Your planted aquarium can have high nitrates from multiple sources. The most common reason is usually a decaying fish or uneaten fish food. It should be known that your aquarium plants can only consume a set amount of nitrates. This means that the plants you have in your aquarium might not be able to keep up.

There are two different ways to remove nitrates from your fish tank. The first method is to remove aquarium water and replace it with a new water from your faucet. This is known as an aquarium water change. The second method to remove nitrates from your planted aquarium is to add more plants. The plants that you have cannot keep up with the amount of nitrates your fish tank is producing so by adding more plants you will consume more of those nitrates.

It should also be known that nitrates are super bad for your aquarium fish. The nitrates in the water will essentially burn their skin to a point where their flash is being eaten away from the outside in. So making sure you take care of your nitrate problem in your aquarium is a pretty big deal. Act on this issue as soon as possible.

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I had a fish die on me this morning. I noticed him looking weird yesterday. I tested my water and I assume my high range ph is high and my amonia is off. I do regular water changes. So I don't know why it change and did nothing different. I've had my tank for about a year. Anyway hers a pic of my test results. I'd like to know what I need to do and what solution to use to fix it. Bout to do wa water change.

Looks like you have a little ammonia ph test. If it is off the low range then don’t even address it just go on high range which looks pretty high to me. you want something like Nutrafin or Microbacter start for the cycle and ammonia. use Prime to detox ammonia until problem is corrected. the high ph? mix with RO water, test your tap ph perhaps some one else can help with some ph tips.

There is no smell. The snail hasn’t moved in a couple days. The trapdoor is open, other snails are going in and out, so are some fish. I’ve had this snail for well over a year. It has gone a few days without moving manytimes in the time I’ve had it, but usually the trap door shuts when I pick it up. Is it dying?

If it was alive it would react very strongly to you messing with the trap door. I thought one of mine was dead because it hadn’t moved in a few days. Turns out snails sleep for two or three days at a time. Lol. But when I pulled on his trapdoor he immediately snapped it shut.

Would hot water degrade the silicone seal of an aquarium? For any tank new or used, I fill with hot water in the shower and a mild detergent to clean, rinse, and dry. I've never had an issue.
I got a used 10 gal Aqueon rimmed tank and did the same cleaning process but it leaks. Seller said it holds water. Visible condition looks fine. I noticed one corner of the bottom rim had a gap between the bottom glass panel and put some pressure on the rim and it peeled right off.
I can easily reseal this but was wondering if the seller bamboozled me or if the hot water compromised the seal. The water temp was the highest my shower goes, which is (guess) around 150F (beyond comfort).

You dont ever want to use soap. Soap bonds to silicone and is never removed. It contains many ingredients that at best cause algae and at worst can kill fish. This is why you are not allowed to wash dishes in rivers or lakes when at campsites. Its best to clean tanks with peroxide or vinegar, and warm, not hot water.

Soap is completely unnecessary and the tiniest bit of residue is something that may harm fish. What were you trying to do when you used soap? If you can share that, we can suggest safer ways to do it.

Hello, my name is Saphira and I’m a shrimpaholic; currently in rehab though unwillingly. This is Mama speaking, before anyone goes off on me about her stripes I just moved her to a separate tank from the shrimp so she would stop eating them so yea she’s gonna be a little pissed that doesn’t mean she’s sick or anything so nobody freak out she’s just adjusting to her new environment. I filled her new tank with water from the tank she was already in so I wouldn’t shock her with different parameters, at the expense of my floor which is now part swamp.

You can fix a planted aquarium with high nitrates by doing a water change.

So I had a horrible surprise to wake up to in the middle of the night. Go into my kitchen and find half of my 75 gallon tank to be on the ground. Frantically I search for a leak but can't find one. Then I look under and notice one of my air bubblers isn't blowing air. I check the line and it's siphoning water out of my tank. How could this of happened and how do I prevent this from ever happening again.

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