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**Fishfirst** · 01-31-2006, 11:35 AM

When you have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and some nitrates, however make sure you feed the bacteria consistantly if you don't have fish in there already.

Again, Spongebob, I have to disagree with your statement "Nitrate testing are useless in freshwater"
High nitrates have been linked to hole in the head with large preditors, and you certainly don't want high nitrates for sensitive fish such as cardinals, rams, kribs, or discus... so how is it useless to test for them? What if he can't make weekly water changes? Most people do water changes bi-monthly.

01-31-2006, 11:35 AM	#4
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 5	When you have 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and some nitrates, however make sure you feed the bacteria consistantly if you don't have fish in there already. Again, Spongebob, I have to disagree with your statement "Nitrate testing are useless in freshwater" High nitrates have been linked to hole in the head with large preditors, and you certainly don't want high nitrates for sensitive fish such as cardinals, rams, kribs, or discus... so how is it useless to test for them? What if he can't make weekly water changes? Most people do water changes bi-monthly. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy