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Ok went to the local lfs and was complaining because of the nitrates in the water at home being high...others were having the same problem...the girl who was doing the water testing explained, for some reason something happened to one of the main water lines here in Pasadena. So the city had to shut down that particular line...well when they opened up the other extra line I guess this seemed to increase the nitrate levels in the area...ie we have tested water straight from the tap, and this water also has high nitrates]:|...and here I thought doing water changes were supposed to be good for the tank :%) not in this case, it as the cause of death --Heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

WOw, i think my tap water is fine. Ive left it out and areated
it before i tested it and everything was good. Sorry about that. How high were the nitrates exactly.??


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if they stay high you may want to invest in a r/o unit

BBNP and I are on the same water service and my nitrates are 120. ]:|]:|]:|

Mine were at 300, but are now down to 150...it's frustrating to say the least, but at least now we know why :%) Heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Ehh, sorry about that. My tap water has 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and 10nitrAtes. I dont mind about the nitrates though because my tanks nitrates run at 0 so my plants suck my tank dry of it.




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perhaps you could add some plants, (on top of what you have in there already) floating ones i forget what it is called, oh crikey my brain won't work....very common plant green(of course) sort of spiky ???? some one help me here !! anyhow they are good at sucking nitrites i am sure it. and once some one comes along with the name this post will actually be useful........
GFG

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