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dismatt
Sat Aug 05, 2006, 12:16 PM
hi everyone my planted discus tank is showing 10ppm in the nirate test is that ok. cheers matt :D

goldenpigeon
Sat Aug 05, 2006, 01:40 PM
for a planted tank thats ok. dont let it go above 15ppm really. your plants should consume it anyway but if they dont perform a w/c

HTH

cheers
David

dismatt
Sat Aug 05, 2006, 01:51 PM
hi david thanks for that matt :D

goldenpigeon
Sat Aug 05, 2006, 01:56 PM
no problem, happy to help :)

Phlipper
Sun Aug 06, 2006, 12:28 PM
I may be wrong, but isn't the ideal not above 5ppm if keeping Discus ?

goldenpigeon
Sun Aug 06, 2006, 12:37 PM
for a planted tank aquarists try to keep around 10ppm for their plants. i dont think anything up to 20ppm would hurt the discus but you would want to keep it under and around 10ppm in my oppinion for tanks that arent planted.

HTH