Water conditioner

[kiwi axolotls]

got recommended to use fluval water conditioner as my nitrate was high in both my tanks. anyone ever used it?

 

[GulfCoastAxolotls]

got recommended to use fluval water conditioner as my nitrate was high in both my tanks. anyone ever used it?

If your nitrates are high, you should be doing water changes to lower it. Adding chemicals to counter high waste levels in a slippery slope. The only water conditioner I recommend for use with axolotls is Seachem Prime.

 

[kiwi axolotls]

If your nitrates are high, you should be doing water changes to lower it. Adding chemicals to counter high waste levels in a slippery slope. The only water conditioner I recommend for use with axolotls is Seachem Prime.

yh i do normally use that one and doing weekly water changes, i’ve got to go back next week and get tested again. i think both of them are going through a bacterial bloom, ones a brand new tank and the other one had to be completely emptied as i was moving the tank, so possibly could be that?

 

[GulfCoastAxolotls]

yh i do normally use that one and doing weekly water changes, i’ve got to go back next week and get tested again. i think both of them are going through a bacterial bloom, ones a brand new tank and the other one had to be completely emptied as i was moving the tank, so possibly could be that?

What makes you think you have a bacteria bloom?
when you say "brand new", how old is the tank?
What were your actual water parameter test results?

Normally in a new tank, or a tank that has been emptied and the filter allowed to dry out at all, I would expect your ammonia to be high, not your nitrates.

 

[kiwi axolotls]

What makes you think you have a bacteria bloom?
when you say "brand new", how old is the tank?
What were your actual water parameter test results?

Normally in a new tank, or a tank that has been emptied and the filter allowed to dry out at all, I would expect your ammonia to be high, not your nitrates.

about three weeks old, it’s very cloudy. they never gave me them just said my nitrate is high and to come back in a couple of weeks. i’m hoping to get my own testing kit soon

 

[GulfCoastAxolotls]

about three weeks old, it’s very cloudy. they never gave me them just said my nitrate is high and to come back in a couple of weeks. i’m hoping to get my own testing kit soon

Both high ammonia and bacteria blooms can cause cloudy water. regardless of which chemical is high though, you should just be doing water changes to compensate for it. not adding more chemicals. Do 30% changes every day for 3 changes and that should help bring it down. I would highly recommend you get your own liquid test kit asap. In any new tank, you should be testing your levels (especially ammonia) at least twice a week.

 

[axolotl nerd]

i also use seachem prime, works wonderfully

 

[JM29]

Never used any water conditioner.
Never had problems.
None of my friends maintaining axolotls or other caudates use them.