What are your favorite plants to help control nitrates? I'm having high nitrates at the moment and have ruled out the usual suspects like over feeding, over stocking, filter malfunction, dirty substrate and decaying plant matter (and I'm regular as clockwork with my water changes).
I definitely need more plants but I want to choose wisely so I get varieties that are fast growing, easy to maintain and good at using up nitrate.
So far I have:
Bacopa caroliniana
Echinodorus Bleheri
Echinodorus Granat
Sagittaria teres
Cryptocoryne Wendtii Brown
Cryptocoryne petchii
Microsorium pteropus windelov
Microsorium pteropus 'Trident' (small but now growing nicely thanks to new food)
Vallisneria Spiralis
Amazon frogbit
Would you replace anything or add more of something I already have?
My tank dimensions are 80 x 35 x 50cm
Ph 6.6
Temperature 25.5c
Gh 6
Thank you!
I definitely need more plants but I want to choose wisely so I get varieties that are fast growing, easy to maintain and good at using up nitrate.
So far I have:
Bacopa caroliniana
Echinodorus Bleheri
Echinodorus Granat
Sagittaria teres
Cryptocoryne Wendtii Brown
Cryptocoryne petchii
Microsorium pteropus windelov
Microsorium pteropus 'Trident' (small but now growing nicely thanks to new food)
Vallisneria Spiralis
Amazon frogbit
Would you replace anything or add more of something I already have?
My tank dimensions are 80 x 35 x 50cm
Ph 6.6
Temperature 25.5c
Gh 6
Thank you!