Andres Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Dear all, I've had my first fishtank for 4 months now. it's 30 a gallons tank. I have a good number of growing plants, a few platies that reproduce nicely and a few corydoras. my problem is that since the beginning I've struggled to reduce ammonia to 0 and to increase nitrates. basically, I'm at the same level of my tap water (0.05 ppm ammonia, 1 ppm nitrate and 0.025 ppm nitrites). I've added nitrifying bacteria several times but nothing changes. is there anything else I should do? is this a problem or not? thank you very much for your help! Andres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 are you using any water conditioners/dechlorinator? some of them will still give ammonia readings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andres Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 minute ago, lefty o said: are you using any water conditioners/dechlorinator? some of them will still give ammonia readings. Yes. I use JBL biotopol water conditioner. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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