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.

Actually, that tank has FANTASTIC plant groth. I have some hornwort
and a fairly large hygrophila in there. I think part of the problem
may have been some odd algal buildups on some of the plant leaves and
ornaments. When we took out the ornament and cleaned it, the algal mat
was slimy and kind of looked like it may have been dead or rotting
somehow (I'm no botanist or biologist, so I have no idea what was
going on, really).

I think getting rid of a lot of that 'weird' algae (did I mention that
it was black, not green?) may have helped the tank out.

Thanks,

Jan

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