean76

everythime colour like blood so red lor...

Well blood red colour also got reading. Mine now is in between 40-60ppm level.
As our aro is quite high bioload fish plus tank mates we have it is no surprsie that NO3 reading is on the high side.

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Well blood red colour also got reading. Mine now is in between 40-60ppm level.
As our aro is quite high bioload fish plus tank mates we have it is no surprsie that NO3 reading is on the high side.

cant really differentiate the colour very well..cos all the red looks almost the same to me..h ahah a....

ya..that y i bought the denitrator n 4 guan ying zu inside the sump lor...onli for once i got the readind of 20-40ppm. then cannot get liao....

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by sean76

cant really differentiate the colour very well..cos all the red looks almost the same to me..h ahah a....

ya..that y i bought the denitrator n 4 guan ying zu inside the sump lor...onli for once i got the readind of 20-40ppm. then cannot get liao....

Maybe can considering getting bacteria house and biohome.

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Maybe can considering getting bacteria house and biohome.

already have 10kg of bact hse inside liao

[Aroboy II]

Originally Posted by sean76

already have 10kg of bact hse inside liao

Just added or long time liao? If just added then takes time to cultivate BBs.

Originally Posted by Aroboy II

Just added or long time liao? If just added then takes time to cultivate BBs.

since april till now lor....

[Hobbit6003]

Hi Sean,

Have you checked if your test kit is faulty?

What is the bioload in your tank : Tank size/water volume, no of fishes, size of the fishes, diet, amt of feeding, water change regime (frequency and amt change).

Well, if the bioload is high, then I'm afraid that it'll be very hard to keep nitrate down. Denitrator may help to a certain extent, but if the accumulation of nitrate is faster than it can remove, t'll also negate the effects of the denitrator.

If you ammonia and nitrite is negligible, then your biological filtration is alright. Since nitrate is the end product of nitrification, then adding more filter media at this point of time will not remove nitrate too.

What you should do, besides adding a denitrator, is to either reduce the bioload in your setup, or increase the frequency and amount of water to be change. Do regular testing of your nitrogenous waste level to establish a better water change regime.

As for your aro's wound, I'm glad to hear that it is getting better. :-)

Cheers,

Kenny