Travis Harman

From every thing I read some where between 20-40ppm. I'm no expert but the tank I have been having problems with was hard to keep them above 10. I have done what she suggested and my nitrate are staying in that 30-40 range fish seem happy, just hopeful that the algae slowly dies back.

Thank you so much gives me some new ideas to try. I can't believe a company employee would take that much time to help, truly great customer support.

We have 75 gallon tank that's been running for over a year. Last 7 months it has been a real struggle. Cut back light (fluval 3.0) to the point plants went backwoods its on right know at 50% at its peek and total of 7 hours. Cut back fish food to every 3 days but had to go back to every day because fish where getting skinny. Right know all traces of food are gone in 10 minutes or less. 2 months ago I started testing water parameters daily, never seen any ammonia, nitrite, have always struggled keeping nitrate levels above 20 and have to dose easy green twice a week at 8ml. Lots of pogo stem, 2 big Java ferns, Brazilian peny wort red darwf lilly. Have always fought hair algae, blue green slime ( marcine clears right up but comes back few week later) brown diatoms, then this week I saw black beard and decided to go nuclear and ordered a bunch of easy carbon. I know it's going to kill my vall, but don't recognize the name of what else it will kill. Any other ideas, we have 6 cherry barbs, 2 ottos, and white brushy nose pleco and those fish are fat with the buffet of algee.

Aquarium Coop, 30 Aqua clear with out the carbon in left corner, Aquarium Coop medium sponge in right corner

I'm trying to get a new tank started. Have had water in it for 6 weeks, with plants. 1 Java Fern, 3 Amazon Swords, 2 Pogostem, and 2 anubus for same the time. The Ammonia spiked 3 weeks ago and have come down to zero. Was dosing 2 pumps of easy green and a total5 root tabs are in tank. Algee was going nuts and since tank was Sable and full of algee I put in 1 Otto and he's going to town. About 3 days after that nitrite has been above .5ppm and higher. I have changed 10 gallons a day of a 29 gallon tank 6 days strait, gravel vacuum, going to put a fluval lite in tomorrow when mail comes tomorow hopeing that kicks plant into high drive. Tested tap water and thats a nice blue so that would be 0 nitrites. Also put a dose of fritz 7 week ago. There's no food going in and 1 Otto should not spike nitrite. What am I doing wrong??