beeguiles
they call me fish geek ;p
I have had my tank up since march and after the cycle was over my nitrate went down to zero and all has been well since then. Well a little over a week ago I got my water tested by my lfs and they said its perfect and I even looked at the colors myself to see. And then about a week later I bought my own marine api test kit so I could monitor it better myself. So I tested as soon as I got it home and I shook the nitrate bottle #2 like it said and my nitrate level came out 20 at least! So I did a 25% water change and then tested and I still had nitrates. So the next day I did another 25% water change. And I brought my test kit back to the store and had them test with theirs and then with mine in case mine is wrong or something. Bc I didn't understand how I got such a spike in one week... well he tested with both and both came out zero. That was yesterday and I bought some cheato and put it in the tank. Well today I tested and the nitrates are at about 10. Idk why my lfs tests and they are zero and when I test they arent zero. I think what may have caused the spike could be I had a chunk of cheato die bc it got stuck behind a rock with no light. I went to get it out and it went there so I'm guessing it disintegrated. Soo my question now is since I did two water changes two days ago and added cheato do I just wait it out and the nitrate will go back down to zero? I have four fish in my tank so I'm not over stocked. Two ocellaris clowns, a six line and a blue spotted jawfish. The jawfish isn't doing well with the nitrates. So what should I do? Thanks in advance. I hope I didn't confide anybody on my situation. I confuse myself sometimes lol :-)
