Re: Very high Nitrate levels.
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Thanks again for your advice really appreciate it. We have had really bad advice from various places and the poor fish have suffered as a result. Thought would give an update as to what is happening. Have been testing ph, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate every morning. Generally what I'm seeing is ph ok, ammonia sometimes rises a little to 0.5ppm so when I'm seeing this treat it with api Ammo lock. Nitrite still off the scale 5.0ppm and over. Nitrate is ok at around 10ppm. So I'm carrying out 35% water changes sometimes twice a day am and pm. The fresh clean water going into the tank gets 8ml Fluval water conditioner, 5ml of seachem prime, ph powder and 5ml of Fluval bio enhancer. Once the water change has been done, I'm adding another 5ml of prime seachem to the main tank to try and protect the fish a little from the high nitrite.
So I'm thinking I will continue on this course until nitrite eating bacteria grow and start to see nitrite levels reduce. Am keeping feeding to a minimum like every other day and keep lighting on for six hours only.