Can my eel survive in De Nitrate by Seachem?

[jwheels10]

Hello all, I have a banana eel about 12 inches long, and I have nitrates in my tank, usually 40-80. I recently put some de nitrate in the filter, and he has not been acting wired but I was just wondering because I know that are sensitive to most treatments. I have the de nitrate in there in the first place to help him and a little gold flake angel in there because I know smaller angels are sensitive to high nitrates.

 

[Science/G]

From what I see, it is just a biomedia, so that shouldn't be a problem. It has been stated here on the app that white media sometimes releases metals like aluminum into the water. There are other methods to remove Nitrates, why not try to employ some of the others?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello all, I have a banana eel about 12 inches long, and I have nitrates in my tank, usually 40-80. I recently put some de nitrate in the filter, and he has not been acting wired but I was just wondering because I know that are sensitive to most treatments. I have the de nitrate in there in the first place to help him and a little gold flake angel in there because I know smaller angels are sensitive to high nitrates.

That is material that serves as a site for anaerobic denitrification - it should be inert and not change anything in the water. It will take some time (weeks anyways) to get colonized with the proper bacteria.

 

[littlefoxx]

Hello all, I have a banana eel about 12 inches long, and I have nitrates in my tank, usually 40-80. I recently put some de nitrate in the filter, and he has not been acting wired but I was just wondering because I know that are sensitive to most treatments. I have the de nitrate in there in the first place to help him and a little gold flake angel in there because I know smaller angels are sensitive to high nitrates.

I have that exact media in my sump and I have 4 morays. No issues at all