nitrates between 60 - 80ppm!!

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nitrates between 60 - 80ppm!!

Post by kaz » Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:53 pm

I recently went to one of my LFS' and purchased some new pygmy corys and lampeyes. :D

I have recently posted a topic about some lampeyes I have bought several months ago and how I have not had much luck with them these past months. I have kept lampeyes for several years and have never had problems with them previously. The reason I mention them is because I figured I should be doing something wrong to have such a high death statistic (eventually 6 of the 10 I bought :( ).

This time when I bought the new lil dudes I followed the same procedure for acclimatising the fish as I always do, but over a longer period of time -and did more diligent tests on the water from the LFS. I was astounded :shock: to find the nitrates were registering at between 60 - 80ppm! :shock: My q tank is between 0 - 5ppm and my main tank is currently at 5ppm. When the nitrates read 5ppm the newcomers go into the q tank.

Has anyone else found nitrate levels this high from your LFS??

All new fish are doing well too - im happy to say, because they are lovely little fish. :)

Thank you for reading!

Kaz
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Post by Diana » Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:17 pm

Yes, I have noticed that the LFS often have high nitrates.
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

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Post by Batch » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:41 pm

I've seen >100 from petsmart. One of the reasons I stopped going there...

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Post by kaz » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:25 pm

how can it be? 100ppm is shocking! I thought 60-80ppm was bad enough.

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Post by MikeBlackett » Sat Jan 03, 2009 4:45 pm

MAybe try a really slow acclimatisation process next time? Thats a huge change in nitrates!

Maybe have a word with the shop?
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Post by MTS » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:22 pm

As we know, he way to bring down nitrates is by water changes. Sounds like the fish store is trying to save on their water bill.
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Post by kaz » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:12 pm

MikeBlackett wrote:MAybe try a really slow acclimatisation process next time? Thats a huge change in nitrates!

Maybe have a word with the shop?
Hi, yes, I did consider saying something to the shop, but I would feel very awkward about doing that.

Yes, I will definitely do an ultra slow acclimatisation process the next time, that is for sure.

Incredible the nitrate difference though! :shock:

All is still well with my little new ones and my TDS meter I got for xmas has not stopped being used since - :) the most useful present ever! :wink:

Thank you for your input

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