all 0.1 of it?


as for nitrate im pretty sure i read that live p;ants need a bit of that and i have 4 of them. is that correct?

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yes! DEF all 0.1 of it! 0.1 is way to high...

Have a read:

"Also known as 'brown blood disease' because the blood turns brown from a increase of methemoglobin. However, methemoglobin causes a more serious problem than changing the color of the blood. It renders the blood unable to carry oxygen, and the fish can literally suffocate even though there is ample oxygen present in the water."

And yes, plants do indeed take up nitrate. But dont try to keep any in there on purpose... try to get that as low as possible as well, you'll probs never get it to 0. That can safely be a lot higher than 5ppm though... 5 is good! So no worries there.

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right so 0.1 is to much

so how do i keep it at zero all the time?

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You do nothing... keep seeding the water with food or something to keep the ammonia-using bacteria alive, but otherwise just leave it. Nitrifying bacteria will convert the nitrite to nitrate in a bit... and the nitrite will fall to 0. You really do need a reading of 0 before adding any fish.

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