One of the main reason would be your nitrate level ( No3 ) , it should be at 10 ppm or below. I suffer some shrimp death when it hit 20 ppm.
New tank on early may
Size: 60cm(L) x 30cm(W) x 36cm(H). 2 feet
Soil: 10kg ANS soil
Filter: Tetra ex can 75 (720lit/hr)
Water temp: 28-29.5
Light: Hopar 2ft (4hrs x 4 tube, 8hrs x 2 tube)
Co2: 1bps solenoid on with light.
Fan: on with light
Live stock all from old tank 1 feet tank
Candinal tetra - 10 (none die)
Sakura shrimps - 20 (die half)(all baby lost)
Cherry shrimps - 20 (die half)(all baby lost)
Oto - 5 (die 3)
Some plant become black, mini taiwan moss turn from light green to dark green.
what could be the problem? i have ph up, ph down, kh plus, seachem excel, seachem flourish, but i try not to use all this, is there a natural way to do up in my water?
Can some 1 help me in my water?
JBL easy test 5in 1
No3 - 100
No2 - 0-0.5
GH >21
KH - 6
PH - 6.4
Last edited by Vipertarius; 10th Jul 2010 at 07:03.
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One of the main reason would be your nitrate level ( No3 ) , it should be at 10 ppm or below. I suffer some shrimp death when it hit 20 ppm.
My hopar is with the additional timer built in.
If one day i won't be able to take care of you... I will be an angel to bless you...
Can some expert advice?
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Increase your CO2 to about 3bps and turn on half hr before lights on and off the same time as your lights off, dose Nitrate (about 10ppm), Phosphate (2ppm) and Flourish (follow instructions on label). After one week change half tank of water. Keep lights on for 10hrs.
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First thing first i think your gh abit too high.2nd you should do water change to your tank around 20% to bring down the nitrate.Dont forget to use dechlorinated water also
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I suggest 20% water change every 2 days for a week. Followed by weekly 20% water change.
Your GH is too high, nitrate is off the scales for keeping shrimps, also there is some nitrite in your water which is poisonous to fauna. Meanwhile, I don't think you need to dose anything until your tank stabilize. If you need more info, feel free to PM me.
Assuming your test kit is correct, your NO3 is very high. Regular water change should help reduce the NO3.
By the way, I can't really see from the first picture, but you seem to bury the windelov fern. If you do, take it out, do not bury fern rhizome, otherwise it will die.
Last edited by Shadow; 25th Jun 2010 at 10:03.
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