Hi Dawn/Group
Since changing over my filter media to polyfilter, planting more, and dong deep gravel cleaning my high nitrate levels of 40+ (high nitrate tap water) has stabilised to 10. PH still 8, amonia 0, nitrite 0.
Very grateful for the advice.
The remaining 10 fish and 2 amano shrimps are looking good.
The question I have (probably for Dawn) is the filter I have replaced the media in is a Stingray. I cut the filter media to the shape of the original filter, I needed two pieces for the width, which were not quite enough, but three needed to be jammed in. So I just put two in.
Now the filter media has becaome floppy I have added a new third piece to make up the width as it fits now. Shall I replace one of these three every three or four weeks (or how do you know when to replace?).
The other question I have is I do a 10% water change every 3/4 days deep cleaning the gravel, but as it is a small tank with lots of plants I have to take them out in order to clean the gravel. When the root system has spread under the gravel - is this ok in the long term to keep disturbing the roots.
Sue Francis
Coulsdon, Surrey, England
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