Nitrates won’t rise, slime from bacteria bloom.
I can’t seem to get the nitrates to rise, currently sitting at 0.0 or 0.03 and dosing to try and raise them. As I slowly get them up to about 0.05 the tank breaks out with a bacterial bloom that causes white smile to grow rapidly and clog the filter. Constant dosing of nitrates seems to slow the slime but still can’t seem to get them to rise to desired levels and slime free
I’m not dosing carbon. PO4 is steady at 0.04 all tests being done in a Hanna PH checker and cross checked with new batch of reagent.
I can’t seem to get the nitrates to rise, currently sitting at 0.0 or 0.03 and dosing to try and raise them. As I slowly get them up to about 0.05 the tank breaks out with a bacterial bloom that causes white smile to grow rapidly and clog the filter. Constant dosing of nitrates seems to slow the slime but still can’t seem to get them to rise to desired levels and slime free
I’m not dosing carbon. PO4 is steady at 0.04 all tests being done in a Hanna PH checker and cross checked with new batch of reagent.