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iMash

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Ok my cycle finished on my tank a couple of weeks ago and I havent yet done a water change since. I have added about 25% extra water, but the Nitrate doesn't seem to be increasing, its still at 5ppm according to my test kit.

My Ammonia and Nitrite are pretty much 0. and my Nitrate is at 5ppm.

How much should I be expecting this to change?

I'm a bit worried that it seems too easy. lol
 
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Hi, sorry i car't help i'm still wating for my cycle to finish i've been doing it now near 6 weeks car't wait for it to end.
do you have newts? if so where did you get them i live in wednesbury
 
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Hey. I have 2 Alpine newt juveniles that I got from Morg a couple of months back.

They are still quite young but one has just decided to go aquatic and is already getting the amazing colours. The other one is still a bit smaller and still clings onto the cork bark and rarely goes in the water.

I think I'll just do 20% water changes every fortnight and keep an eye on the nitrate. Hopefully that will stop anything strange happening.
 
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