Nitrate spike

waytotanked · 10-14-2011, 11:27 AM

So to day when I checked my water my Nitrates are really high, and Im worried about my fish. It is a fairly new tank and the nitrates had gone down and had been down for a few weeks but last over the last few days it has spiked up. Is there anything that could cause this... do I need to flush the tank, move the fish??? Could I have messed up on the test??

phil_pl · 10-14-2011, 12:11 PM

can you give more details about the tank? how long has it been running? what is in it? what is your maintenance schedule(ie how often you change water and clean filters)? having said that i do know that the best thing in the world IMO to bring nitrates down is a good ol water change

waytotanked · 10-14-2011, 12:32 PM

its been up a about 3 weeks now. I have two damsels a hippo tang, and a harlequin sweetlips, and a mushroom and Zoanthids. I did a 50% water change last week as my LFS suggested and have not changed a filter yet. could that be it??

waytotanked · 10-14-2011, 12:38 PM

OH!! yester day water was crystal clear!!! today it was a bit clowdie...

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waytotanked Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 8 Name: Henry White Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nitrate spike So to day when I checked my water my Nitrates are really high, and Im worried about my fish. It is a fairly new tank and the nitrates had gone down and had been down for a few weeks but last over the last few days it has spiked up. Is there anything that could cause this... do I need to flush the tank, move the fish??? Could I have messed up on the test??

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waytotanked Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 8 Name: Henry White Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Nitrate spike its been up a about 3 weeks now. I have two damsels a hippo tang, and a harlequin sweetlips, and a mushroom and Zoanthids. I did a 50% water change last week as my LFS suggested and have not changed a filter yet. could that be it??

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