saltn00b
Active Member
I had recently discovered the reason to a nitrate problem that had been plaguing me for many months, as well as battling a phosphate problem...
for a long time my trates had averaged 35-50+ for close to 10 months and i have recently gotten them down to 15-20 for the last month.
and my phosphates were at 2! i have been running phos-guard for a few weeks and it has been dropping down to 1 and hopefully more - why its so high is another thread altogether (i have no clue).
anyway since the water quality has been getting better, everything has been thriving, and looking fuller and larger and happier. then, all of a sudden, my single oldest toadstool leather, probably 9 months old starting shriveling and shrinking and looked terrible over a 4 day period. no signs of getting better, it was dead... so i cut it out because i didnt want it to start emitting ammonia. when i did take it out, my ammo and trites were at .25 which i am attributing to the dead leather carcass....
anyone have any ideaS?
for a long time my trates had averaged 35-50+ for close to 10 months and i have recently gotten them down to 15-20 for the last month.
and my phosphates were at 2! i have been running phos-guard for a few weeks and it has been dropping down to 1 and hopefully more - why its so high is another thread altogether (i have no clue).
anyway since the water quality has been getting better, everything has been thriving, and looking fuller and larger and happier. then, all of a sudden, my single oldest toadstool leather, probably 9 months old starting shriveling and shrinking and looked terrible over a 4 day period. no signs of getting better, it was dead... so i cut it out because i didnt want it to start emitting ammonia. when i did take it out, my ammo and trites were at .25 which i am attributing to the dead leather carcass....
anyone have any ideaS?
