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From:Minot, ND
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posted 10-05-2003 06:08 PM         

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Hi i just added aquarium salt to my 55 gal tank i went one teaspoon per 10 gallons. I wanted to try to get it a little brackish for the ropesnake and dragon fish.. I dont know how the piranhas and oscar are handling it but it says my Nitrate(no+3) is at an unsafe level on the ph test kit... does anyone know how to drop this to safe???? pls help

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posted 10-06-2003 02:33 PM         

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How many fish do you have in the aquarium? It might be overloaded.

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posted 10-06-2003 06:38 PM         

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Are you sure it NitrAte or were you checking NirtIte? Generally, NirtAte is harmless, the only thing is does is causes algea to grow like mad. If your fish are acting weird, you can get either NirtaZorb or AmQuel+, both of those will neurtalize it.

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posted 10-06-2003 08:19 PM         

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Thanks for the info i have one armored bichir 2 rope fishes 3 piranhas an oscar and 6 of those joanjohns little cichlids, i am positive it was nitrate... thank god its harmless.

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posted 10-07-2003 07:15 PM         

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Were you testing nitrate or ph? I am positive that you can not show nitrates on a ph test.

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posted 10-07-2003 11:40 PM         

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no its a ph tester with 5 square pads that test diff things including nitrate, it doesnt even reallyhave a name but its made by the jungle corporation lol

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