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Sorry, I posted this on the Substrate sub forum...and should have posted it here.
I have a log of my water chem. readings and my Nitrates have always been 10 ppm or below (usually around 5 ppm). Then I measured it the other day and it was up around 40 ppm. I assumed that it was because I recently started adding ferts (EI dosing). But then I read a thread about some one who was talking about having to up root one of his large Sword plants, which caused his Nitrates to jump up to 40 ppm. Hum? I was planning on rearranging my plants and experiment with other plants but I don't want to drive the Nitrates out the roof and kill my fish. What is the best way to do this?
My substrate is a mixture of Eco Complete and Flourite. When I up root a big plant, I get a high quantity of cloudy substrate in the water.
I have a log of my water chem. readings and my Nitrates have always been 10 ppm or below (usually around 5 ppm). Then I measured it the other day and it was up around 40 ppm. I assumed that it was because I recently started adding ferts (EI dosing). But then I read a thread about some one who was talking about having to up root one of his large Sword plants, which caused his Nitrates to jump up to 40 ppm. Hum? I was planning on rearranging my plants and experiment with other plants but I don't want to drive the Nitrates out the roof and kill my fish. What is the best way to do this?
My substrate is a mixture of Eco Complete and Flourite. When I up root a big plant, I get a high quantity of cloudy substrate in the water.