Jan,

You had the right instincts about the salt. Leave the
salt out of the water. It doesn't help that much in
light concentrations and it never goes away unless you
do massive water changes with taking water out of the
tank and replacing it. Concentrate on good water
quality. Nitrates are really not all that serious,
although some fish seem to more effected by its
presence than others. The pH crashing is a much more
serious problem that nitrates would ever be. I take it
that you don't have a good plant growth in your tank.
You may want to consider putting some philodendron in
your tank and let it grow around the tank with its
roots in the water. The philly will assist in keeping
the nitrates at a low level in the tank.

HTH

Tom L.L.
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Jan Sacharuk wrote:

In article , wrote:

do you have a little salt in the water?


No, I never got into the habit of adding salts to the water, mainly
because I didn't know what I was doing with them. I figured I should
leave well enough alone until something indicated to me that I should
change my ways. Should I be adding salts to the water?

Jan