So, I've noticed a spike in my nutrients in my 24g nano. I did a 5 gallon water change 2 days ago and today I'm seeing Nitrates pushing 20. Ammonia and Nitrites are zero. Without getting too far off subject, I'm just wondering if there is any reason I shouldn't do another water change tomorrow of 10 gallons to keep the nitrates below 10 for the sake of the livestock.
It's a very new tank, cycled with bio spira (and dr tim's actually). I saw a bit of algae pop up, but it looks like it's died down since (maybe causing some of the nitrate rise).
Anyway, what would you do? Let the nitrates rise or go with the agressive water changes every few days to keep them below 10?
Possibly relevant info
Tank age: 7 weeks
inhabitants:
2 juvenile clowns
goby shrimp pair
pom pom crab
5 hermits
2 astrea snails
small zoanthid colony
torch
Filtration:
floss, chemi pure elite, purigen and a tunze 9001 skimmer.
It's a very new tank, cycled with bio spira (and dr tim's actually). I saw a bit of algae pop up, but it looks like it's died down since (maybe causing some of the nitrate rise).
Anyway, what would you do? Let the nitrates rise or go with the agressive water changes every few days to keep them below 10?
Possibly relevant info
Tank age: 7 weeks
inhabitants:
2 juvenile clowns
goby shrimp pair
pom pom crab
5 hermits
2 astrea snails
small zoanthid colony
torch
Filtration:
floss, chemi pure elite, purigen and a tunze 9001 skimmer.
